Ahmad Barhoumi

Department of Mathematics, Grinnell College

Office: Noyce 2611	Email: barhoumia@grinnell.edu	Tel.: (641)269-4927

Math Corps. @ University of Michigan

Math Corps is a summer camp that began in 1992 at Wayne State University in Detroit. In 2019, U(M) adopted a similar program. In their own words "The Math Corps is about more than math skills: we prioritize mentorship through a kids-teaching-kids model, providing a positive learning environment and a strong sense of family." Math Corps at U(M) organize a free annual summer camp on the U(M) campus for both middle school students and high school mentors.

In Summer 2022, I was a teacher with Math Corps at U(M), teaching 9th grade students' "broccoli class," a class designed to enforce topics they would see in their regular math classes at school.

During the pandemic, Math Corps at U(M) organized virtual Super Saturdays! Students log into an assembly in the morning, followed by team time activities.

In Fall 2020, I participated as a facilitator in many Super Saturday meetings.

Michigan Math and Science Scholars

In their own words, the MMSS is "designed to introduce high school students to current developments and research in the sciences and to encourage the next generation of researchers to develop and retain a love of mathematics and science."

During Summer 2021, I taught a 3-week, 60 hour virtual course titled "Polynomial Challenges"; you can find the course syllabus here.
During Summer 2022, the course was retitled "Polynomial Party Platter," and met in person for 60 hours over a two-week period. Our syllabus slightly changed and meeting in person brought with it some structural changes from the previous year.

You can find a sample worksheet here. We also periodically did in class readings and discussion. One example was Ben Orlin's The State of Being Stuck.

Michigan Math Circles

Much like many Math Circles communities, the Math Circles at U(M) focusses on engaging young students in open-ended explorations of interesting mathematics that they would not usually encounter in their regular curriculum.

In Winter 2021, I led a Math Circles meeting titled "Graphs and How to Color Them." You can find the Jamboard (RIP) I used here.

Math Teacher Circles @ U(M)

Teacher circles meets once a month and includes math educators and practitioners once a month to discuss interesting mathematics and exercise our problem-solving skills. While at U(M), I regularly participated at Teacher Circles meetings as a facilitator and

in Fall 2022, I led a Teacher Circles meeting titled Strang's Strange Figures. You can find the Jamboard (RIP) I used here.

Math Club @ U(M)

Math club is a forum for undergraduates at U(M) to experience interesting and beautiful mathematics. During a regular semester, they meet weekly.

In Winter 2022, I gave a talk titled "Strang's Strange Figures." Here are my slides.

STEAM Night the Dexter Early Elementary Complex

In Winter 2023, along with Professor Kenkel, we hosted a booth at STEAM Night the Dexter Early Elementary Complex. The activity is called Foot Parade, which was taken from Youcubed.