Reflection: Math Fair

I thought that this math fair was quite interesting. I thought that representing mathematics in a way different than that taught traditionally was a breath of fresh air, especially since many people claim that math is boring. The students also seemed to be enthusiastic about presenting their hard work, as it's apparent they worked very hard on their project, and were eager to display their work they invested so much time and effort into. One thing that caught my eye was the project about changing algebraic questions into work problems. When I think of common student difficulties, what comes to my mind is word problems. But these students found it useful to first translate the question into a word problem, and then solve the question, which was an interesting insight into how different students may approach the same problem.