We brought our suite of Navigation Math to New York to share how we relate math to Texas History and the voyage of La Belle which is on exhibit at the Texas State History Museum.
Participants learned about Mercator Maps, how parallel rulers are useful to translate lines so that course headings can be related to a compass rose. We built parallel rulers and designed compass roses and met a bunch of great math enthusiasts. We might even come back to collaborate with John and the Skill Mill to do a program for a family night event at the Museum. Sounds like fun!
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- I got to meet Nancy Blachman, Founder of the Julia Robinson Festival!
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- Set up and ready!
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- My partner for the afternoon, John Goodwin of the Skill Mill here in New York. He’s awesome at facilitating activities!
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- Parallel rulers are for everyone!
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- Coordinated designs
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- Bold color schemes
2 Comments on “MathHappens @ New York’s Museum of Mathematics MOVES Conference”
So want to make parallel rulers in my geometry classroom. How could go go about doing this with my students.
We can do them as part of a field trip to the Texas State History Museum, or we can send them to you if you want to use them in a different context.