The center’s Mathematics Dissemination Coordination is in charge of coordinating, facilitating and promoting activities aimed at bringing mathematics closer to various audiences such as students from elementary school to high school, university and postgraduate courses, mathematics teachers and the general public.
The outreach activities in the center are numerous, among them some are mentioned
Math Olympics (link to section)
Science Workshops for Youth. The high school is held every summer since 1997. They are also held for secondary and primary levels.
Teacher professional development. At the Guanajuato headquarters, workshops are given for teachers of the Guanajuato State Education Secretariat on various topics such as Mathematical Thinking, Workshops for Olympics Teachers, Mathemagy, among others.
Currently, there are three outreach groups at different CIMAT venues who regularly organize various fairs and workshops:
At CIMAT Guanajuato, state selection processes are carried out for various mathematics and computer olympics. Some of them are listed below:
Basic Education Mathematics Olympiad The Mexican Basic Education Mathematics Olympiad promotes the study of mathematics from a perspective that shows ingenuity and creativity as primary qualities and is aimed at students from 4th grade to 2nd grade of secondary school. The National contest, organized by a committee designated by the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad, takes place in June in different cities of our country. Delegations made up of nine students, from each of the States of the Republic, participate in this contest, who enjoy autonomy in their selection process.
In Guanajuato, it is organized by the Center for Research in Mathematics A.C. (CIMAT), in conjunction with the Department of Mathematics of the University of Guanajuato (DEMAT) and with the support of the Secretary of Education of Guanajuato. The responsibility of preparing students for the different stages falls on members of the CIMAT-DEMAT community.
Mathematics Olympiad in Guanajuato OMM The OMM Mexican Mathematics Olympiad is a program of the Mexican Mathematical Society (SMM), whose central part is the realization of the National Contest for pre-university students. This contest is the most important in our country at the high school level, just as the International Mathematical Olympiad is worldwide. The objective of the OMM is to promote the study of mathematics in a creative way, moving away from the traditional study that promotes memorization and mechanization, seeking and seeking to develop the reasoning and imagination of young people.
In Guanajuato, it is organized by the Center for Research in Mathematics A.C. (CIMAT), in conjunction with the Department of Mathematics of the University of Guanajuato (DEMAT) and with the support of the Secretary of Education of Guanajuato. The responsibility of preparing students for the different stages falls on members of the CIMAT-DEMAT community.Regional Computer Olympiad Guanajuato
It is a state contest for young people with the facility to solve practical problems through logic and the use of computers, which seeks to promote technological development in Mexico and find the best programmers in Guanajuato. After a selection process, the Guanajuato team is formed to attend the National Mexican Computer Olympiad Contest.
Listed below are some projects that are special in the sense that they are current projects that have support from other institutions such as Conahcyt.
Recrea-matemáticas is in charge of developing the National Research and Advocacy Project for the Teaching of Mathematics, which arises in response to a call from the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies in mid-2019, with the specific objective of promoting the taste and appreciation for this discipline in both students and teachers.
Stem conferences for the state of Zacatecas. The objective of this initiative is to train high school and higher education students from the State of Zacatecas to make better use of the technological resources they already have to improve their employment opportunities. The activities will take place between 2021 and 2022.
Every summer since 1997 CIMAT organizes the “Science Workshop for Youth” – a dense week of activities designed to bring high school students with an interest in natural sciences closer to the world of science. Around 40 students from high schools from all over the country participate in the Workshop. Workshops for high school students began in 1997 and later workshops are also organized for primary and secondary students. To see the details of these programs you can consult the following sites:
Science Workshop for Children (elementary), 2003 to date
Youth Science Workshop (high school), 2004 – to date
Youth Science Workshop (high school) 1997- to date
As part of the outreach activities, CIMAT offers a wide variety of conferences and workshops a year, either at the center’s facilities or in schools, museums, houses of culture, in addition to receiving groups from educational institutions starting at the baccalaureate level.
