| Math Teams have had their golden moment: in | | | | presented with a problem simultaneously, and all 8 |
| Mean Girls, popular girl Cady (played by Lindsay | | | | participants race to find an answer. The first |
| Lohan) is a key player on the "Mathletes." And | | | | person to buzz in with a correct answer gets the |
| though they often get a bad rap, math teams do | | | | points for their team. If a team buzzes |
| have a lot to offer high school students. Chess | | | | incorrectly, they must wait for the other team to |
| club is in this section as well because the two | | | | guess before submitting a second answer. |
| games use similar logic and thinking parts of the | | | | Chess: |
| brain. Chess Team is still waiting for their golden | | | | Chess is an intense game of logic. The goal is to |
| moment. | | | | "check mate" your opponent, meaning that there |
| First, Math: | | | | are no safe ways for his king to move without |
| With local, regional and national competitions, math | | | | your pieces killing him. You need to plan far ahead, |
| teams are active throughout the school year. | | | | not just your next move, which means |
| They are often used to supplement the math | | | | anticipating what your opponent will do as well as |
| education given in the classroom for more | | | | how you will react to it. Chess players have |
| advanced students. Math competitions challenge | | | | better special, numerical, and verbal abilities than |
| you to think out problems in your own way as | | | | their non-playing counterparts. Both chess and |
| opposed to what is dictated by, say, the 10th | | | | math teams offer great opportunities for |
| grade standard. It also gives you a real-world | | | | socialization for a group that stereotypically keeps |
| view of applied mathematics. Math competitions | | | | to themselves. So get out, make friends, and do |
| are generally 4-on-4. The two teams are | | | | two things that you love: math and playing chess! |