The 2025 Summer Math Camp will take place at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, June 18 – July 2.
The Mathemalchemy math-art exhibit will be in the museum for several months including the duration of the math camp. This means the 2025 camp will be a special camp. We are thankful for financial support from Math for America, MIT, Duke University, The American Math Society Epsilon Fund, The Mathematical Association of America Neff program, Kansas State University, Arizona State University, the Indigenous Outreach fund of the Kansas State University Foundation, and Juniata College.
It is mostly a day camp, but a residential option may be available. The camp is free for grade 6 – 12 students in the community. We provide breakfast and lunch.
Read about the camp staff at:
Camp Staff Bios.
Read a list of some of our puzzles/games at 2025 Camp puzzles/games. We will also use the puzzles and games from the library math area. Read about it at: Math Area.
Read about our camp activities at: Camp Activities
View the webpage from the 2024 camp to get a sense of what a Navajo Math Camp is like:
2024 Summer Math Camp
Schedule Draft — A work in progress
We hope watching this gets you excited for the camp. (We will remove “Draft — A work in progress” when our thoughts stabilize.)
Wednesday, June 18
This is the first day of the camp. It will not follow the typical schedule. Students will be invited to stay for the optional Exhibit Opening Reception from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Pizza will be provided for the students that wait for the reception.) We will want to make a photo roster. Perhaps shorter (45 min) math circle sessions
8:00 – 8:30 – Breakfast (Breakfast room)
8:30 – 9:30 – Welcome – Opening (Auditorium)
9:45-10:30 – Math Session 1:
Team 1 – (Kim) Chris-Cross
Team 2 – (Istvan) Dice Magic
10:40-11:40 – Cultural Activity (Clans)
11:40-12:20 – Lunch
12:20-1:20 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
1:25-2:10 – Math Session 2:
Team 1 – (Istvan) Dice Magic
Team 2 – (Kim) Chris-Cross
2:15- 3:45 – Mathemalchemy Preview – (students write questions/comments about parts that they would like to learn more about, Mathemalchemists talk with students.)
3:45 – 4:00 – Students who are not staying for the Exhibit Opening leave
4:00 – 5:00 – Pizza dinner for students and staff who stay (Optional)
5:00 – 7:00 – Exhibit Opening (Optional)
Thursday, June 19
8:00-9:00 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
9:00-10:30 – Math Session 1:
Team 1 – (Shay) Tic Tac Toe Times Three
Team 2 – (Gabriella) Diagonals
10:45-11:45 – Cultural Activity (Chambreigh, or ??? )
12:00-12:40 – Lunch
12:40-1:40 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
1:45-3:15 – Math Session 2:
Team 1: (Gabriella) Diagonals
Team 2: (Shay) Tic Tac Toe Times Three
3:15 – 4:00 – Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students leave the camp
Friday, June 20 (The campout is optional – We hope all come. It is one of the highlights)
8:00- light breakfast
8:30 – Leave for Chuska Mountain Camp – (Organized by Chamberigh and Henry)
Camping out all day and night, Volleyball, capture the flag, archery (Filiberto),
campfire, stories (scavenger hunt?, ecology? Orienteering? Scavenging? Wool dying? Football, relay races, Many possibilities.. Have some free time.) Lunch and dinner will be served. There will be separate sides of the camp for boys and girls.
Saturday, June 21
8:00 – Breakfast
12:00 – Return to Window Rock
??:?? – Arrive at museum parking lot.
Monday, June 23
8:00-8:40 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
8:40 – 9:15 Kumihimo introduction (Mary)
9:15-10:45 – Math Session 1:
Team 1 – (Istvan) Geomag
Team 2 – (Kim) The Perfect Shuffle
10:45 – 11:45 Cultural Activity (Chambreigh)
12:00-12:40 – Lunch
12:40-1:40 – Physical Activity — Zoo (Chambreigh)
1:45-3:15 – Math Session 2:
Team 1: (Kim) The Perfect Shuffle
Team 2: (Istvan) Geomag
3:15 – 4:00 – Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students leave the camp
Tuesday, June 24
8:00-9:00 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
9:00-10:30 – Math Session 1:
Team 1 – (Gabriella) Graceful Graphs
Team 2 – (Shay) Tic Tac Logic
10:45-11:45 Cultural Activity (Chambreigh)
12:00-12:40 – Lunch
12:40-1:40 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
1:45-3:15 – Math Session 2:
Team 1: (Shay) Tic Tac Logic
Team 2: (Gabriella) Graceful Graphs
3:15 – 4:00 – Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students leave the camp
Wednesday, June 25 (Wrangle Day)
8:00-9:00 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
9:00-10:45 – Teams work on their wrangle solutions/presentations – staff help the teams
Organize (who will present which problem?, who are the team captains? Write
solutions on big paper, practice presenting, presentation comments face forward..)
10:45-12:30 – Math Wrangle – (Judges – Gabriella, Istavan, Dave) Timer = Score keeper
12:30-1:10 – Lunch
1:10-2:15 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
2:15-3:45 – Role Model Presentation (Lauren Etsitty)
3:45 – 4:00 – Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and clean up
4:00 – students leave the camp
Thursday, June 26
8:00-8:45 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
8:45-10:00 – Math Session 1:
Team 1 – (Ty Fierce Metteba) Liars Bingo
Team 2 – (Dave) Die tip
10:00-11:30 – Physical – Culture
Team 1 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
Team 2 – Cultural Activity (TahNibaa Naataanii)
11:30-12:15 – Lunch
12:15-1:45 – Physical – Culture
Team 1 – Cultural Activity (TahNibaa Naataanii)
Team 2 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
1:45-3:00 – Math Session 2:
Team 1: (Dave) Die tip
Team 2: (Ty Fierce Metteba) Liars Bingo
3:00 – 4:00 – Weaving, Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students may leave the camp or stick around to continue weaving until the museum closes at 5:00.
Friday, June 27
8:00-8:45 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
8:45-10:00 – Math Session 1:
Team 1 – (Lynden) Monster Stomp
Team 2 – (Amanda) Pancake Problem
10:00-11:30 – Physical – Culture
Team 1 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
Team 2 – Cultural Activity (TahNibaa Naataanii)
11:30-12:15 – Lunch
12:15-1:45 – Physical – Culture
Team 1 – Cultural Activity (TahNibaa Naataanii)
Team 2 – Physical Activity (Dave)
1:45-3:00 – Math Session 2:
Team 1: (Angela) Pancake Problem
Team 2: (Lynden) Monster Stomp
3:00 – 4:00 – Weaving, Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students may leave the camp or stick around to continue weaving until the museum closes at 5:00.
Monday, June 30
8:00-8:30 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
8:30 – 10:30 Physical Activity – Archery (Filiberto)
10:30-12:00 – Math Session 1:
(Jesse Osnes), One Cut
12:00-12:40 – Lunch
12:40-1:40 – Cultural Activity (Chambreigh)
1:45-3:15 – Math Session 2:
(Matthias) Permutohedron and friend
Team 2: (Henry Fowler), Dine’ Loom Math
3:15 – 4:00 – Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students leave the camp
Tuesday, July 1
8:00-9:00 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
9:00-10:30 – Math Session 1:
(Henry Fowler), Dine’ Loom Math
10:45-11:45 – Role Model Presentation (Sky Harper)
12:00-12:40 – Lunch
12:40-1:40 – Physical Activity
1:45-3:15 – Math Session 2:
(Dave) Faded Rulers
3:15 – 4:00 – Puzzles, Brain Teasers, and Math Wrangle problems
4:00 – students leave the camp
Wednesday, July 2 (Wrangle Day, Closing Ceremony, Families Welcome, Camp Movie)
8:00-9:00 – light breakfast; games and problem solving – we work to get the students to do wrangle problems.
9:00-10:45 – Teams work on their wrangle solutions/presentations – staff help the teams
Organize (who will present which problem?, who are the team captains? Write
solutions on big paper, practice presenting, presentation comments face forward..)
10:45-12:30 – Math Wrangle – (Judges – )
12:30-1:10 – Lunch (show movie during lunch?)
1:15-2:00 – Physical Activity (Chambreigh)
2:00-3:30 – Role Model Presentation (Sky Harper)
3:30 – 4:30 – Closing Ceremony with movie
4:30 – students leave the camp
