Looking for the Golden Ratio in Prairie Animals, insects and even our own arm and hands. Over 115 visitors came by this evening.
Nature Nights @ Wildflower Center – Koch Fractals
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.”
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.
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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MakerFaire Austin 2019- Featuring 3 Women Mathematicians
We had displays on Karen Uhlenbenk, Mary Boole, and Marjorie Rice. Some people wanted to see a Voronoi pattern in a dragonfly wing, others designed and colored Marjorie Rice’s Pentagon # 13 and others were fascinated by Mary Boole’s Curve Stitching.
Enthusiasm for Math at the Austin Central Library Kids Block Party!
If you ever wondered if families, adults, kids, teens would be interested in some math on a Saturday, this should answer your question. We brought Tessellations, and in particular some designed with Marjorie Rice’s discoveries and we also featured Lewis Carroll’s puzzles, tangrams and cipher codes. MH team: Kyla Kalugdan, Josephine Sheng and Lauren Siegel, and special thanks to our
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