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Celebrating the 2025 COMAP Award Recipients

| Math Modeling, Events
COMAP proudly honors outstanding educators and leaders who have made remarkable contrib...
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Math Modeling Is More Than a Skill. It’s a Superpower.

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Discover how math modeling helps students see math as a real-world superpower, building...
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An Interview with Our New Director of Contests: Amanda Beecher, Ph.D.

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Discover Dr. Amanda Beecher’s journey with mathematical modeling, her vision for COMAP’...
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How the University of Florida Built a Thriving Math Modeling Program

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
See how the University of Florida grew its math modeling program from three teams to a ...
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HiMCM/MidMCM Update: New Rules Expand Eligibility for 2025

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Starting in 2025, HiMCM and MidMCM contests expand eligibility to math circles, magnet ...
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What If? A Key Question Behind Math Modeling

| Math Contests, Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Discover how simple “what if” questions spark deeper thinking and real-world problem so...
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Math Modeling Mindset and an Orange Juice Machine

| Math Modeling, Fun with Math
Discover how curiosity at a Singapore juice machine sparked real-world math modeling qu...
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Student Team Brings the Great Wall of China Into Today’s Math Classroom

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Two Shenzhen students modernized COMAP’s “Great Wall of China” module, blending cultura...
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The Best Math Modeling Problems Are the Ones That Bug You

| Math Modeling
The best math modeling problems aren’t always neat or tidy. They’re the ones that spark...
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Optimizing a Trip Upriver? There’s a Math Model for That

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Show students how math powers real-world decisions. This free module explores energy, c...
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What Does Uncomputable Mean? Let’s Look at the Busy Beaver Problem

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Uncomputable problems like Busy Beaver show the limits of math and machines. Here’s how...
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The Rise of Real-World Math in Education

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Real-world math is reshaping education. Discover how applied math and modeling help stu...
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How a First-Time Team Had Their Most Meaningful Four Days of College During MCM/ICM

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
A first-time team shares how the MCM became their most meaningful college experience, a...
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How the Math Modeling Mindset Prepares Students for Real Life

| Math Contests, Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Discover how the mathematical modeling mindset helps students think critically, collabo...
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Why Group Projects Can Fail and 5 Ways to Make Them Work

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Group projects can fail without the right support. Learn more 5 practical ways to help ...
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How Math Modeling Changes the Way Students Write

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Discover how math modeling helps students become better writers, deeper thinkers, and s...
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2025 MCM/ICM: Recognizing 43 Outstanding Papers

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Explore highlights and results from COMAP’s 2025 MCM/ICM contest, where student teams t...
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What Math and Sports Can Teach Us About Strategy and Fairness

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Have you ever noticed the connection between math and sports that is about more than ju...
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4 Reasons Teamwork in Math Modeling Leads to Stronger Solutions

| Math Modeling
See how teamwork in math modeling leads to stronger, more creative solutions, and why c...
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What a Caesar Cipher Can Teach Students About Cryptography

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Discover how the Caesar cipher introduces students to cryptography, computational think...
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5 Ways Curiosity Makes Math Modeling Better

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Curiosity transforms math modeling! Explore 5 ways it strengthens student thinking thro...
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Building Critical Thinking in Math Through Modeling

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Critical thinking in math comes from giving students a chance to think for themselves, ...
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What Productive Struggle in Math Really Teaches Students

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Discover how productive struggle in math—especially through modeling—helps students bui...
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How to Adapt Mathematical Modeling for Different Grade Levels

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
A collection of strategies for adapting mathematical modeling lessons to ensure age-app...
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