SNAP Fair Review

This was taken from an email I wrote to the organizer of the SNAP Math Fair, it is slightly editted to change pronouns etc:

Great job with the SNAP fair today! It was really great and the students were so enthusiastic about their projects! I think it really goes to show how far [the organizers have] gone in terms of student centered approach. [The students] took such pride and ownership of their set up, presentation, and location in terms of their choice of Anthropology exhibit. I had several students tell me to "Go check out this person's presentation, you'll love it", clear example of how non-competitive and, in fact, celebratory this fair is. Students were just so enthusiastic about the math. The all-inclusive aspect was great as all types of mathematicians could be represented in their problems: logic, patterns, relations, arithmetic etc. And I didn't even get to see them all! The problem based approach is such a great avenue for students to explore problems that they love and gave me great ideas for puzzles to use in my classroom, which is just so exciting for me!