Mu Alpha Theta

3/10/21

Welcome!
- Type ONLY your 6- digit student ID
in the chat for attendance
- Don’t include a zero in front or any
other letters!
- Ex: 123456
 Book Drive
● MAO is partnering with UCAN to participate in their book drive
● In an effort to spread literacy around the globe, UCAN is accepting book
donations to help build libraries in impoverished areas!
● Drop off @ the Pavilion near the Riverstone Clubhouse
○ January 16th : 10 am - 12 pm
○ January 31st : 2 pm - 4 pm
○ February 13th : 10 am - 12 pm
○ February 28th : 2 pm - 4 pm
○ March 13th : 10 am - 12 pm
○ March 28th : 2 pm - 4 pm
● Check out @ucanation on Instagram for specifics on what books they
accept/don’t accept!
● Must sign up for a time slot :
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f054ea5a823abfd0-book
 Book Drive

● Drop Off Instructions:
○ Have your books in a ziploc/plastic bag
○ Have your books counted beforehand and on a sticky note, write your
name, number of books, and what club you’re donating for.
● You may earn 1 hour for every 5 books you donate
○ Cap of 2 hours
● UCAN is offering the following incentive:
○ Raffle for $10 gift card : 1 entry for every 10 books donated
● Submit picture of books donated on the MAO website
● All this information can be found on UCAN’s instagram as well!
 Math Poster

● Create an informative poster on a famous mathematician

○ Must include a summary of why they were are famous and a
list of accomplishments
● Be creative!
○ Max of 1 hour
 Hope for the Homeless Drive
● Student Council is hosting a “Hope for the Homeless” drive where they will be collecting
essentials items to donate to the homeless.
● Because of the pandemic and the recent winter storm, the homeless have been hit
especially hard. This drive is a way to alleviate some of those unfortunate conditions in
any way that we can!
● You must sign up for the items you would like to bring:
○ https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084faca723a3fb6-hope
● You may earn half an hour for every $5 spent
○ Cap of 2 hours
○ Send a picture of your receipt through Remind to earn credit
● The drive is from March 11th to March 22nd
● Drop Off:
○ There will be 2 containers labeled “gently used” and 2 containers labeled “unused”
located at the front of the school
○ Make sure you place your items in the correct bins!
 Log1 Math Contest
● The Log1 Contest provides an excellent opportunity for a school to
participate in a competition similar to the National Convention contests
and compete against schools from across the country and the world, while
staying right at their home school.
● Students compete only against other students with similar math course
background.
● The Log1 test will be on May 1, 2021
● More information on registration will come soon!
 Virtual Math Webinars
● UCLA is hosting a math and science lecture over Indistinguishability Obfuscation: How to Hide
Secrets within Software
○ March 23rd from 3:00-4:30 pm MT
● You must sign up to attend here:
○ https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Qb6IBIfQ0ujujfLvue2eA?timezone_id=
America%2FChicago
● In order to get credit for hours, you must write a small 4-6 sentence summary of
what you learned and a screenshot of the Zoom call as proof.
● You submit the summary and screenshot the day of the Seminar on the MAO
website
● Officers will be monitoring participants so make sure you stay the whole time to
earn credit. Failure to do so will result in no hours.
● Earn 1 hour and 30 mins!
 Virtual Math Webinars
● Upcoming Lectures:
○ April 8th from 7:00-8:30 pm, hosted by MIT
■ Topic: TBA
○ April 13th from 7:00-8:30 pm, hosted by Collège de France
■ Topic: TBA
○ April 20th from 7:00-8:30 pm, hosted by University of Texas at Austin
■ Topic: TBA
○ April 27h from 7:00-8:30 pm, hosted by University of Oxford
■ Topic: TBA
● Cap of 3 hours for Virtual Math Webinars
● You must sign up to attend here:
○ https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Qb6IBIfQ0ujujfLvue2eA?timezone_id
=America%2FChicago
 NASA Pi Day Challenge
● Pi day is coming up and to celebrate, NASA has released real world
application problems for High Schoolers to solve!
● Using your high school knowledge, attempt three problems for an hour
and six problems for two hours
○ Cap of 2 hours
● Must submit picture of responses to submission link on website by
March 14th
● Answers will be released on the 15th
● https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/nasapidaychallenge/
 Reminders
● Before you leave, please type your student ID in the chat one more
time!
● Hours for Seniors are due 4/15/2021
● T-Shirts will be arriving late March and early April so be on the lookout
● Next Meeting
○ April 21st at 12:45 or 3:45
● New members (sophomores-juniors) & returning members
(sophomores-seniors) must complete 7 hours by the end of the year!
○ New seniors must complete 10 hours!