MathHappens is an operating foundation and we do not usually fund grants, but we do support partners. The program by Daniel Kline at Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals, JRMF to provide festival experiences to students at Title 1 schools in the bay are is one we are very excited to support. And JRMF dedicated a table at the festivals to some
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Austin Bell is not only a graduate student in mathematics at University of New Mexico, he is very dedicated to and supports a variety of outreach programs for students, teachers and learners of all types . We were fortunate to have him work with Ishtar Rosario to keep the MathHappens Space at Explora open through the 2023/2024 academic year.
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This summer, 5 interns participated in MathHappens projects remotely from Las Vegas, the Chicago area, Knox County, IL, and Lake County, IL. In September, we started our fall cohort with 4 interns in Irving, TX, Edmond, OK, Knoxville,TN, and Appleton, WI. We have interns who are studying or have studied: math, math education, business, data science, economics, computer science, and
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A Human Sunclock! Installed adjacent to the pathway outside the visitor center, it only works if you are there to cast the shadown that tells the time. This one is set to CDT, its exactly one hour late at this time of year (December). A Math Vending Machine! In the visitor center is a trading desk where you can ask
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Ascent Academy is part of the Acton Academy family of schools. A signature event for Acton is the Children’s Business Fair. Businesses are created and launched by children and showcased at the Fair where visitors can purchase their products. MathHappens were invited to provide a pop up mathematical play space by the organizers of the event at Ascent Academy in
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Texas A & M University (TAMU) provides a robust math circle program for the community with approximately 50 student participants at three levels, Pre-Algebra, Algebra/Geometry and Algebra II and above. We were pleased to be invited to provide the program on November 18, 2023. We started with some free play that included a balance scale with base 2 and base
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At MathHappens, we love to collaborate, support creative endeavors, partner with colleagues around the US, Canada and abroad, and provide new ways to experience math to the public. This project includes all of these and more. The concept, a Mathematical Halloween trail was initiated, and seed funded by MathHappens, designed and expanded by Matheatre who executed and delivered a great
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The T-Puzzle is a very old puzzle and it comes in several versions. In the version we made, the width and height are the same. Jordan Varat cut a board with silhouettes as puzzles that we will send to our math rooms in Austin, Mankato and Albuquerque. Megan Do worked on the CAD files and created the printable silhouettes
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We participated in Longhorn Halloween this year! Megan Do, Naila Hajiyeva, Ella Basken and Stefany Espinoza came out on a rainy Sunday October 29 2023 for this annual event. Kids could weigh their candy with our balance scale and base 3 weights of 1, 3, 9 and 27 oz. We also had puzzles to do and others to take home.
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The weekend of October 20, we were open at the Austin Nature and Science Center, and the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex and provided math activities for Fall Fest for Friends of the Children, a mentorship program in Austin. MathHappens @ Explora was open as well as MathHappens @ Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota. Working this weekend in all our various
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