9 Teams from Baltimore City Schools to Compete in 2023 Mathopoly 5th Grade Math Competition
Ingenuity Project hosts first post-pandemic competition to build math skills of City’s 5th graders
After nearly six weeks of preparation, fifth graders from eight Baltimore City elementary schools gathered at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly) on December 16 to test their math skills at the Ingenuity Project’s innovative Mathopoly competition. Over the course of two hours, teams completed a series of math games, including solving Olympiad-style math problems on a life-sized Ingenuity-created, Monopoly-inspired game board.
When: Saturday, December 16, 2023
Where: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly) Gymnasium
Ingenuity developed its custom Mathopoly board game to strengthen the math skills of Baltimore City fifth graders and cultivate a joy in learning math with the goal of increasing math proficiency of potential applicants to Ingenuity’s advanced math and science middle school programs. High school students at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly) will serve as game officials and role models for the young scholars.
“With Mathopoly, we are creating an engaging experience to show both students and parents that math can be fun, collaborative, and exciting,” says Lisette Morris, Executive Director, Ingenuity Project. “ I love observing the families on the sidelines watching their children like it’s a sporting event. Enrichment experiences like this plant seeds in young scholars around a future involving subjects like math, science, engineering, and technology (STEM). We hope the Ingenuity Mathopoly will inspire them to consider an advanced math curriculum as they make choices for middle school.”
The schools participating in the 2023 Mathopoly are: Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary School, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy, Mary E. Rodman Elementary School, Mary Ann Winterling Elementary School, James McHenry Elementary/Middle School, George Washington Elementary School, Hilton Elementary School, and Frederick Elementary School. The Ingenuity Project thanks the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for supporting this outreach initiative. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a national foundation focused on increasing access to higher education for students with financial need.
Pictures from the 2019 Event
