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The Math Options Career Day youth program at Penn State Behrend showcases the real-life applications of “book math.” That means DIY tennis rackets and Barbies on a bungee cord.
Penn State Behrend’s Math Options Career Day brought nearly 180 middle-schoolers to the college on May 10. They built spaghetti bridges and twisty foam roller coasters.