Week 42: Perspective
Drawing with perspective is a wonderful way to play with ratios, similar triangles, transformations, and more in math. This week I encourage learners to try to draw with various perspectives. This is a fun activity for all ages and the math can either stay simple or dive into transformation matrices
Week 41: Birdwatching
Birdwatching and math go hand-in-hand. There are statistics on populations, migrations, observations, and so much more. One of the ways to get in touch with nature is to become aware of the birds that frequent your home and walkabouts. Birdwatching gets us to access so many areas of our mathematical
Week 40: Tensegrities
In math we find balance and equilibrium. We balance equations. We keep balance by using properties of identity (multiply by 1 or add zero), Properties of Equality (mirroring operations), and by using the many other ways to manipulate and play with structures in math. This week’s math is about equili
Week 39: Toothpicks
A box of toothpicks can lead to an afternoon of entertainment. This week learners can play with the toothpick sequence. The sequence produces really interesting geometries and lines as it grows. I recommend watching Numberphile’s Youtube video on this sequence here. There is also OEIS’ website that
Toothpick Worms GIF
Go here to play with a generator: http://oeis.org/A139250/a139250.anim.html [http://oeis.org/A139250/a139250.anim.html]
Week 38: Knotty Math Tiles
I love playing with knots. Last year I designed a Knotty Math toy with wooden tiles. It is part of a series of toys I have been working on that help create single pointed mindfulness with math. These are for kids and adults alike. I think sand, clay, tiles, and tessellations can all be instruments [
Kitty’s Toothpick Dream
And for some fun play with toothpicks go here: http://oeis.org/A139250/a139250.anim.html [http://oeis.org/A139250/a139250.anim.html]
Cantor Set Kitty Kong
No one wanted to play with kitty…
