Bugfest is the signature annual event for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. A special section called The Math Neighborhood was organized by Maria Droujkova. And MathHappens’ own Matt Hertel made the trip to participate in this huge event. Matt brought a selection of MathHappens’ favorite puzzles and activities as well as activities related to bugs, the Butterfly Tessellating
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The Matrix x Imaginary Conference that happens every two years brings together math museums and math outreach organizations and educators from around the world, including Eastern Europe, and Australia. Some of our favorite folks from MoMath, SUMM, and MMACA were there. We had a great time at the talks and in our time manning our display table. After the conference
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Math On-A-Stick is the creation of Christopher Danielson, and as MathHappens Director of Math Play, the work continues! MOAS is a twelve day extravaganza with multiple mathematical delights. Attendance at the fair this year was 1,925,904. Matt brought parts to assemble a mathematical sculpture designed by George Hart.
MAA MathFest 2024 was in Indianapolis, Indiana. MathHappens team includes Lauren Siegel, Ella Basken, Matt Hertel, Austin Bell and not shown, Christopher Danielson and guest teammate Nathan Hall. We had some great conversations about Math Rooms with old friends and new: We gave away over 100 circle area models!. Christopher Danielson got creative with multiple models. He wrote a
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science – Pacific Division is a conference we’ve been interested in for several years. In 2024, our colleague Joan Horvath, who we’ve worked with at MakerFaire Los Angeles and other events invited us to participate in her session. Matt Hertel created a presentation to share the math room concept, where we are today
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Maker Pfest was a Success! “I just wanted to thank your group for hosting a booth at this year’s Maker Pfest. They were so friendly and professional with everyone stopped by, and I know they were kept busy the whole time. All the kids who stopped by looked like they were having a bunch of fun. If you all would
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For the past two years we have participated actively with our SE Branch library community by providing activities at events ranging form Cinco de Mayo celebrations, after school and summer programs, El Día de los Muertos, and holiday festivities of all kinds. We also have been invited to author readings and this was a really fun one. Dia de Los
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We love having conversations about math and these were all about Texas history too! The Texas History Center’s 8th annual Real Places Conference attracts museums of all kinds. It was a great opportunity to share and showcase some of our land survey artifacts including a real Vara Chain, a 1/2 Gunter Chain, a document written by Robert Creuzbauer that explains
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Nature Nights are a series of family nights at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Admission is free and the center is open from 6-9pm. Families are invited to stroll the grounds, enjoy the courtyard activities and enjoy a taco or ice cream. And they can do some mathematical puzzles! Our take and make craft was a reversible flower. Lauren
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