Kirby Hall Students Explore Math & Making at MathHappens Headquarters

Jordan VaratField Trips, Take and Make

On Thursday, November 13, we were thrilled to welcome a group of enthusiastic fifth- and sixth-grade students from Kirby Hall School in Austin, Texas for a hands-on field trip filled with curiosity, creativity, and discovery. The visit began with an open exploration session using our Open Play Kit, giving students a chance to dive into math concepts through playful, creative
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TAG Field Trip Austin Nature and Science Center

Lauren SiegelField Trips, Making Math, Math is fun!, Nature & Science Centers1 Comment

This group surprised us!  These 5th graders worked on a voronoi map, observed voronoi patterns in a microscope and on animals and participated in a lively discussion on cholera and epidemiology.  When we got to the iPad demo of circles colliding one young man watching the patterns emerge from colliding circles said “this is so satisfying”. With overcast skies, we
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