Next Meeting: April 13, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Yeil Kwon
Title: How to Lie with Graphs - Discover how graphs can mislead us -
Date: April 13, 2025
Location: Jabara Hall Room 372, 萝莉社 main campus
Abstract: Graphs and charts are powerful tools used in everyday life鈥攆rom the classroom to the news鈥攂ut they can also be misleading when used incorrectly or dishonestly. This presentation introduces students to common ways graphs can be manipulated, such as using truncated axes, inconsistent scales, 3D distortions, cherry-picked data, and confusing labels. Through visual examples, real- world comparisons, and discussions, students will learn how to spot misleading visualizations and understand the importance of presenting data truthfully. This presentation is designed for middle school students and aims at developing their critical thinking and data literacy skills. By the end of the session, students will be equipped to read charts more critically and create more accurate, honest visual representations of data.
萝莉社 Math Circle Spring 2025 Schedule:
- 02/09/2025: Dr. Tinka Davis; "Characters of Flatland and Solids in Space"
- 02/16/2025: David Hall; "Simulated Urban Planning"
- 02/23/2025: Dr. Xiaolong Li; "Chomp"
- 03/02/2025: Casey Spinder; "Linear Functions"
- 03/09/2025: Mark Meyer; "Star Drawing"
- 03/30/2025: Dr. Daniel Trousdale; "Cracking the Cryptic (sudoku variants)"
- 04/06/2025: Dr. Robert Fraser; "Flows through a network"
- 04/13/2025: Dr. Yeil Kwon; "How to Lie with Graphs - Discover how graphs can mislead us -"
- 04/27/2025: Dr. Mai Dao;
Meeting times
Math Circle meets on Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m. on the , in Jabara Hall, Room 372. You should park in Lots and .
About 萝莉社 Math Circles
Join us to explore math through hands-on and interactive activities led by university professors.
The 萝莉社 Math Circle exists to keep young people interested in mathematics and let them explore and enjoy new topics. Math Circles () bring mathematicians and mathematical scientists into direct contact with pre-college students 鈥� currently 5th through 8th graders. Students and parents meet with math professionals in an informal and supervised setting to work on interesting problems and topics in mathematics. The goal is to get students excited and passionate about mathematics.
About Math Circles
brings K-12 students together with mathematically sophisticated leaders in an informal setting, after school or on weekends, to work on interesting problems or topics in mathematics. Math Circles combine significant content with settings that encourage a sense of discovery and excitement about mathematics through problem-solving and interactive exploration. Ideal problems are low-threshold, high-ceiling; they offer a variety of entry points and can be approached with a minimal mathematical background, but lead to deep mathematical concepts and can be connected to advanced mathematics. ()
Past Activities
Special Events:
- 2/7/24 - "e-day" celebration & Children's math library open hourse, with an e-Talk by Dr. Stephen Brady;
萝莉社 Math Circle Fall 2024 Schedule:
- 9/15/2024: Dr. William Ingle; "Binomial Coefficients"
- 9/22/2024: Jamie Swan; "Apportionment methods"
- 9/29/2024: Dr. Mai Dao; "Keeping your messages secret"
- 10/6/2024: Dr. Xiaolong Li; "Bulgarian Solitaire"
- 10/20/2024: Dr. Daniel Grady; "The game of Nim"
- 10/27/2024: Mark Meyer; "Isoperimetric Problems"
- 11/3/2024: Dr. Yeil Kwon; "The Broken Stick Problem & Probabilistic Simulation for Pi"
- 11/10/2024: Dr. Stephen Brady; "Exploring the real number system"
- 11/17/2024: David Hall; "Mondrian Art Puzzles"
Spring 2024 Schedule:
- 2/11/24 - Dr. Robert Fraser; "Infinite Sums"
- 2/18/24 - Dr. Mai Dao; "Cracking Longitude at Sea"
- 2/25/24 - Ashley Thompson; "Careers in Math: My Experience as a Stress Engineering Intern"
- 3/3/24 - Dr. Xiaolong Li; "Magic with Math"
- 3/24/24 - Dr. Tianshi Lu; "Math on the Chessboard"
- 4/7/24 - Dr. Nick Solomey; "The Mathematical Postulates Behind Modern Physics"
- 4/14/24 - Mark Meyer; "Optimal strategy for cutting a circle (or slicing a pizza)"
- 4/21/24 - Jamie Swan; "Mathematical Investigation of the game Spot It"
- 4/28/24 -Dr. Holger Meyer; "Self-similarity in nature and mathematics"
Fall 2023 Schedule:
- 9/10/23 - Dr. Thalia Jeffres
- 9/17/23 - Dr. Fujian Yan
- 9/24/23 - Mark Meyer
- 10/1/23 - Dr. Mai Dao
- 10/8/23 - Dr. Buma Fridman
- 10/22/23 - Dr. Nickolas Solomey
- 10/29/23 - Jamie Swan
- 11/5/23 - Dr. Daniel Grady
- 11/12/23 - Dr. Catherine Searle
- 11/19/23 - Elton Bowman
Partially supported by the National Science Foundation. Organizers: Tinka Davis, William Ingle, Rachel Heckman, and Xiaolong Li
Math Circle promotes mathematical literacy, curiosity in youth
Read the storyK-12 students get a taste of nitrogen in their ice cream
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