We had a great time at Maker Pfest this past Saturday! The Pflugerville Public Library is a beautiful community space and we were pleased to see so many excited visitors at Maker Pfest. Abdulkarim and Arami, both part of the UTeach Maker program, staffed the event. Abdulkarim talked to visitors about the golden ratio calipers and how this ratio shows
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We are working on a larger list of fun math things, but these are definitely in the top 10.
Whoo hoo! I’m so pleased for MathHappens to be on the roster of this fun podcast along with Josh Ransom of the Nature and Science Center. Everyday Superhumans features not for profits and the things they do in Austin. This was my first podcast and I’m currently looking for a voice coach : ) Read their newsletter and link to
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We have been hard at work on our MathHappens Catalog! The document is not nearly done and is only an initial, rough draft of what we hope to design into a polished, published version we can have on the website and hand out as a physical copy. We hope to provide these items to as many interested teachers and educators as
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Aside from working on our MathHappens Catalog, we will soon be posting blog entries about our highly successful recent events. These include: the Shadow Puppet Workshop, Maker Faire, MathHappens @ The Bullock, Austin’s first math festival in a history museum, and our navigation field trips with middle and high school students. Below is a sneak peek at some of the pictures from these events. Shadow
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Things are getting busy here at MathHappens as we prep for our biggest weekend of the spring! On May 5th, we have our Shadow Puppet Workshop for teachers and museum professionals. On May 6th, we have our HEB Free Sunday event called MathHappens @ The Bullock. Both events will be featuring Daniel Barash of the Shadow Puppet Workshop. If you are
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We had lots of fun taking our math activities to International High School. The premise: About 150 students went on a field trip while all the other students were taking their STAAR test. However, the field trip was only about a half-day. So our job was to bring math activities to give the students something to do while they spent
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Part of getting ready for MathHappens @ The Bullock on May 6th involves having T-shirts we can wear before, during, and after the event; before to get the word out, during so event staff can be identifiable, and after to have a souvenir from the event. Our friend, Alex Morrison, brought a couple screens along with ink, while Abdul gathered a
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This is just a quick photo essay on Homeschool “March Mathness” at the Hill Country Science Mill. Abdul, Joshue, Rusheel and Lauren made the hour drive to bring three activities: The Birthday Twin Game, Mirror Art and Reflection Activities, and Window Chalk Constructions. Lots of smiles and a good time overall.
We had a great time at the Alamo Drafthouse STEM Fair. We brought some FLEXAHEDRONS and challenged ourselves and visitors to put them together in a finite amount of time.