These are cardstock designs, so if you laser cut the pieces they will all stay attached to each other. SVG of Cardstock versions Square to Triangle Square to Hexagon SVG of straight cut lines (square/hexagon is a the parallelogram) And if you are interested, here’s how you make the pieces. Triangle to Square: This transformation was made based on Ernest
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George Washington Carver Museum is hosting Black History Month Kid’s Day on Saturday, March 27th, 2021. They will be hosting the event live via Zoom sessions with special guests and activities. This year’s theme is the Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity. You can RSVP for the event here. MathHappens interns, Viyang Shah and Anh Nguyen, worked together to create
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The Buda Public Library is located right in City Hall MathHappens Foundation sponsored math kits to take home and keep as well as, and we also developed 5 themed kits to check out and return which will all debut at the Math All Around Us event. Professor Jennifer Austin from University of Texas is going to present live and answer
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Options for Adding Mathematics connections: Labels on exhibits * Live demonstrations* Make and Take activities * Field Trip programs * Family Activity Area ideas * sculptures and installations. Resource List for Web and in person Mathematics Web and in person: Some organizations who work with museums and in public arenas to provide Mathematics Performances, Events and Experiences. Email addresses will
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Is the word “Discovery” found in the name of your museum? …or in your mission statement? Click here to play this video (0:09). A bit of math exploration & play can be so surprising. Rewarding. It’s fun to see nature and art in new ways… to make new connections. No time pressure. No paper and pencils… our eyes open to
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If you are a fan of museums, then you have seen something like this object before… probably dozens of times. This impressive artifact is a nocturnal from La Belle and it can be used to tell time at night by the positions of the stars. As historic artifacts and symbols of exploration and discovery, navigation tools like this one spark
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We love this video! When we partner with a museum or nature center we build the possibilities together. Some activities are “pop-ups.” Others are long lasting, like this sunclock. Some activities are outside… some are inside. “Gnomon” < Do you know this word? Megan uses it in the video. See the how this sunclock was built and how it’s
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We had the pleasure of collaborating with Thomas Moore of EngageME Mathematics on an animation of one of the fifteen tessellating pentagons, Tile #15. Thomas is a graduate student pursuing a PhD in Mathematics Education in Melbourne, Australia who also is an accomplished public speaker and graphics designer. Here’s our animation – We LOVE it! Pentagon Tile #15 animation. because it
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Topic: Graph Theory Presenter: MathHappens’ own Elizabeth Wrightsman. Facilitator Team Esther: a retired actuary Emily: an. engineering student at Smith College Sarah: a graduate student at St. John’s College with a concentration on math education Chelsea, Megan, Kara: scientists at Los Alamos National Lab Twenty Three girls participated in this hour and half session. We learned about the history of graph
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I had an opportunity to talk with CBS Austin reporter Jordan Bontke this evening. I was talking about the MoMath Rosenthal Prize and MathHappens Foundation, and Jordan was mostly looking for statement relevant to TEA released standardized test scores that showed students have lost ground since 2019. In the clip where mostly I said that students need time away from screens
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