Thursday June 13, 2019. Enthusiasm for these fractal parts is amazing. Something about the stages of the Koch Fractal inspires interest, excites the mind and inspires creativity.
Saturdays with MathHappens @ Austin Nature and Science Center
Ben Duong presenting Curve Stitching! Straight lines make parabolas and conics! Favorite Quote: “I have to buy this! All three of my grandkids are totally quiet.”
Archives. Long history of hating Math.
“Your x’s and zero’s, and algebraic formulae, are rattling in my head like nails in a bag.” Ouch! An except From the Earth to the Moon, an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. Spoofing the mind-breaking calculations needed to construct a cannon capable of shooting a crew to the Moon. Fortunately, MathHappens is not alone in wanting to rewrite this classic
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Saturdays with MathHappens @ Austin Nature and Science Center
MathHappens is excited to announce that there will be math at the Austin Nature and Science Center every Saturday for Summer 2019 from 10 am to 2pm in the Visitor Center! Favorite Quote: “Kids, if you don’t finish at the math table soon you are going to miss out on the water park.”
Space and The Golden Ratio, Buda Public Library
Kids were surprised that they can learn about math and space! We used golden ratio calipers to find that proportion in a satellite photo of Hurricane Sandy and a space photo of Spiral Galaxy NGC1232. Participants made a Golden spiral necklace.
# 1 Nature Nights at the Wildflower Center: Bee Genetics
Paola headed to Nature Nights to present math connections to Bee Genetics. Drones have one parent: a Queen, and Queens have two: a Drone and a Queen. When we make the family tree….SURPRISE! Fibonacci Numbers! Participants made their own Bee, tessellated butterflies and used the model to see how the bee genetics relates to Fibonacci’s rabbit problem.
MathHappens @ MakerFaire Bay Area 2019
What ages? All We brought 50 lbs of wood math activities to MakerFaire Bay Area and we brought home about 3lbs of unused materials. We really enjoyed the enthusiasm! Many thanks to UTeach Austin Makers Mao Leonard and Ben Duong and CalTeach Student Celeste Gonzalez as well as Berkeley Grad and MH Boardmember Alex Siegel.
MathHappens EOY Party
We invited interns, staff, families, colleagues from UTeach, UT Math, MakeATX, AISD and from the Austin Musuem world. We had a food buffet upstairs and a math buffet downstairs including things we’ve collected and things we’ve made. Great conversations and a nice afternoon together. Thanks to Cliff Hill for coming to show us how throw those knives right! Thanks
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TAG Field Trip Austin Nature and Science Center
This group surprised us! These 5th graders worked on a voronoi map, observed voronoi patterns in a microscope and on animals and participated in a lively discussion on cholera and epidemiology. When we got to the iPad demo of circles colliding one young man watching the patterns emerge from colliding circles said “this is so satisfying”. With overcast skies, we
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