Arbor Day at the Austin Nature and Science Center
Wow –fuzzy photos! But a great day doing math in the great outdoors. Over 900 people attended Arbor Day on October 21st, 2017 Outside we presented the Fibonacci Tree model that shows how the sequence relates to tree branch growth, rabbit populations and bee genetics Inside at the specimen and trading room we shared calipers that help show the golden
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Pythagorean Tables Installation at the Neill Cochran House Museum, Austin TX
Neill Cochran House Museum is hosting the Pythagorean Tables! They are newly installed September 5 2017 and we can’t wait to play on them.
Human Sunclock complete at 11:30 CDT Friday August 11!
Where? At the Austin Nature and Science Center! We are very excited to see the Sunclock finished. We were practicing for the layout June 19th and its been almost two hot sweaty months of laser cutting molds for the calendar stones, of assisting Nature Center Exhibits Director Josh Ransom with cement pours and false starts getting the dates just right.
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Golden Ratio Materials arrived at NC Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation Education Department
We are pleased to hear that the materials we made for the North Carolina’s Mecklenberg Department of Parks and Recreation have arrived safely. We customized our caliper display with a North Carolina Crayfish, provided a set of Golden Ratio proportional calipers, Giant Calipers, the arm measure, zebra, ant, Golden Ratio mirrors with signage, and 1:1 and 1:2 calipers. We are
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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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Austin Nature and Science Center Sunclock Layout – Dry Run
It was dry and hot as well. In 90 + mid June heat we went out to the Austin Nature and Science Center. We needed midday sun to find true north using the plumb line contraption you see below. It worked really well. We etched a line in the wood at the base so we’d have a 90 degree cross
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Math Field Trip – Texas State History Museum – La Belle
These images from the The Texas State History Museum show the La Belle hull on permanent display in the ground floor gallery and a Nocturnal found among other artifacts when the ship was recovered. Our field trip for 75 7th graders focused on the tools
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More Time at the Austin Nature and Science Center
We are set today to preview some new models. We are hoping despite the rain to show some visitors the stereographic projection of a sphere. Its a really good demo on how the distortion happens with Maps. Why it happens has to do with mapping for ease of navigation. We are working on explaining this in connection with La Belle,
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