UCD Math Department Picnic Day 2020 Coordination page

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• Next coordination meeting: Monday, March 30 at 10-11 am, location MSB 2112
• Final coordination meeting (tentative, to be confirmed): Monday April 6 at 10-12 am, location TBA
• Picnic Day: Saturday, April 18

1. Dan Romik
2. Edward Tavernetti
3. Cydney Matteson

1. Tavernetti will bring a 120mm refractor telescope and solar filter to observe the sun, will supervise this activity, safe handling of the instrument, as well as include some documentation about astronomical calculations, history, coordinates, etc. Estimated participation is 2 hours during the middle of the event when conditions are best for viewing the sun.

-Moving sofa problem -Plain patricians (Combinatorics) -Galtan board- would need to be purchased. -3D printing happening -Knot Theory -Paper Chain -Intro to morse theory/higher dimensional spaces -Hexarflexagon -Bracelet idea

Write here anything you think needs to be discussed among the coordinators

1. I would like to see suggested videos to show in MSB 1147, and get a playlist together. A lot of kids come for picnic day and I think it would be great to have more fun videos appropriate for all ages, like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc8sWN_jNF4

Thoughts? Or other videos?

To be purchased (budget): -Galtan Board ($40) -Printing for displays (FedEx/Kinkos) -Colored Paper -Beads and string -Table clothes -Colored Pencils