This past Saturday, August 8th, we officially opened the newest MathHappens Math Room at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix! It was a very hot day in Phoenix, which made the cool, welcoming space inside Arizona Science Center feel even better. We were thrilled to spend the day meeting families, playing with math, and celebrating alongside some excellent programming. The
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We were swarmed in the best of ways as we opened a new Math Room on August 1 in the ground floor rear atrium of the Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida! This museum has everything! Outdoor walking areas, sea creatures, an AI room, live snakes, giant whale sculptures, and more. On this day they were receiving
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This past Sunday, math happened at The Fleet Science Center! MathHappens was the Fleet’s Genius in the House – a program that brings outside guests into the museum to enhance the exhibit experience. The Fleet has always been a magical place for me. Probably because I’ve been going to the Fleet ever since I was a child (here’s a photo
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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
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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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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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A Human Sunclock! Installed adjacent to the pathway outside the visitor center, it only works if you are there to cast the shadown that tells the time. This one is set to CDT, its exactly one hour late at this time of year (December). A Math Vending Machine! In the visitor center is a trading desk where you can ask
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The weekend of October 20, we were open at the Austin Nature and Science Center, and the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex and provided math activities for Fall Fest for Friends of the Children, a mentorship program in Austin. MathHappens @ Explora was open as well as MathHappens @ Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota. Working this weekend in all our various
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On site in Austin to celebrate on Feb 18: Teacher Julie Wu, MH Admin Melissa Wilkinson and Lauren Siegel; UT and UTeach students Ella Basken, Matt Hertel, Laura Choi and Quan Nguyen; Stefany Espinoza and Marianne Villanueva. Matt has managed the room since June 2022. Putting a math room in a public place of play, learning and nature is a
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