Summer Educational Enrichment in Math

SEE-Math 2025

Department of Mathematics
Texas A&M University

July 14 -- July 25, 2025
M-F, 1 PM - 5 PM, Central Time

Eligibility:

• Honors students who have NOT done SEE-Math previously who will be entering grades 6, 7 or 8 in fall 2025.

Proof of Math Ability:

Students are expected to complete one of the following:

• Have previously participated in the TAMU Math Circle.
• Have a current teacher or counselor fill out the Recommendation Form below. If the student is homeschooled, someone other than a parent with knowledge of the student's ability in math and science should fill out the form.

Application Deadlines:

We will start accepting applications on February 15, 2025 and continue while space is available.

Registration Fee:

A $150 registration fee will be collected AFTER acceptance.
The registration fee will be waived or reduced for those who cannot afford it.

Applications: Open for applications.

Letter to Students
Student Application
https://forms.gle/AGYuoQ2CHUJqmumS6

Letter to Teachers
Teacher Recommendation
https://forms.gle/ndfMt6LBAvFpmCNj8

Counselors:

We also need Junior and Senior Counselors. Junior Counselors are age 15-17. Senior Counselors must be 18 or over as of July 14, 2025.
We frequently have Counselors who are former participants.

Responsibilities: Counselors do set-up and clean-up, check-in and check-out, guide students from activity to activity, and work with the students on each activity under the direction of the instructor. Senior Counselors will need to have a Background Check and complete Child Protection Training.

Junior Counselor Application
https://forms.gle/XoaXGt3Nn8oeeyer5

Senior Counselor Application
https://forms.gle/VRtyVhyjUuj4GSN39

Instructors:

Instructors must register here. Instructors will need to have a Background Check and complete Child Protection Training.

Instructor Registration
https://forms.gle/fucvsCzKn3AkBFXS8

 

Open House and Awards Ceremony
Friday, July 24, 2025
Parents and Siblings Welcome

2024 (Last Year)
Guest Speaker: Dr. Cody L. Patterson

Department of Mathematics, Texas State University

Title: All the Symmetry You Can Buy for Two Dollars

Abstract: If you’ve ever seen wallpaper, you’ve probably seen a wallpaper group. A wallpaper group describes the symmetries of a visual pattern that covers the plane. It turns out that there are quite a few of these: for example, the wallpaper group for a tiling of the plane with squares is different from the wallpaper group for a tiling by regular hexagons. We will explore symmetries of different visual patterns and develop a nifty notation system for recording the symmetries of a given pattern and determining when two patterns have the same symmetry type. We’ll even learn a clever method that the late mathematician John H. Conway used to generate a complete list of wallpaper groups.

Dr. Patterson is a proud graduate of Texas A&M University (B.S. Mathematics 2002, M.S. Mathematics 2003). At Texas State he is an Assistant Professor and an Assistant Director of Mathworks, summer enrichment programs for students ages 10 to 18. He was the chair of the Question Writing Committee for the MATHCOUNTS in 2017 and 2018 and is currently a member of the editorial board for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination. Dr. Patterson enjoys teaching mathematical topics from calculus to abstract algebra and is the recipient of the 2024 MAA Texas Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.

We would like to thank Maplesoft for their support over the years.

© Philip B. Yasskin, 2002-25.
Last updated Dec 17, 2024