The document discusses the need and benefits of establishing a Mathematics Club. It proposes that a Mathematics Club can arouse student interest in math, encourage active participation and discussion, and supplement classroom learning. The document provides guidance on forming a Mathematics Club, including drafting a constitution, electing student leadership positions, and collecting membership fees. Suggested club activities include competitions, lectures, celebrations of math history, and recreational puzzles. Informal learning activities for the club could include math exhibitions showcasing student work and a math fair with exhibits related to mathematical concepts.

1. ONLINE
ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC :
• Mathematics Club
Need and significance
Formation and its club activities
• Informal learning contents such as mathematics exhibitions,fair
etc.
RESHMA U.
OPTIONAL MATHEMATICS
ROLL NO. 128
N.S.S. TRAINING COLLEGE
PANDALAM

2. MATHEMATICS CLUB
“The club represents freedom of expression where as
the classroom represents conformity and repression.”
- M.C. Kown
The meeting place where a number of persons meet to
discuss something or to study some problems is known as club and
where students of mathematics sit and discuss together is called
mathematics club. Mathematics club plays an important role in
motivating the students to learn mathematics with interest and
involvement. Mathematics club provides excellent opportunities for
students to break away from the monotony of a rigid and structured
classroom environment. In the mathematics club the students chooses
the activities on his own and pursues them in a free and relaxed manner
contrary to the atmosphere prevailing in a classroom. Club provides a
lot of freedom of expression for the students and it supplements
classroom learning. The mathematics club will create among the
students an idea of practical utility of mathematics in addition to
creating their interest in mathematics. Also a number of interesting
programmes can be organized under the auspices of a Mathematics
club.

3. NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MATHEMATICS CLUB
The mathematics club can serve a number of
purposes. These purposes or values show the need and significance of
this club. The values of a mathematics club may be summarized as :
➢ It is useful in arousing and maintaining interest in Mathematics.
➢ It stimulates the active participation of the students.
➢ It develops in the students a habit of selective study. This helps
them to make a distinction between relevant and irrelevant
material.
➢ The knowledge gained by students in various functions of such
club activities supplements the class teaching.
➢ It provides the students an opportunity of free discussion and
they are benefited from one another's view.
➢ Gifted students get an opportunity to satisfy their needs and
interests by actively participating in the activities of such clubs
and associations.
➢ Students get an opportunity to listen to some well-known and
distinguished Mathematicians.
➢ It gives the students basic training in organizing such
programmes.
➢ It is helpful in making proper utilization of leisure time.
➢ Through participation in such clubs students get acquainted with
the contribution of Great Mathematicians in their fields.

4. FORMATION OF A MATHEMATICS CLUB
A Mathematics club, if properly organized, will be
a great help in enlivening the teaching of Mathematics. Such a club
should be run by the students under the guidance and under the
supervision of teacher. For proper running of a club the most important
thing is the preparation of a draft constitution of the club. This draft
be prepared by the Mathematics teacher in consultation with the head
of the institution. This draft constitution should provide all important
details about the name of the club, aims and objectives of the club,
details regarding membership and the fees etc.
For efficient and successful working of Mathematics club,
➢ club should have the head of institution as its patron,
➢ one of the senior Mathematics teachers be asked to be the
sponsor of the club,
➢ membership of the club be open to all the Mathematics students
of the school,
➢ associate-membership may be allowed to some other students
interested in Mathematics,
➢ the club may have an elected executive committee, the members
of executive should include the following and should be elected or
nominated from the students:
(a) Chairman
(b) Secretary

5. (c) Assistant secretary
(d) Treasurer
(e) One or two class representatives from each class.
The executive committee may also include a librarian, a store
keeper and publicity officer,
➢ only a nominal membership fee be charged from the members,
➢ the club members be asked to tap other resources and carry out
the club activities in their own locality.
CLUB ACTIVITIES
Suggested activities for a Mathematics club:
➢ Organizing inter-class, inter-school competitions on some
interesting Mathematical topics.
➢ Arranging a lecture by some renowned Mathematics teacher or
scholar.
➢ Celebrating days and events pertaining to the history of
Mathematics or men of Mathematics.
➢ Organizing discussions about the practical applications of
Mathematics.
➢ Organizing recreational activities in Mathematics such as puzzles,
riddles, catch-problems, number games etc.
➢ Making or collecting charts, models, picture, graphs etc. for the
Mathematics laboratory.

6. ➢ Conducting related project activities.
➢ Preparing items for wall magazine.
➢ Organizing Mathematical exhibitions or fairs.
➢ Organizing certain outings of mathematical interest.
➢ Organizing paper reading contests about some important topics of
Mathematics.
➢ Making arrangements to listen to certain radio broadcasts on
mathematical topics.
➢ Organizing seminars and career courses relating to Mathematics.
INFORMAL LEARNING CONTENTS
MATHS EXHIBITION
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an
organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice,
exhibitions usually occur within museums, galleries and exhibition halls.
The word "exhibition" is usually, but not always, the
word used for a collection of items. Sometimes "exhibit" is synonymous
with "exhibition", but "exhibit" generally refers to a single item being
exhibited within an exhibition.
Exhibitions may be permanent displays or temporary,
but in common usage, "exhibitions" are considered temporary and
usually scheduled to open and close on specific dates.

7. MATH S FAIR
A math fair is an exhibit of items that relate to
Mathematics. Students may select to write and biography of a famous
mathematician, to explain a theory, or to solve a problem using a
formula. Students may even invent a game using different mathematical
concepts.