Quarter(s): 2

Day(s): Wed

Open Spots: 2

Students will learn the language of undercover agents in this children's cryptology class. Cryptology is the science of secret writing which uses math and logical reasoning to decode and create mystery alphabets. Each week, students will learn one or more ciphers and will practice using them to decode messages and write secret messages to each other! Student agents will continue their undercover operations by learning Morse code and sending messages with maritime flags. Students will learn about Vigenere ciphers and Affine ciphers. The quarter will culminate in a collaboration to crack a variety of codes to flee a classroom Escape Room which may include challenges such as coded letters, picture clues, mirror image writings, puzzling word searches, and cryptograms. We will also share the stories of famous writers and code-crackers like Lewis and Clark. This quarter's ciphers will include an introduction to the math concepts of prime numbers and basic multiplication. Topics in the Series: Spies (Quarter 1), Secret Agents (Quarter 2), Sleuths (Quarter 3), and Superheroes (Quarter 4).

Quarter(s): 2

Day(s): Wed

Open Spots: 2

Math like you've never seen it before. In Crazy 8s Math Club, kids experience math as something active, social, and genuinely fun. Developed by the Bedtime Math Foundation, this national program features high-energy games and hands-on challenges that appeal to students of all ability levels. Quarter 2 continues the fun with a new lineup of high-energy challenges, including Shooting Stars, Cowabunga, Pirate Treasure Hunt, Epic Air Traffic Control, Off the Charts, Crazy Card Club, Super Cube Shuffle, and Road Trip. Through these interactive games, students strengthen their skills in addition, subtraction, and factoring while exploring number patterns, sequences, and comparisons. As they play, students build understanding of fractions, measurement, area, and perimeter, along with concepts like symmetry, spatial reasoning, and coordinate plotting. Activities also introduce logic and strategy through simple combinatorics, probability, and multi-step thinking. Students work with bar charts, matrices, and Venn diagrams to organize and interpret information, while practicing categorizing, counting, and recognizing patterns in new and creative ways. This is not a traditional math class. Crazy 8s Math Club is recreational, energetic, and designed to show kids that math is everywhere and something to look forward to. Second graders may not enroll in this level.