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

Quilts and Math at Neill-Cochran House Museum

Lauren SiegelCommunity, Community Partnerships, Intern Experience, Museum, Take and Make, Ways to like math

Sunday Funday means hands on activities at the Neill-Cochran House Museum in Austin, TX and MathHappens was the invited program on Sunday March 9, 2025.  On special exhibit currently, but also part of the regular collection… Quilts!!.  This museum invites visitors to “step into Austin History” and the quilt collection is a visitor favorite.    Paul Cato, Communications Director at

Math Night at Wieland Elementary, Pflugerville, TX

Lauren SiegelCommunity, Events, Intern Experience, Making Math, Parks & Recreation, Schools

Wieland Elementary’s family night was a great opportunity to meet some kids and families and share some of our favorite optical illusions, and amusements.  Tommi Linn brought hinged mirror books, markers and paper for free design.  The Hexagon puzzle was a real joy for our littlest visitors.  We let parents know about the Math Room open 9-3 on Saturdays and

Remote Intership- Gears by Cole Parsons

Melissa WilkinsonCommunity, Intern Experience, Making Math, Remote internship, Schools, We think math is fun!, Written by Cole Parsons

MathHappens has been growing, and we now have locations in four states!  We have partners, employees, and interns working in Texas, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Washington, but we still love being able to offer our remote internship experience to students in any state! This past fall and winter, I had the pleasure of working with Cole Parsons, an engineering student

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

Let’s Make Math!

Lauren SiegelLibrary, Making Math, Math at Home, Sharing Ideas, Take and Make, Ways to like math, We think math is fun!

12 Projects & Endless Hours of Creative, Math-tastic Fun! Check it out. This book was imagined and realized by MathHappens interns Saurav Gandhi and Megan Do. It contains 12 of our favorite topics, beautiful graphics and ideas. We feel really confident it can be a resource for offering math activities in a variety of settings. We are pleased to have

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

Bugfest 2024 Raleigh, North Carolina

Lauren SiegelCommunity Partnerships, Museum, Nature & Science Center, Partner Spotlight, We think math is fun!

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