Can you pop a balloon with just a lemon? Are flames hollow? Do you know why? Sign up to find out for yourself! LET'S GO MYTH BUSTING! During this class, we will be doing a series of hands-on experiments and nerdy party tricks. Together, you will try to predict and explain what happens. But most importantly, there will be lots of fun (and snacks???!?!)!

I *strongly* recommend bringing a (charged!) laptop for this course. No experience in Desmos is required. Completion of Algebra II is recommend although not required, I will try my best to explain everything :) Do YOU want to learn to how use DESMOS (yeah, the graphing calculator you probably begrudgingly use for math homework) to make cool cellular simulations, demonstrate chaos theory, create Fourier series visualizations, write music and learn some basic music theory, and maybe even program a neural network?! Then this is totally the class for you! In 110 short minutes, I'll try to teach you as much as I can about a weird nerdy hobby I started learning in 9th grade. There's a surprising amount of nuance involved with creating cool Desmos graphs, and you'll definitely learn some cool problem solving skills. If I succeed in teaching you, I hope you'll be able to create really cool demonstrations, art, or really whatever your heart desires in Desmos! Oh, and most importantly, we are going to have FUN and eat some cool foreign snacks!! Topics (roughly): - Mathematically define a grid (in Desmos) - Simulate Conway's Game of Life (in Desmos) - Create Bezier Curves (in Desmos) - Eat food (in real life) - Learn about neural networks (in Desmos) - Create audio waveforms and basic chords (in Desmos) - Create a Mandelbrot Set (google images of it, its super cool and just derived from Algebra I math!) (in Desmos)