Project Chiron

Project Chiron

In-person

Why does Project Chiron exist?

Because how we learn informs everything we do. And the joy of uncovering, exploring, and understanding new ideas should be at the forefront of all our learning.

As Leibniz grappled with the concept of the infinitesimal, so too should students today be guided to tease out their own ‘infinitely small changes’ in their journey to understanding calculus. Just as Newton pieced together the fundamental laws of classical mechanics, students should be led through experiments that inspire them to arrive at the same mathematical conclusions. Instead of viewing algebra as a pre-constructed puzzle, students should engage with tangible problems, progressively crafting the abstraction* of algebra as a tool for navigating complexity, transforming the daunting 𝑥 into a symbol of their own mastery and abstract reasoning. We should all experience a little of what the great pioneers felt, in the pursuit of learning.

It is Project Chiron’s overarching goal to see such deep, exploratory learning become the standard in education, not the exception.