It is very exciting to see our files being used and the great results! Gotta love the math and maker communities on twitter! Thank you @MathHappensOrg https://t.co/yJ63LBiqJp — Ralph Pantozzi (@mathillustrated) March 13, 2020
Awesome Math Making Ideas from Other People – Napiers Bones
Here’s an excerpt of a twitter conversation. Day before yesterday Aida wrote to get access to some of our files and ideas. Yesterday she made this amazing version of Napiers Bones that is in the National Archeological Museum in Madrid. Today I’m inspired by her project and want to know more about this version and I want to see that
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Take and Make – Quadrants for 8th Graders
We are always excited when makers and maker spaces make our math models! Patrick Benfield outfitted some 8th graders with Quadrants (or Clinometers) and put this post on Instagram (click on photo below). Be sure to scroll through and also check out Patrick’s other work. You can find the files to make this here. View this post on Instagram Making
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Thinkery Adult Evening Program on Math – The Birthday Twin Game
What it is: In any group of 30 people there is a 50% chance that two of the people share the same month and date birthday (not year). And if you have 100 people mixing in a group, there is a 99% chance that at least one pair exists and likely several. So participants put the month and day (like
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