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paper woven so that 4 yellow suns repeat with red, yellow and red

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 27: Patterns in the Paper Weaving

I love fiber arts and weaving. So, I have one more weaving post for this series, but this time it’s with paper. This activity is great for all ages and can be done with ribbon, bias tape, or strips of paper. I like to use origami paper strips. The

music with the pisano period harmonies of mod 12 and 24

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 26: Musical Math

You don’t have to be a musician to play with music and math. This week, I encourage learners to experiment with sound and patterns. Below is a list of ideas to experiment with: 1. Create a rhythm as an individual or a class that follows a sequence and build

a fox draw with a single curved line with 2 colors orange and white

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 25: Loopy Doodle Math

Doodling and math? Yes, we can play with doodles and see what patterns emerge. Finding patterns and problem-solving are big parts of math. For this week’s hands-on math, learners are going to draw a loopy doodle where they start and end at the same point without lifting the pencil

an abstract pastel drawing with math elements of spirals a broken octahedron

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 24: Pastel Diagrams and Plots

Sometimes, math diagrams, plots, and examples can be a little dry in our books and on the board. This week, learners will be taking a diagram or plot that they want to improve upon and sketch it up with pastels, paints, or other media. Color, composition, and artistic embellishments can

a laser cut loom with blue and white yarn

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 23: Fibonacci Weaving

If I am not playing with math, then I am tangled in yarn and thinking about math. This week I combined the two and wove A small fibonacci washcloth. Fiber arts are so versatile and an insanely fun way to express mathematics. In future weeks we will look at collage

a kitty dreaming of a kitty, dreaming of kitty, etc.

Fractal Dreaming

I had a dream last night in a dream in a dream, so I decided to sketch this one up…

a laser cut rotation tessellation made with black and red tiles

Have you Tessellated today? Rotational Play

I posted on translating tessellations yesterday, and ended up playing with a rotational tessellation on my ipad. I had to laser print it of course and see all the various patterns. I love math!

two hands copying a tessellation on paper

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 22: Tessellations – Paper Method

This week we will do tessellations that fit together through translation (moving without rotation). We will look at reflection and rotation in other weeks. There are a few different ways to do this, but we will use the paper method today. I always start the class by talking about what different kind

diamonds of 3 colors placed to make what appears to be a stack of cubes

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 21: Hexagon Tessellations

I love tessellating! This week, we are playing with hexagons. Learners can either draw or cut various hexagonal designs with various colors. It is fun to see what secondary patterns can occur. Do other polygons tessellate? This is a wonderful activity to practice mindfulness and presence as you play with

a wooden inlay of a nonagon with a star in the center with kites and triangles alternating colors of wood

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 20: Angles within a circle

This week, learners can play with angles with both grand projects and smaller art projects. There are 360 degrees in a circle or 2pi radians. Learners can draw a circle and then mark every 20 degrees (or every 30 or any factor of 360). Factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

a kitty with yarn illustrating the coastline paradox

Coastline Paradox Meets Kitty

white charcoal on black paper hummingbird

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 16: Geometric Sketching – Hummingbird

I love to incorporate drawing skills into math education. This week I encourage learners to start seeing birds (or other animals/people) as shapes. Heads are circles, torsos are ellipses, beaks are triangles, wings are long ellipses… Sketching is a skill. A skill is something that you can master in

Mobius strip made with clay

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 13: Clay Möbius Strips

There are lots of amazing paper Möbius strips that are fun. You can cut down the middle, twist multiple times, make a Möbius paper chain, and try it with various materials. For a basic paper tutorial, I found a good one here. Rather than creating the classic paper strips, this week learners will be

a dragon curve made with toys on the left and with lines on the right

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 9: Dragon Curve

The Dragon Curve is a fractal that is well explained in this numberphile video. This week learners can create a dragon curve with a strip of paper, Lux Blox, Python programing, Legos or toothpicks. Paper: For paper, I would suggest using a strip of thin paper. Thicker paper doesn’t

a flower pyramid night scene made with black dots

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 8: Density Through Pointillism

This week, we are going to look at density in a two-dimensional sense. The idea is to create two-dimensional images using various densities of points. The medium and approach can vary for the classroom. Some ideas are: * Sand art on a stick surface using different densities of sand (try light

lux blox arranged in a line as a bar chart for the digits of pi

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 6: Randomness using pi

This week, learners will create a work of art using pi. The goal here is not to understand pi, but to play with randomness. We will dive into the ratio of circumference and diameter another week. Pi’s decimals go on forever and without a pattern. Here are some ideas

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