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Take and Make: Parallel Ruler and Compass Rose

Lauren SiegelAugust 5, 2020Making Math, Math is fun!, Museums, Presentations and Workshops, Take and MakeLeave a Comment

In 2019, 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. Files to make our version of the Parallel Ruler are here. Files to make our version of the Compass Rose are here. Participants
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MathHappens @ New York’s Museum of Mathematics MOVES Conference

Lauren SiegelAugust 5, 2019Math is fun!, Museums, Presentations and Workshops2 Comments

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
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