Sponsored by HEB Grocers, this free day at the Texas State History Museum is always very well attended. With a theme of Lunar New Year, and a Full Moon on the day (Feb 1st) we brought an activity related to tracking the moon and some of our favorite Almanacs as well a perspective picture of the moon for fun photos
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On Saturday, January 10th, 2026, the MathHappens Foundation joined our friends from The Contemporary Austin for their Second Saturdays Are for Families (SSFF) event at Laguna Gloria. With help from local volunteers from the National Charity League, Manuel from MathHappens guided community members in collaboratively building a “Versatile Garden” – a tessellating collage of Versatile frames filled with 21st Century
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One of our favorite parts of sharing MathHappens tools is seeing what educators do with them in their own classrooms. Recently, Stacie Bender, a high school math teacher, reached out to let us know she used our mini unit circle model plans to create a full class set using her school’s laser cutter. From there, she designed two classroom explorations
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Guest Post by Jeanette Shakalli, PhD, Executive Director of FUNDAPROMAT The Panamanian Foundation for the Promotion of Mathematics (FUNDAPROMAT) is a non-profit Foundation based in the Republic of Panama whose mission is to spread the joy of mathematics. We organize virtual and in-person math outreach events, which are free and open to the general public, which means that kids and
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What a great place to install our last math room of 2025! We have a great team in Terre Haute including Coordinator Nicki, Perla, Abigail and Xoey. We started out by bonding over some Square Donuts. The museum has 3 floors of activities with hands on exploration slides, and all kinds of interactive exhibits. The Math Room is in a
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On Thursday, November 13, we were thrilled to welcome a group of enthusiastic fifth- and sixth-grade students from Kirby Hall School in Austin, Texas for a hands-on field trip filled with curiosity, creativity, and discovery. The visit began with an open exploration session using our Open Play Kit, giving students a chance to dive into math concepts through playful, creative
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Guest Post by Ricky Coates, Artistic Director of Matheatre and History Science Theatre Math is breaking. Space and time are fracturing. Someone or something is erasing numbers, rewriting equations, and opening a dreaded “ArithmeRift.” Thankfully, agents of the government’s Situationally Unstable Mathematics Mitigation (SUMM) Division have it secured. For now. They need researchers — like you! — to enter the
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We’re excited to share that the Math Room at the Louisiana Children’s Museum was the focus of a recent FOX 8 News segment! The piece highlights how families can explore hands-on math through creative, open-ended activities. We’re thrilled to see this space getting some well-deserved attention. 🎥 Watch the segment here. If you’re in New Orleans, come visit the Math
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Opening the MathHappens Math Room at the Louisiana Children’s Museum this past weekend on Saturday, November 1st and Sunday, November 2nd was so much fun! Everything came together beautifully. We started bright and early on Saturday, meeting up with the team to unpack all our models and materials and set up the space. As the museum opened, families began trickling
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Guest Post by Erin Baca, Math Room Coordinator at Play Sharity Children Museum in Deming, NM At Math Happens at Play Sharity, our facilitators work alongside children to make math fun, engaging, and meaningful. Facilitators ask guiding questions, encourage exploration, and support kids as they discover math through play and hands-on activities. In October, Math Happens at Play Sharity participated
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