ISHANGO
STEM Summer Camp 2022
This one-week summer camp will use the unique archaeological discoveries at the African U.N. World Heritage site of Ishango to explore the origin of mathematical thought and applications to modern science. Age-appropriate for Middle/High School.
Day 1. Origins of Math
Activity: Deciphering the 20,000-year-old Ishango Prime Number Sieve and African Sexagesimal Finger Calculation
Day 2. Exploring the Microcosmos - Microscopy of Your Body and Nature
Activity: Foldscope Microscopy of Human Blood and Microfauna of City Park
Day 3. Exploring the Macrocosmos - Geography and Natural History
Activity: iNaturalist Field Bioblitz
Day 4. Anatomy, Anthropology, and Health
Activity: PCR Lab Testing for Sickle Cell and Mock COVID Test
Day 5. The Big Picture - Understanding Human Populations and Evolution
Activity: Casts of 3 Million Years of Human Ancestors
August 1-5, 2022
Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Ave Martinsville, VA
Instructor will be ICSM Director, Dr. Noel Boaz, discoverer of the fossil humans of Ishango
