What a great way to start the new year! Mengyu Chen, a recent graduate of Vassar College signed on for our Parker Dewey Internship in December and I’m so glad she did. She did the intern reading, and spent some time with some calipers and other models. Then she visited at least two museums. She combined her knowledge of
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We had a wonderful, productive Fall 2018 here at MathHappens and we celebrated the end in style! We went to Whole Foods to eat and ice skate! Present were Michelle, Ben, Paola, Josephine, Halle, Rusheel, Abdulkarim, and Lauren. Some big achievements from this fall were: Participating in Austin Museum Day with activities at FIVE different museum locations Going to the
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Very excited to participate in this conference. Lauren, Abdul, Paola and Ben all attended and also led sessions and learned a lot about this new format. Discussion based, the sessions are facilitated rather than led. Project based learning, maker spaces, equity and math were all on the topic lists. Teachers were really interested in the Napier’s Bones models we
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Using an arts and crafts approach, we can teach a classic mathematics technique with low stress. We are providing the demonstration kit, a magnetic starter triangle and a simple straight edge (also magnetic) in sets of five as a door prize at this weekend’s Edcamp at Region 13, an UnConference for educators. We hope that the educators who win the kits
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Exhibiting a Globular Map, an “Innovative” Mercator Map (1500s) and a Modern Map to show the way maps changed over time for purposes of navigation. The Globe shows us the true proportions of the continents, and the 3d printed Stereographic shell shows how translating a sphere to a flat surface can cause the kinds of distortions the Mercator map. Ben,
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We had a great time working with STEM Scouts at their event called STEMQuest. STEM Scouts is a program launched by Boy Scouts that brings STEM development opportunities to elementary and middle school students. To learn more about STEM Scouts in Central Texas, visit their Facebook page linked here! As part of STEMQuest, MathHappens brought three different activities which all
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Exhibits Director Josh Ransom sent some wonderful progress pictures showing the improvements they are making to the human sunclock at the Austin Nature and Science Center. Its a great place to visit on a field trip and initiate discussions and activities about geometries of sunlight striking a spherical earth.
MathHappens is pleased to participate in Austin Museum Day and celebrate at City Hall with Austin Museum Partnership and Mayor Adler as he proclaimed September 23, 2018 to be Austin Museum Day!
Louisiana Joint Math and Science Conference “Full STEAM Ahead.”
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.