The Mathematics Department of Canara College, Mangalore organised an Inter-Class Mathematics Fest “Crystal Math” for the students of Mathematics of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year B.Sc, on September 03,2021. A Google form was created and circulated among the students. Total 60 responses were received. After a series of discussion with the Staff- in-charge, Mrs. Keerthi (HOD Mathematics), Mrs. Poornima (Assistant professor) 5 events were planned namely Quiz, Poster making, Seminar, Speed test and Treasure Hunt. As it was not possible for the participants to come to college and participate offline, so it was decided to conduct entire fest on online mode i.e in Google Meet platform. A separate WhatsApp group was created for each event and participants were kept updated regarding the event, rules and regulations; and queries were discussed there. In the quiz event, each team comprised two participants, 9 teams had been registered. There were 3 rounds- General Mathematics quiz (Google quiz), Buzzer round and Bidding round. The final round changed the entire score of each team and there was a nail biting fight between each team. In the seminar event, each participant presentend his/her presentation on any Mathematical topic for (6+1) minutes which was judged by Mrs. Premalatha (Principal), Mrs. Keerthi and Mrs. Poornima. There were few interesting topics chosen by the participants like, “How we use Mathematics in everyday life unknowingly.” Conducting Treasure hunt on online mode was a mammoth task. Finally, at the end of the third round they were asked to gather all the information and identify the name of the Mathematician hiding in it. Few teams solved all the puzzles , but few took time to find the treasure. But the organizers made sure that clues were given to each team at regular intervals so that they could proceed to the next round. Speed test, the name itself explains that this event tested speed and accuracy of the participant. For the individual event, we got 8 participants. A list of 7 Mathematical topics was shared to the participants on the previous day. Conceptual simple, tricky questions were asked to the participants over the chosen topic. Any number of questions could be answered, given the time limit was 2½ minutes in 1st round and in the 2nd round time limit reduced to 1½ minutes. How the participants understood the question and their time management skills were tested. Finally, the poster making competition had 7 participants, topic for the poster making was given 1 hour prior to the beginning of the event.Topic being “Conventional Mathematics v/s Modern Mathematics”. Either digital/chart paper could be used by the participants to make the poster. After which they had to send the soft copy of the poster to the respective email address. But the hard copy of the same had to be submitted to the Mathematics Department after the regular offline college begins. After the completion of the event Feedback form was sent to the participants, having got great response, suggestions were to conduct many such events in the offline mode. Results of all the events were published the very next day. Department of Mathematics keeps organising such fests, time and again. Thus, the entire Mathematics Competition ended up making students think how numbers can rule the world!!!!Altogether 60 students participated.
Report by
Mrs. Keerthi Alva
