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June 16, 2000

Bob1 stared the class by explaining to the class how useful math is in practical life. He discussed topology and in specific knot theory and graph theory. The students then had to apply this in a practical application. They tied a peice of rope around the both of their wrists and then entwined them. Their task was to untwine their ropes without taking out the knots. They then related knot theory to division and learned a trick that had to do with their rope and the distributive property. They also learned the equation for tieing your shoelase. They then learned about numbers, numerals, and how they relate.

After break Jon taught the students about circles. They learned about the center point, the diameter, and other parts. Then they cut the circle into wedges and attached them in a way that the points faced each other. Jon went on to end the last day of class with the students learning about Ceasar's Ciepher. Ceasar's Ciepher allows the students to form an equation using letters. The only operations the students learned were multiplication and additon. If you were to add or multiply a letter by a number it becomes another letter. At the very end of class students recieved a certificate and took a group photograph.


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