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Educating the PublicEngage visitors with Math!Educating our ChildrenGo on a Math Field Trip!Latest PostsBubble Tiles! – UpdatedNovember 21, 2024Bubble Tiles were inspired by a textile pattern in a book by the Japanese artist Hokusai.  Find a link to his book on this info sheet.  The idea is that a circle can be made of 6 60 degree arcs.  Each arc

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AboutA Short Video MathHappens’ Early ProjectsFounded in the fall of 2014 by Philip and Lauren Siegel, MathHappens has been exploring ideas, options, strategies and partnerships to bring math into community conversations here in Austin, elsewhere in Texas, and in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, New York, California and more. In Spring 2022 we opened The MathHappens Math Room in a

Bugfest 2024 Raleigh, North Carolina

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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