Question
Could you, and would you, run a SNAP Math Fair in your practicum high school? Why/ Why not? If you can imagine doing so, how would you adapt the Math Fair to your school and classes, and why?
If I was to run a SNAP math fair at my practicum school, I feel that my students would be very receptive and willing to take part. Of course not all students would be willing to take part, but I know for the most part there would be a healthy interest. I would definitely love to do something like this as I feel that most students would take interest and want to participate. In order to have a successful fair, a huge part of it is student interest.
I would create a general group of grade 8 students who were interested, and gear the questions to suit students of all levels in order to fit any student who was interested. There would be no competitive aspect to encourage students to participate knowing there would be no consequences if their project was not adequate enough in someone else's eyes. Instead of making the fair open to all students, making it open to only grade 8 students makes it easier to organize, and possibly even keeping it to my practicum class of 8's makes it even easier. Students would be able to choose their own question they feel passionate about - they could possibly even call it a "passion project". They could then put their "projects" or math questions on display for a class of grade 7 students, who could come in and view their work.
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