MathHappens Foundation was delighted to participate in SXSW EDU 2025 right here in our headquarter city of Austin, TX. The conference provided a stimulating environment for exchanging ideas and fostering valuable connections. We participated this year as an exhibitor, and used the opportunity to recreate a Math Room! Throughout the education conference, our exhibit in the Expo Hall was a
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“This is not what we expected to be doing all morning!” That’s what one family said after playing at the MathHappens table on a sunny San Diego morning. They arrived at the Civita Park Farmers Market planning to pick up some berries but got drawn into the MathHappens table, spending over half an hour with Puzzle-a-Day. Just as they were
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Wieland Elementary’s family night was a great opportunity to meet some kids and families and share some of our favorite optical illusions, and amusements. Tommi Linn brought hinged mirror books, markers and paper for free design. The Hexagon puzzle was a real joy for our littlest visitors. We let parents know about the Math Room open 9-3 on Saturdays and
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Greetings from the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering! On Saturday, March 1, 2025 MathHappens debuted in San Diego. We played non-stop with thousands of visitors at Petco Park from 10 AM to 5 PM! Check out these 5 scenes that we caught on camera. Scene 1: Photo Op! After a young boy made a hat out of Geometiles,
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We love a special event at MathHappens. We do several dozen per year through our local partnerships as well as with distant organizations. An example of an event type we do is running our usual math room programming on a special day. This year, we spent Presidents Day at The Works Museum in Bloomington, MN. Our math room there is
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Bubble Tiles were inspired by a textile pattern in a book by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Find a link to his book on this info sheet. The idea is that a circle can be made of 6 60 degree arcs. Each arc can be inverted, or not and all the possible combinations make a tileset that has 13, or 14
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Museum Day in Austin, Texas happens on the 2nd to the last Sunday in September. Weather is still warm and beautiful, but kids are back in school and families are ready to spend a day laughing and learning together. This year over 35 museums opened their doors offering free admission, special activities and a wonderful day out for the Austin
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The Matrix x Imaginary Conference that happens every two years brings together math museums and math outreach organizations and educators from around the world, including Eastern Europe, and Australia. Some of our favorite folks from MoMath, SUMM, and MMACA were there. We had a great time at the talks and in our time manning our display table. After the conference
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Math On-A-Stick is the creation of Christopher Danielson, and as MathHappens Director of Math Play, the work continues! MOAS is a twelve day extravaganza with multiple mathematical delights. Attendance at the fair this year was 1,925,904. Matt brought parts to assemble a mathematical sculpture designed by George Hart.
The Minnesota State Fair puts on an event to celebrate the beginning of summer (Kickoff to Summer) each Memorial Day weekend, and for the first time this year, MathHappens was on the scene. We brought Geometiles and an instant camera in order to build a 3D Shape Museum. We brought multi-colored spheres and frames for building pyramids and other shapes.
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