Bugfest is the signature annual event for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. A special section called The Math Neighborhood was organized by Maria Droujkova. And MathHappens’ own Matt Hertel made the trip to participate in this huge event. Matt brought a selection of MathHappens’ favorite puzzles and activities as well as activities related to bugs, the Butterfly Tessellating
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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.
Nature Nights are a series of family nights at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Admission is free and the center is open from 6-9pm. Families are invited to stroll the grounds, enjoy the courtyard activities and enjoy a taco or ice cream. And they can do some mathematical puzzles! Our take and make craft was a reversible flower. Lauren
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At MathHappens, we love to collaborate, support creative endeavors, partner with colleagues around the US, Canada and abroad, and provide new ways to experience math to the public. This project includes all of these and more. The concept, a Mathematical Halloween trail was initiated, and seed funded by MathHappens, designed and expanded by Matheatre who executed and delivered a great
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We are excited to share the MathHappens @ The Bullock field trip collaboration with a cross disciplinary (history and mathematics) teacher team from Killeen ISD. As a history museum and home to La Belle, a French ship that sailed across the Atlantic in the 1600s landing in Matagora Bay off the Texas coast, The Bullock is a perfect place to
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We love partnerships that offer opportunities to learn to everyone! We are so pleased to have received an email and a link to a presentation about a math evening planned in part with our materials. The organizer shared some ways she used our materials and we can see them in the slide show she created. We highly recommend Blocks
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