Schedule

        *1. Mathematical Ways of Thinking
3   2-Sep       The Path of the Billiard Ball
            More Billiard-Ball Mathematics
4   4-Sep       Inductive Reasoning: Patterns
            The Limitations of Inductive Reasoning
5   9-Sep       Deductive Reasoning: Mathematical Proof
            Number Tricks and Deductive Reasoning
            
        *2. Number Sequences
6   11-Sep      Arithmetic Sequences
7   16-Sep      Geometric Sequences
8   18-Sep      The Binary Sequence
9   23-Sep      The Sequence of Squares
10  25-Sep      The Sequence of Cubes
11  30-Sep      Fibonacci Sequence & Nim & Phyllotaxis
12  2-Oct   Test 1: Staircases
        
        *7. Methods of Counting
13  7-Oct       Counting & Trees
14  9-Oct       Permutations & Flowers
15  16-Oct      Duplications & Coin Flipping
16  21-Oct      Combinations & Pascal's Tree
            
        *8. The Mathematics of Chance
17  23-Oct      Probability & Dice
18  28-Oct      Successive Probability & M&M's
19  30-Oct      Binomial Probability & ESP
20  4-Nov       Complementary Probability & Birthdays
21  6-Nov   Test 2: Slot Machines & Blackjack

        *9. An Intro to Statistics
22  11-Nov      Bar Charts & Ciphers
23  13-Nov      The Bell Curve & More Coins
24  18-Nov      Collecting Data & M&M Sampling

        *10. Geometry Topics
25  20-Nov      Networks & Paths
26  25-Nov      3D & CSG
27  2-Dec       Plato & Polyhedra 
28  4-Dec       Fractals & Chaos
29  5-Dec   Test 3: Final Comprehensive Exam