Whiz Kids: Makers of Math Movie, 'Mandy's Chocolate Milk Balls'

Melrose Patch Whiz Kids of the Week: "Hipster's Milk Dudes," aka, Chloe Melville, Isabel Bates, Alva Ronn and Emily DiPietro. 

• School: Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School

• Accomplishment: The group created and starred in a video about a particular math problem that has received enough votes from the public to advance to the semi-final round of the Reel Math Challenge video contest. MATHCOUNTS, which sponsored the contest, is a national club that promotes middle school math through fun and challenging problems. 

• The synopsis: Mandy, who loves chocolate malted milk balls, must figure out how many pieces of candy were originally in her bag before she shared them with her little brother and fellow math aces. The kids use an x and y plot to come up with the correct answer and seem to have a lot of fun going through the process dressed up as wizards and other characters. 

Click here to watch the video. 

Now, a panel of MATHCOUNTS judges will review the most popular 20 videos and on March 16 select four that will vie for a free trip to the 2012 MATHCOUNTS National Competition, where they would then present their videos to the participants. 

We need nominations!

Each week, Melrose Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.  Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to danield@patch.com. Be sure to include all of the following information:

• Nominator's Name
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• Whiz Kid's Name
• Whiz Kid's Age
• Whiz Kid's School
• Whiz Kid's Accomplishment
• An explanation of the accomplishment (approximately 150-300 words).
• A photo, if available.