Hexaflexagons
Hexaflexagons
Teetering Toothpick Towers
Teetering Toothpick Towers- Creative building challenge to design the tallest toothpick tower
Fractals in Plants 1
Author: Katherina von Bulow I went outside fractal-hunting today. I was looking at plants, and here are a few of my findings: A camelia flower, its petals […]
Fractals: What is the shape of a cloud?
Author: Katherina von Bulow Cloud photos credit to: Susan Gerofsky Here’s a lovely thing to do together, especially on a day when the sky is blue and those fluffy cumulus clouds are moving around in the wind. Try looking up (or better yet, lying on your back in the grass) and watching the clouds. You might […]
MATH IS FOR THE BIRDS! Part 2
This video is taken near Vancouver by Pacificnorthwestkate. The flight velocity and direction of one bird affects 7 around it which multiplies throughout the group.Like the movement of schools of fish, murmuration is an example of scale free behaviour correlations. No matter how large the flock of birds is, the action of each bird will […]
Math is for the Plant 2
Author: Qiaochu (Joy) Xu Let’s see what happened in the last two weeks since we water plant the scraps! Which plant burgeons first in your small garden? What shape does lettuce grow into? What is the earliest evidence of plant growing? Which plant grows faster than you expected? Can you graph the growing patterns? […]
Math is for the Plants 1
Author: Qiaochu (Joy) Xu It’s always exciting to check out how much the plants grown over a night/week, and I believe it would be so interesting to track and graph their growth! Think about what plants do you want to grow…? Here are some vegetables that you could easily grow from kitchen scraps: Avocado, hot pepper, lemon […]
Adventure of Paper Cutting
by Qiaochu (Joy) Xu and Michelle Li Theme: Creating a series of papercraft through paper cutting Goal: Appreciate the beauty of patterns and symmetry while creating crafts Materials: colored paper, scissors, coloring materials, and these handouts printed Curricular Competencies: Model mathematics in contextualized experiences (Grade 3) Use reasoning to explore and make connections […]
What Shapes Can You Make?
Sukhwinder and Evelyn Theme: Shape Exploration Level: Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Goal: To develop geometry sense in early childhood Objectives: To inspire the natural curiosity of children towards geometrical ideas of mathematics. To inspire the interest of the students to explore their imagination in the different arrangement of geometrical shapes. Materials: Two square sheets, scissors, clay […]
Joy Jars
Joy Jars Three Act Task Teacher Handout by Cassie