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32nd Annual NB Mathematics Competition UNB Fredericton Campus

Friday, May 9, 2014

* S C H E D U L E *

10:15 AM Students begin to assemble at designated rooms

Grade 7 → ML105, MacLaggan Hall Auditorium

Grade 8 → T102, Tilley Hall Auditorium

Grade 9 → TO3, Toole Hall Auditorium*

*Please note the change in location for the Grade 9 Competition

10:50 – 11:50 Competition (26 problems. No calculators.) We will attempt to start 10 minutes before 11:00 AM

Please plan to arrive at auditoriums no later than 10:15 AM

Teachers & chaperones will be hosted in the Sr. Commons Room of McConnell Hall

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch For $9.00 you can get an all‐you care‐to‐eat lunch at the dining room in McConnell Hall

There will be a fast line for those who have exact change (cash)

1:10‐3:15 Optional Activities Program will be available in April at http://www.math.unb.ca/mathcomp/

3:30‐4:00 Presentation of Awards ML 105, MacLaggan Hall Auditorium

School buses should park south of (uphill from) Aitken Centre

Parents planning to pick up children at 4 PM should use Windsor St. parking lots, behind MacLaggan Hall

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of:

NB Department of Education Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences Canadian Mathematical Society

Morneau Shepell CIBC Wood Gundy IA Clarington Investments

**Special thanks to all the participating departments at UNB Fredericton**

New Brunswick Math CompetitionUNB Fredericton

Friday, May 9, 2014

Optional Activities at a Glance —– Assembly pointsupdated schedule as of May 8

Session 1 Session 2 Session 31:10–1:40 2:00–2:30 2:45–3:15

Creative computing Creative computing Creative computingCOMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE

Head Hall lobby Head Hall lobby Head Hall lobbyCapacity: 40 Capacity: 40 Capacity: 40

The many uses of robots The many uses of robots Engineering design challengeMECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING

Head Hall lobby Head Hall lobby Head Hall lobbyCapacity: 15 Capacity: 15 Capacity: 20

Build a magnet-detector Build a magnet-detector Build a magnet-detectorELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER

ENGINEERING ENGINEERING ENGINEERING

Head Hall lobby Head Hall lobby Head Hall lobbyCapacity: 20 Capacity 20 Capacity: 20

Art workshop Art workshop Art workshopUNB ART CENTRE UNB ART CENTRE UNB ART CENTRE

Main lobby, Memorial Hall Main lobby, Memorial Hall Main lobby, Memorial HallCapacity: 12 Capacity: 12 Capacity: 12

Chemical magic Chemical magic Chemical magicCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY

Near entrance to Science library Near entrance to Science library Near entrance to Science libraryCapacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50

A trick of the light A trick of the light A trick of the lightPHYSICS PHYSICS PHYSICS

Near entrance to Science library Near entrance to Science library Near entrance to Science libraryCapacity: 24 Capacity: 24 Capacity: 24

Human performance lab Human performance lab Play TREESKINESIOLOGY KINESIOLOGY FORESTRY

South entrance to Currie Centre South entrance to Currie Centre Near entrance to Science libraryCapacity: 20 Capacity: 20 Capacity: 30

Seven questions with lies God in the classroomMATHEMATICS LAW

Tilley Auditorium Near entrance to Tilley HallCapacity: 200 Capacity: 30

B Full hour event; you cannot join after 2:00PM CZombies and philosophy Early Modern Walking Dead: the Real How to train your goldfish

PHILOSOPHY History of Vampires and the Living Dead PSYCHOLOGY

Near Entrance to Tilley HISTORY Tilley AuditoriumCapacity: 50 Tilley Auditorium Capacity: 200

Capacity: 200Poets are liars Poets are liars

CREATIVE WRITING CREATIVE WRITING

Near entrance to Tilley Near entrance to TilleyCapacity: 15 Capacity: 15

The economy gameECONOMICS

Near entrance to TilleyCapacity: 30

Please be at the assembly point five minutes beforethe event starts, or you might be left behind!

Information Desks (1:00–3:00):

• Main lobby of Head Hall• Lobby near entrance to Science Library

• Near main entrance to Tilley Hall

New Brunswick Math CompetitionUNB Fredericton

Friday, May 9, 2014

Description of Presentations

◦ Art Centre ◦

◦ Chemistry ◦

◦ Civil Engineering ◦

◦ Computer Science ◦

◦ Creative Writing ◦

◦ Economics ◦

◦ Electrical and Computer Engineering ◦

◦ Forestry ◦

◦ History ◦

◦ Kinesiology ◦

◦ Law ◦

◦ Mathematics ◦

◦ Mechanical Engineering ◦

◦ Philosophy ◦

◦ Physics ◦

◦ Psychology ◦

Information Desks: (1:00–3:00)

• Main lobby of Head Hall• Lobby near entrance to Science Library

• Lobby of Tilley Hall

Awards ceremony:• 3:30 pm, in MacLaggan Hall Auditorium

Art Centre

Art WorkshopLori Quick

• Creativity enhances learning in all areas of your life! At the UNB Art Centre, there is noright and no wrong. Sometimes you just need a new perspective. Find out how the simplestmarks on paper can become works of art using music and spontaneity. All you need is anopen mind and a willingness to experiment.

• There is a signup sheet in the lobby of Memorial Hall. Please sign up, as the number ofstudents who can participate is limited.

Assemble Main lobby, Memorial HallTime 1:10–1:40 | 2:00–2:30 | 2:45–3:15

Capacity 12 students per session

Chemistry

Chemical MagicJames Tait

• Various demonstrations that involve simple chemistry producing magic potions, illusions,tricks or familiar odours.

Assemble Lobby near entrance to Science LibraryTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30 2:45–3:15

Capacity 50 students for each session

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Civil Engineering

Engineering Design ChallengeKatie Skead

• Students will be challenged to embrace their inner engineer and to build the tallest structurethey can with the materials given. The tallest free-standing structure wins!

Assemble Main Lobby of Head HallTime 2:45–3:15

Capacity 20 students

Computer Science

Creative ComputingGenevieve Audet-Perron and Jesse English

• This is a fun, interactive demonstration of important concepts in computer science. Comefind out a little bit more about what computer science is all about, and meet one of ourcurrent computer science students, who will demo an app he built that helps people whoare colour blind identify colours in pictures they take with their Android device.

Assemble Main Lobby of Head HallTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30 2:45–3:15


Creative Writing

Poets are LiarsTriny Finlay

• “Poets are liars; and of all liars, / They are the most dangerous” (Amy Sutton). In thisworkshop, you will get to explore the power of your own lies while experimenting withdifferent kinds of poetic forms.

Assemble Entrance to Tilley HallTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30


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Economics

The Economy GameVan Lantz

• Ever wonder about how the economy works? How some companies sell products cheaperthan others? When demand is greatest for a product? Why countries trade with one an-other?

• Come and learn about the forces of demand and supply using a computer simulation game.Compete with other players in a game where you are in charge of buying and selling goodson different planets in a make-believe galaxy.

Assemble Entrance to Tilley HallTime 2:00–2:30


Electrical and Computer Engineering

Build a magnet-detectorTroy Lavigne and Bill Briggs

• Have you ever built an electric circuit? In this activity you will learn how to build a magnet-detector and use it “see” a magnet where your eyes cannot reach. You may even see amagnet resist gravity!

Assemble Main lobby of Head HallTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30 2:45–3:15


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Forestry

Play TREESBrian Sergeant

• Play forestry’s computer game, TREES, and explore how trees grow and compete with oneanother over time. Use TREES to plant and manage a forest for Christmas trees, pulpwoodor sawlogs. Plant mixtures of tree species to discover the differences between them in life-span, height and crown growth.

• Experiment with “TREES” and answer “what if” questions. For example: What if I planted anumber of seedlings at one-meter spacing? Would the trees die quickly from overcrowding?Do some species require more growing space than others? What if I cut some of the trees?Would the remaining trees grow faster?

Assemble Near entrance to Science libraryTime 2:45–3:15


History

Early modern walking dead:the real history of vampires and the living dead

Gary K. Waite

• Vampires: the very word raises the hair on the back of the head, or used to before theStephenie Meyer Twilight series made vampires cute. Whether youre familiar with the 19thcentury literary version by Bram Stoker, Dracula, or more recent movies or TV series, suchas The Walking Dead, the idea of the dead coming back to life is one of humanitys scariest.In this short session, we will explore together where the roots of this belief came from andhow people in the past dealt with those they believed were vampires. These are definitelystranger than fiction! Well focus especially on one of the most bizarre events in recordedhistory: the great Vampire epidemic of 18th century Hungary. I think youll find that ourimage of the vampire will change considerably.

Location Tilley Hall 102 (Auditorium)Time 2:00–2:30


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Kinesiology

Human Performance LabMegan Moreau

• Join us for a tour of the Andrew and Marjorie McCain Human Performance Lab, whichcontains the worlds most advanced motion capture system! Human movement is trackedusing 12 infrared cameras and reflective markers on the body. Information gathered fromthis system can be used to create life-like animations for Hollywood movies (e.g. Golem)and video games (e.g. Call of Duty, NHL). UNB uses the system to study sports performanceand measure everyday movements such as walking. Walking or gait analyses are often usedto help doctors plan surgeries and other treatments in children with movement disorders(e.g. Cerebral Palsy). Come and see the system in action!

Assemble Currie Centre, South EntranceTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30


The south entrance to the Currie Centre is the entrance off Garland Court, which enters onto thefourth floor of the Centre.

Law

God in the classroom:Religious symbols in public schools

Howard Kislowicz

• Have you ever watched Law & Order, seen the lawyers in action, and said to yourself, “thisis freakin’ awesome”? Do you find it painfully difficult to keep your mouth shut when youknow there’s a good argument to be made? Have you ever wondered what exactly theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is? Explore these questions as we delve into one ofthe most controversial issues in our contemporary world, the presence of religious practicesin public school classrooms. Should teachers be allowed to lead their classes in the Lord’sPrayer? Should a Sikh student be able to wear a kirpan, an article of faith that resembles adagger? Should female Muslim students be allowed to wear hijabs, a veil that covers theirhair? Figure out what you think, find out what the courts think, and try out your skills ofargument.

Assemble Entrance to Tilley HallTime 2:00–3:15

Capacity 30 studentsFull hour+ event; you cannot join after 2:00PM.

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Mathematics

Seven Questions with LiesColin Ingalls

• The game: You pick a number from 1 to 15 and I get to ask 7 questions about it, and youcan lie once, but I can figure out your number. This trick is is an example of coding theoryand your computer does the same trick every time you play a CD or use Wifi.



Mechanical Engineering

The many uses of RobotsJosh Pickard

• Take a quick tour from the bottom of the ocean to outer space and everything in between tosee some of the current and planned uses of robots. This talk and demonstration will showsome of the most interesting uses of robotics in science, exploration, industry and art. Sometime will be devoted to highlight Canada’s involvement in the current robotic revolution,specially in space and underwater robotics.

• A brief demo of the new state-of-the-art industrial robotics equipment will show the atten-dees a taste of what is to come at the Robotics and Mechanisms Lab in the Department ofMechanical Engineering.

Assemble Main Lobby of Head HallTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30


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Philosophy

Zombies and PhilosophyJennifer Hart Weed

• What can Zombies teach us about what it is to be human? Come and join a discussion aboutMax Brooks’ book ‘World War Z’ and find out more about zombies and human beings.

Assemble Near entrance to Tilley HallTime 1:10–1:40


Physics

A trick of the lightChris Vail

• Physicists use light to study everything from cancer cells to the origins of the universe.One of the most useful properties of light is that its colour contains information aboutthe substance by which it is being emitted. The colour of emitted light can tell us abouttemperature or chemical species or even about how fast something is travelling. However,our eyes are not terribly good at separating out all the colours in any given beam of light.Sunlight, for example, contains all of the colours we see in a rainbow, but normally justlooks yellowish to us. In this activity, you can use everyday objects to build your ownspectrograph, which is a device for separating out the colours of light, and you can study anumber of sources of different light.

Assemble Lobby near entrance to Science LibraryTime 1:10–1:40 2:00–2:30 2:45–3:15


Psychology

How to train your goldfishHolly Seniuk

• Ever wonder if you could train your goldfish to swim through hoops or play soccer? Theanswer is yes! For years behavioural psychologists have being using the science of behaviourto teach new skills to members of the various species of the animal kingdom from goldfishto humans. This presentation will explain how psychology can be used to teach goldfishto play soccer, rats to play basketball, and to improve human performance in a variety ofareas.



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UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICKFREDERICTON CAMPUS

Building Name - 911 Address - Access Code1. Aitken House - 14 Bailey Dr.2. Aitken University Centre - 20 Mackay Dr. - A/C3. Alden Nowlan House - 676 Windsor St. - C4. Alumni Memorial Building - 13 Bailey Dr. - A5. Annex C - 13 Macaulay Lane - A/C6. Bailey Hall - 10 Bailey Dr. - A/B/C7. Bank/Bookstore Building - 29 Dineen Dr. - A8. BMO Centre - 25 Mackay Dr. - A/C9. Bridges House - 45 Mackay Dr. 10. Brydone Jack Observatory - 5 Bailey Dr.11. Building #7 - 6 Garland Ct.12. Burden Academy - Windsor St.13. Campus House - 11 Garland Ct.14. Carleton Hall - 19 Macaulay Lane - A/B/C15. C.C. Jones Student Services Centre - 26 Bailey Dr. - A/B/C16. Central Heating Plant - 950 College Hill Rd.17. College Hill Daycare - 850 Montgomery St. - A/C18. Computer Science Information

Technology Centre - 550 Windsor St. - A/B/C19. CURRIE CENTER - The Richard J. - 15 Peter Kelly Dr. - A/B/C20. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Residence - 34 Mackay Dr. - A/B/C21. Enterprise UNB Building #1 - 2 Garland Ct.22. Enterprise UNB Building #2 - 8 Garland Ct.23. Facilities Management - 767 Kings College Rd. - C/E24. Forestry & Geology Building - 2 Bailey Dr.25. Gillin Hall - 540 Windsor St. - A/B/C26. Harriet Irving Library - 5 Macaulay Lane - A/B/C27. Harrison House - 12 Macaulay Lane 28. Head Hall - 15 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C29. Head Hall/Old Civil Engineering - 17 Dineen Dr. - B30. Head Hall/Electrical Engineering - 19 Dineen Dr.31. Header House - 4 Garland Ct.32. Hut #5 - 5 Garland Ct.33. I.U.C. Forestry - 28 Dineen Dr. - B34. I.U.C. Physics & Admin. - 8 Bailey Dr. - A/B/D35. I.U.C. Science Library - 4 Bailey Dr. - A/C36. Joy W. Kidd House - 42 Mackay Dr. - A/B/C37. Keirstead Hall - 38 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C38. Lady Beaverbrook Gym - 2 Peter Kelly Dr. - A39. Lady Beaverbrook Residence - 9 Dineen Dr. - A40. Lady Dunn Hall - 40 Mackay Dr. - A/B/C41. Ludlow Hall - 41 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C42. MacKenzie House - 43 Mackay Dr. - A/E43. MacLaggan Hall - 33 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C44. Magee House - 780 Montgomery St. - A/B/C45. Marshall d’Avray Hall - 10 Mackay Dr. - A/B/C46. McConnell Hall - 19 Bailey Dr. - A/B/C47. McCord Hall - 7 Bailey Dr.48. McLeod House - 810 Montgomery St. - A/B49. Memorial Hall - 9 Bailey Dr. - A/C50. Muriel McQueen Fergusson Cenre -

678 Windsor St. - A/B/C51. Neill House - 22 Bailey Dr. 52. Neville Homestead - 58 Mackay Dr.53. Neville-Jones House - 16 Bailey Dr.54. New Brunswick Community College

Fredericton Campus - 26 Duffie Dr. - A/B/C55. NRC Institute for Information Technology - e-Business - 46 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C56. Provincial Archives - 23 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C57. Residence Administration - 20 Bailey Dr. - E58. R.N. Scott Hall - 25 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C59. Salt Storage Building - 948 College Hill Rd.60. Singer Hall - 7 Macaulay Lane - A/C61. Sir Howard Douglas Hall - 3 Bailey Dr.62. South Gym - 16 Mackay Dr. - A/B/C63. Student Union Building - 21 Pacey Dr. - A/B/C64. Tibbits Hall - 40 Mackay Dr. - A/B/C65. Tilley Hall - 9 Macaulay Lane - A/B/C66. Toole Hall - 30 Dineen Dr. - A/C67. UNBEA Building 10 - 10 Garland Ct.68. Wu Centre/College of Extended Learning -

6 Duffie Dr. - A/B/C69. Yellow Building - 7 Garland Ct.

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY

Building Name - 911 Address - Access Code70. Donald C. Duffie Hall - 53 Dineen Dr. - A/C71. Brian Mulroney Hall - 825 Montgomery St. - A/B/C72. Edmund Casey Hall - 51 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C73. George Martin Hall - 59 Dineen Dr. - A/C74. Harrington Hall - 55 Dineen Dr. - A75. Holy Cross House - 845 Montgomery St. - A/B/C76. J. B. O’Keefe Fitness Centre - 65 Dineen Dr. - A/C77. Margaret Norrie McCain Hall - 9 Duffie Dr. - A/B/C78. Sir James Dunn Hall - 67 Dineen Dr. - A/B/C79. Vanier Hall - 63 Dineen Dr. - A/C

Access KeyA Level or ramp entrance C Accessible restroom E One step up to entranceB Elevator D Assistance needed from parking lot (no curb break) For the most current information on accessibility call 506-453-4830

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