Gunter chains, measurement tape, and an interactive scenario about unconventional survey methods.
Tessellations! Gilbert Elementary Science Day
Josephine Sheng, Paola Garcia and Cassandra Gonzalez at Science Day Tessellation puzzles are a great way to spend some time with some regular and irregular polygons and as a group make some beautiful puzzles. These are going to stay at Gilbert Elementary in the library. And we got a nice note from the principal: Thank you so much for sending
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Killeen Brain Blast
We were invited to bring some Math to Killeen Texas on Saturday March 9th and we brought a lot! See the Program guide Michelle made. You can also follow links in the guide to some quickie videos that explain the math activities and models we took with us to Killeen. MathHappens staff for this event included Quan Vuong, Alex Li,
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MathHappens @ the Thinkery with Marjorie Rice Tessellating Pentagons
Favorite quote: “Oh my gosh! I can feel my brain working”. We had a great time at the Thinkery’s Community Spotlight: Women in STEAM. Thanks to Halle Herzog, Kyla Kalugden and Cassandra Gonzalez. We featured the irregular pentagon tilings and artistic butterfly stylings of Marjorie Rice. Marjorie Rice found 4 of the remaining 6 types that were still unidentified in
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Pflugerville MS Science Night
Photos not coming soon! Cassandra, Kyla, Alex and I were going to be at Pflugerville MS with Lewis Carroll Puzzles, the amazing Mental Logs, and an Ozobot demonstration and activity, but the event has been postponed : (. You can still Click through here to see the activities we were going to be bringing. We are trying to get more information,
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Hot Science/Cool Talks – Topic: Spiral Galaxies.
The talk topic is Spiral Galaxies. We brought a variety of models and displays to the expo, reviewed proportions with the calipers, looked for the Golden Ratio in the ant, the zebra and people’s arms and hands. Next we looked at the pieces of Hurricane Sandy which are proportioned to the Golden Ratio. We used a clear spiral to confirm
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Mecklenburg County, NC: Parks and Recreation
What we learned: Mecklenburg County Environmental Education Manager Alice Chambers liked the materials she saw on a visit with colleagues at the Austin Nature and Science Center. She and her staff are interested in presenting mathematics concepts as part of their new STEM initiative. They would like to offer more and they are interested in collaborating with us by testing
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Dionysium Show
What we learned: The Dionysium Show is a quarterly evening entertainment variety program in the style of a club devoted to intellectual topics that takes place in a movie theater that serves food and drink. Challenge was to do meaningful math engaging both individuals and the group who are in a theater sitting in the dark, unable to write notes
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Thinkery Adult Evening Program on Math – The Birthday Twin Game
What it is: In any group of 30 people there is a 50% chance that two of the people share the same month and date birthday (not year). And if you have 100 people mixing in a group, there is a 99% chance that at least one pair exists and likely several. So participants put the month and day (like
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International Parking Day, San Marcos, TX
What we learned: Parking Day means a town assigns a parking space in the square to anyone who applies. Approved applicants can install their project in an assigned space for a day. The event is coordinated, publicized and promoted by the town. Visitors can circulate past the parking spaces and interact with exhibitors. MathHappens: We provided a walking activity where
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