We will not be hosting a Community Math Day in 2025. We look forward to resuming this program in Winter/Spring of 2026.
IC Community Math Day
2025 Community Math Day
The Ithaca College Mathematics Department welcomes students in grades PreK–5 and their entire families to explore mathematics together through games, puzzles, building blocks, reading, music, art, and more!
Many students—and parents too!—associate “math” with "numbers." Community Math Day puts the focus on exploration, creativity, reasoning, and problem solving. By working together with their caregivers in a family learning environment, children can discover for themselves where math is found in music, art, science, nature, puzzles, and more. Math department faculty, students, and alumni, along with friends from Computer Science, Physics, and Math Engaged will be there to help you explore, play, and learn.
Day-Of Details (2024)
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2024 information
- Williams Hall on the campus map
- On-campus parking is free (accessible parking in E lot; O and U lots recommended for additional parking) and TCAT Route 11 services campus as well.
- A sampling of activities:
- Create geometric shapes with marshmallows and balloons.
- Play mathematical games and puzzles.
- Learn about the mathematics of electric circuits in physics.
- Try out sorting algorithms in computer science.
- Make musical instruments and think about the mathematics of sound waves.
- Dive into mathematical storybooks.