MathHappens @ Austin Museum Day – Neill-Cochran House

Josephine ShengWe think math is fun!Leave a Comment

Huge thank you to Neill-Cochran House for hosting MathHappens for another great Austin Museum Day.  Cupcakes, Square Root Spiral hand fans, pythagorean theorem, penrose step, chess, checkers, tic tac toe, this stop has it all!  Photo Gallery coming soon! Articles / Resources Making a square root spiral in paper or on paper can be fun.  Here’s a blog post that

Austin Museum Day Part 4: Neill-Cochran House Museum

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One year later, MathHappens went back to the Neill-Cochran House Museum for Austin Museum Day! We were stationed at the Pythagorean Tables which are formed around a 3-4-5 triangle. On the 3-table, we had Tic-Tac-Toe; on the 4-table, we had chess/checkers; and on the 5-table we had vanilla and chocolate cupcakes. The cupcakes were used to display how square numbers