MathHappens at SXSW EDU 2025!

Jordan VaratCommunity Partnerships, Events, Intern Experience, Making Math, Math at Home, Math Rooms, Partner Spotlight, Sharing Ideas, We think math is fun!

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

Impossible Cylinder

Melissa WilkinsonMaking Math, Math Rooms, We think math is fun!, Written by Jordan Varat

The Impossible Cylinder is a new model we recently made in our workshop and added to our Math Rooms and exhibits.  It has been well received by people of various ages, which we love and think makes for a fun addition to our spaces. The impossible cylinder illusion, also known as the Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion, works by tricking the brain

MathHappens @ Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, Dallas, TX

Lauren SiegelCommunity Partnerships, Math Rooms, Museum, Nature & Science Center, Parks & Recreation, We think math is fun!

Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas is a great place!  Their vision is “to provide a safe and natural oasis where the Dallas Community and other visitors can have fun while they Explore, Experience, Entertain, and Educate themselves.”  We  are very excited to be a part of it.  Find out more on their website. From 11 am

Austin Museum Day 2024!

Lauren SiegelCommunity, Events, History Connections, Intern Experience, Math Rooms, Museum

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

AAAS-PD Conference at University of San Diego

Lauren SiegelCommunity, Community Partnerships, Conference Presentations, Making Math, Math Rooms, Sharing Ideas, We think math is fun!Leave a Comment

The American Association for the Advancement of Science – Pacific Division is a conference we’ve been interested in for several years.  In 2024,  our colleague Joan Horvath, who we’ve worked with at MakerFaire Los Angeles and other events invited us to participate in her session. Matt Hertel created a presentation to share the math room concept, where we are today

MathHappens @ the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota!

Lauren SiegelCommunity, Events, Math Rooms, Museum, Schools, We think math is fun!Leave a Comment

Now open!  As of today, MathHappens has a math engagement/play space in the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota.  This is a beautiful museum that contains original exhibits designed to connect to every day life in and around Mankato, MN.  From corn ears to play pigs, the museum provides the kind of hands-on play-based learning that we love.  Play spaces abound

STEME Conference Presentation by Texas State University/Breakthrough Summer Interns

Lauren SiegelCommunity, Community Partnerships, Conference Presentations, Math Rooms, We think math is fun!Leave a Comment

This summer, four students from Texas State University and the Breakthrough Central Texas program, Alexa Hernandez-Lopez (Biology), Jaiden Suda (Marketing), Dayanara Renteria (Biology), and Kriti Magar (Nursing), joined MathHappens for a summer internship program. Over the course of the summer, these students had the opportunity to engage in multiple aspects of the MathHappens internship experience. Aspects of the internship included,