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Friday, November 21, 2025
Making Math Matter: It’s a Way of Life with Infinite Possibilities

Paris Mountain Math Trail: Making Math Mater

Join us for a session that truly shows how Making Math Mater is a way of life with infinite possibili�es!
Just a short drive from downtown Greenville, Paris Mountain State Park offers a beau�ful mountain se�ng for this
unique outdoor session. This 1,275-acre park, one of South Carolina's oldest protected areas, is well-known for its large
trees and picturesque lake.
This is your chance to explore a Math Trail—a mathema�cal journey—right on a park path! We will be walking an easy
trail around a small lake, finding examples of mathema�cal concepts and problems developed by elementary, middle,
and high school teachers from across South Carolina.
Why atend? We hope you'll not only learn new math concepts but also gain fresh ideas for instruc�on and start seeing
the infinite possibili�es of math in the natural world.

Important Note: Par�cipants will be walking on an outdoor trail. Please wear appropriate shoes for walking the ¾ mile
trail. Par�cipants will also need to pay the state park entry fee.

Everyone will meet their SCCTM guides in the second parking lot a�er entering the park on the le�, across from the park
center/ stone bathhouse that is in front of the lake. You’ll gather there, walk across the road and begin the math trail,
walking the Lake Placid Trail, which is less than a mile long.

The walk takes you on a loop around the lake where you will be able to spot wildlife as well as see the historic spillway,
during your mathema�cal adventure.

Be sure to go into the ranger sta�on to pick up your free South Carolina State Parks Ul�mate Outsider book. The Paris
Mountain Ul�mate Outsider stamp is located on the bulle�n board under the breezeway at the Park Center (stone
bathhouse. There is also a stamp at the front desk in the ranger sta�on. A�er your visit to Paris Mountain, you can visit
other South Carolina State Parks to collect stamps for your Ul�mate Outsider book.

Wi-fi is available for guests of the park and is accessible from the Park Center where the park office is located. Admission
is $6 for adults. Click this link to reserve your spot for the Paris Mountain Math Trail.

All Grade Levels are welcome.

Chris� Fricks, SCCTM Middle School Vice President
Karesha Taylor-Parnell, SCCTM Elementary Schools Vice President

Session 215 will be held in Ballroom 202C from 2:00 - 3:30.

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