Worn out Golden Ratio Calipers means they were well used. And that they lasted a couple of years. So that’s great and we’ll bring them some more.
Educator Night!
This evening we headed to the Thinkery which is hosting an event for educators. MathHappens interns Paola Garcia, Josephine Sheng and Ben Duong provided information on three field trips that will help teachers help students understand math in context and possibly answer the infamous “so what” question. In addition we will be making and designing with the Spiral of Theodorus.
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MakerFaire San Diego- a really fun time!
This big guy was on TV last night. He was right outside the Fleet Center where we set up. Looking forward to pursuing connections MathHappens made in with a new city. We had a great time testing our idea for teaching math with an Ozobot. Thanks Shane Hackworth for the ozobot and help at the booth. Click here for video!
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The Teacher Laser Training Experience
Something we’ve been enjoying since the summer is introducing teachers to laser cutters. Teachers are always being creative when making lesson plans so teaching them how to use a laser cutter gives them another resource to use in their creative endeavors. At the end of June, Abdulkarim presented to math teachers at the Math Teachers’ Circle of Austin. He invited
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RME Conference Presentation in the Caymans
We had a great time presenting our session – link to powerpoint here, and we look forward to hearing from some of the educator leaders we met here. They work in various countries around the Caribbean as well as the US, England and Europe. We attended their last conference in Boulder, CO in 2015 where we got some inspirations and ideas
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Museum Day this Sunday!
Austin Museum Day is coming up this Sunday, September 23rd! Click here to see our flyer for more details! We hope to see you there. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 4801 La Crosse Avenue, (512) 232-0100, www.wildflower.org MathHappens Activity Station (9-11am): Search for the Golden Ratio by the creek in the Family Garden. Neill-Cochran House Museum 2310 San Gabriel Street, (512)
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MakeATX Laser Training for Teachers!
A great group on a rainy Sunday met to learn to use the big Epilog lasers from MakeATX experts Zoe and Devon.
TEKSCon at San Antonio
MathHappens branched out today by going to San Antonio, Texas. We were invited to show our math models at the TEKSCon Free Resource Showcase, where educators would be searching for resources they could implement into their schools. We set up at a round table so attendees could sit with us and chat about what MathHappens does. At the same time,
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Big Week!
This week is a big week for MathHappens. On Tuesday, we will be presenting a session at the AISD Language Arts & Social Studies Institute. Our session is titled “Connecting Language Arts and Social Studies with Mathematics.” We’ll be talking about the Vitruvian Men, Gulliver’s Travels, navigation tools, and our field trip offerings, all of which relate to mathematics. We’ll
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Breakthrough Intro Session
We had a great time at Breakthrough Central Texas sharing some materials for the upcoming math day on the 19th. The photo summary is in a “form” so I hope you can see it. Its a great group of enthusiastic and talented teachers. Check it out by clicking through here for a review of the Breakthrough Central Texas Teacher Info
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