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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Join us a fun Family Friday, 10 January 2020 at the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City! Pentagonal Pursuit: Solving a Century-Old Tiling Problem — Explore the many types of tessellating tiles and decorate your favorites. Take away stories, art and patterns to inspire more discovery at home. Register now to save your spot! Follow us on Instagram
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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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What a great way to start the new year! Mengyu Chen, a recent graduate of Vassar College signed on for our Parker Dewey Internship in December and I’m so glad she did. She did the intern reading, and spent some time with some calipers and other models. Then she visited at least two museums. She combined her knowledge of
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