We need more math where people can find it, play with it, and enjoy it. Therefore, are excited to introduce our newest project: MathHappens in the Newspaper. Elizabeth Wrightsman and Paola Garcia are heading this project and the rest of the team is contributing ideas, submissions, and landing pages for each week. Below you’ll find an up to date display
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George Washington Carver Museum Black History Month Kid’s Day
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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Take and Make: Angle Sum Set
This is a fantastic way to layout this problem posted on twitter by Olivier Longuet and pointed out to me by Ralph Pantozzi. The drawing progression is on the right or you can etch the left (blank) onto wood, and add the finished pieces as you figure it out. Our files are here if you want a jpg, svg, Corel
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Math in the NY Times At Home Section
We were happy to have a submission to the NY Times accepted for publication. We wrote some directions for making a Sonobe cube and if you make 27, you can make the parts of a Soma made some graphics files, but the editorial team makes it all look beautiful. Also the photographer is pretty amazing! We also had a nice
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Special Delivery! Math Activities.
We are finding new ways to get math activities to our K-12 students and families in Austin. Today we are providing three models to families served by Jose Carrasco and the Dobie Family Resource Center in north Austin: A geometry activity set that can be used for young children learning shapes and for middle schoolers and even high school. It
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