I thought that the museum visit was quite interesting. After having presented at 3 math fairs this semester, it was a nice change of pace to attend one as a participant. It was a great idea having the fair at a museum, where the projects were based around exhibits. Though many of the projects were only loosely linked to their corresponding exhibits, it was a good way to encourage the students to learn more about the museum as well as the attendees, while forcing the students to add some creativity to their project.
The puzzles themselves were very well done (better even than my own presentations). I liked that there were several puzzles which obviously were based upon the same concept yet were presented quite differently. It was great to see the kids adding their own twists and ideas to well established math fair problems. Not only that, but I loved how the students had clearly spent a lot of time with their projects and were able to show us multiple methods to solve it.
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