Before the Competition

Registration

Any adult volunteer may serve as a coach.  The coach should register on our website, at girlsadventuresinmath.com/register.  The coach can register as many teams as they’d like.*  The form will automatically calculate the cost of participation, and you will be guided through the payment process before submitting your form.  Upon form submission, the coach will receive a confirmation email with instructions regarding next steps. 

*Participants may only participate on one team for each annual competition. 

PRICING

  • Regular Teams:

    • $40 each for 1-4 teams

    • $30 each for every team thereafter

  • Title 1 Teams:

    • First 2 teams are free.

    • Each additional team is $10.

Applying for Financial Aid

All Title 1 schools are automatically granted 2 free teams as well as discounts on their registrations.  Those wishing to apply for financial aid may do so within the form.  If you have applied for financial aid, an email chain will begin automatically.  Please allow 7 business days for our response.

 

Preparing Your Team for the Competition

Before GAIM Day, coaches can prepare their teams by using the preparation materials located on the GAIM website.  GAIM is a creative problem solving competition, so any materials encouraging out-of-the-box thinking will be helpful to your teams’ tackling the GAIM problem sets.  Logic puzzles, word problems, and riddles are encouraged!  You can also sign up to receive our newsletters.  In each newsletter we include a brand new activity to better prepare your team for the competition.

Teamwork is one of the most important aspects of GAIM.  We strongly recommend that teams choose a captain, whose role, in addition to solving problems, is to assign questions to other members of the team, and pace the other members of the team during the competition.  We also recommend that you choose a tech leader whose job will be to submit answers on behalf of the team.

Many times, students will vote for the fastest problem solver to be the captain.  Instead, we recommend that they choose the strongest people-leader, someone who is methodical and pays careful attention to detail.  It is also good to have a “checker” on the team -- someone who listens to solutions and tries to find problems with them.  Many teams may choose to have their captain act as a checker as well.

Logistics

GAIM encourages coaches to think about the following ahead of time:

  • Team Composition

  • Date and Time

  • Collaboration Platform (Zoom, GoogleHangouts, etc.) if you are not able to complete the competition together in person.