SNAP Mathfairs
  • Home
  • Guidelines
  • Organizing
    • Organizing & Preparing for the Fair
    • Choosing a Theme
    • Different Types of Displays
    • Some Typical Projects
    • Who to Invite
    • Optional Timelines
    • Math Fair Club
  • Grading
    • Assessment Checklist (Grade 7)
    • Evaluation Guidelines (Grade 9)
    • Rubric for a Math Fair (Grade 12)
    • Marking Guide (Grades 5 and 6)
    • Math Fair Club Evaluation (Grades 4 and 5)
  • Resources & Contacts
    • Puzzle Sources
    • Contacts
    • Workshops and Conferences
  • Puzzles
    • Level 1 Puzzles >
      • Spoke Sum
      • Number Wheel
      • Buggy Jump
      • Pyramid
      • Nine Men in a Trench
      • Star Jump
      • Circle Jump
      • Circle Jump II
      • Four Cottages
      • Free the Animals
      • Sam's House
      • About the Solutions
      • Solutions - Level 1
    • Level 2 Puzzles >
      • Neighbourhood Sums
      • Eight Squares
      • Soko Puzzle I
      • Soko Puzzle II
      • Abdication
      • Regime Change
      • Stairways to Heaven
      • Catacombs
      • About the Solutions
    • River Crossing Puzzles >
      • The fox, the goose, and the grain
      • The fox, the goose, and the grain, and the dog
      • The mouse, the elephant, the dog, and the cat
      • Soldiers and children
      • Animal Crossing
      • The Three Thieves
      • The Missionaries and the Cannibals
      • Quarrelsome Boys
      • Jealous husbands
      • A Handful for the Farmer
      • The farmer, his children, and their pets
      • About the Solutions
    • Sudoku-Type Puzzles >
      • Cats, Cows, and Pigs
      • Latin Squares
      • Apple and Bananas I
      • Apple and Bananas II
      • Apple, Bananas, and Cherries
      • Four Skyscraper Puzzles
      • Colourful Cats and Pigs I
      • Colourful Cats and Pigs II
      • The Wizard's Hats
      • Four Colours
      • About the Solutions
    • Other Puzzles >
      • Catch the Thief
      • Cherry Glasses
      • Coin Jumping I
      • Coin Jumping II
      • Evensies
      • The 22 Game
      • Switch Positions
      • Spellbound Frogs
      • The Die Hard Jugs
      • About the Solutions
    • About the Solutions
  • About SNAP
    • Our Mandate
    • Our Supporters
    • Who Are We?
    • Curriculum Connections
    • The SNAP Approach and "Inquiry-Based Learning"
    • Some History
  • Gallery

Welcome to the SNAP Foundation's Math Fair Website

Are you interested in inspiring your students in Mathematics?  Become better problem solvers to think outside the box?  How about sharing with them some wonderful and fun recreational mathematics problems? 

SNAP Math Fairs will do just that!  And this website will not only show you how but will also provide all the resources you'll need to get started!

A SNAP math fair is a non-competitive event that gives teachers an opportunity to have their students do problem solving with a particular goal in mind. The math fair can be adapted to almost any curriculum and set of standards, and it will motivate and inspire all of the students.

This website describes what a SNAP math fair is, how it differs from a conventional science fair, and why it works so wonderfully.

It also explains how to organize a SNAP math fair, how some schools have adapted the concept to their particular academic objectives, and provides resources and contacts to help you get started.

SNAP math fairs have a long and respectable track record. Students and teachers have presented them with great success in a variety of jurisdictions — in Sweden, in Africa, in Austria, in Canada, and in the United States.

A Quick Overview

A SNAP Math fair is not like a traditional science fair. Although there is a superficial resemblance, it differs in its structure and its scope. Like a science fair, the math fair has tabletop displays presided over by students, but the similarity does not extend much beyond this.

A SNAP math fair is:
  • Student-centered,
  • Non-competitive,
  • All-inclusive, and 
  • Problem-based.
The purpose of a SNAP math fair is to provide a meaningful problem-solving experience for all students. These four guidelines make the math fair appeal to all students at all levels. We believe that once you have tried a SNAP math fair, you will incorporate it as part of your regular math curriculum.

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