A summer camp at UC Merced helps middle-school students enjoy and conquer math

In late July at UC Merced, a classroom of middle school students split into teams for a game of Jeopardy. One problem: if the base of a 12-foot ladder rests 3 feet from a wall, how high up the wall does the ladder reach? After the teacher sketched a triangle, students immediately recognized the concept. […] The post A summer camp at UC Merced helps middle-school students enjoy and conquer math…