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
Women in Steam at the Thinkery
Women in Mathematics! Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories, parabolic and otherwise for NASA in the 1960s. Almost 70 years earlier Mary Boole invented curve stitching to teach the mathematical properties of parabolas to children. We made some really great foldable parabolas to connect to the work of both these women in math. Here’s the laser file – we cut the holes
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Take and Make: Hinged Parabola Stretcher
Super simple and yet kind of cool. You need a machine screw, a wing nut, some scrap wood about 4″x.5″, and some stretchy elastic. Directions and Files Here. Check the video on Twitter to see how it moves. Article from American Mathematical Association here. Also if you don’t want to make from scratch, we could send you the parts. Fill
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Take and Make: Laser cut 3d Tangrams
Viang Shah created his own Corel Draw file to make this design. You are invited to make your own design files or use his which are posted in Corel, AI and SVG formats.
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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Take and Make: Pythagorean Puzzles are a hit in Middle School
These two Pythagorean Theorem Puzzles were a hit with Paola Garcia’s middle school students. Paola mentioned that some students who are not as facile with pen and paper exercises excelled with the wooden puzzles and that overall everyone enjoyed them. Laser cutting files are posted here. These do not have the solutions etched into the board
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Take and Make Proportional Calipers and Golden Ratio
If you want to check Baby Yoda among other structures real and imagined for proportions, especially the Golden Ratio, get these files for Corel Draw, or Adobe Illustrated or there’s an SVG. Let us know if you need a different format or other help and we’ll see what we can do. We use baltic birch 1/4″ thick. You can adjust
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Take and Make: Mini Unit Circle
We made a little video of the mini unit circle with Radian piece and it got some interest on our twitter feed. We tidied up and updated the file as much as possible and have three versions available: link to SVG Mini Unit Circle File link to Adobe Illustrated Mini Unit Circle File link to Corel Draw 2017 file version
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Take and Make: Number Slider
This is a great project. Viyang Shah shows how you can expand from just adding and subtracting. Here are the files – Corel Version 17, Adobe Illustrated, and an SVG! Please let us know if you have trouble with access. Happy Making! First version by Paola Garcia. Improvements and Cuisenairre adaptations based on suggestions from Jo Boalers facebook group YouCube
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Take and Make: Mirror Book
Mirror Book Files Make all the regular polygons using just this “book” and a straight line on paper. You can also make stars and intricate symmetrical designs using objects or pictures drawn on paper. Simply laser etch the wooden and acrylic pieces, hinge the two wooden pieces together with Gaffer Tape, and glue the acrylic mirrors to the inside of your
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