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9 circles shaded with black lenses and grey lunes showing the intersecting of a same sized circle in a row.

Inquiries-Week 1: Circle Shading

This is the first of a series of guided inquiries in math. Introduction When circles overlap they make lunes: or lenses: or other fun shapes: Activity Let's play with how we color circles that overlap. First, draw a few circles on a page. Make their intersections distinct (no

a green circle with lots of little circles of various colors and opacity moving through almost a petri-dish scene

Creative Coding Update

April was a fun month of coding. I am sharing a few of the pieces and activities from this month below. Have fun forking, playing, and creating! A Quiet Space This piece was created at the end of March as a stream of consciousness. I started with the Birb’s Nest coding group prompt of “space” […]

Playing with patterns

Miscellaneous - interviews, ideas, and more

Playing with patterns

I have been enjoying summer communities in math learning. Howie Hua has been hosting a wonderful group on Wednesdays, and last week Shelby Strong with Stronger Math shared Fawn Nguyen’s Visual Patterns resource and I had to play with creating some randomly generated patterns (below). These patterns

a gif of a flipping origami piece

Flipping Origami Class Video

After teaching this a few times this week, I created a video for those that missed it or want to go back. We made two different origami toys that have some flipping fun. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

4 shapes with the same angles (drawn on isometric paper)

Isometric Drawing (Class Video)

After teaching this a few times this week, I created a video so those that may want to pause and draw at their own pace while playing with isometric paper. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I love doodling on Isometric paper – enjoy! Here is a link to the isometric […]

a fantasy map with many buildings, a dragon, mountains and sea-snake narwhal

Fantasy Map Drawing Video Post from This Week’s classes

This is a post for my students on fantasy map drawing from our virtual classes this week. The video was too long for youtube, so hopefully you can all grab it here. This isn’t pro-video content (so forgive my “ums” and roughness). It is intended to allow students to pause and go at their own […]

a picture of an orange wave pendulum looking down the line

Makings: Wave Pendulum

I have decided to start a new category on this blog for my “makings” – items and projects that I have designed/created for classroom use, art, fiber musings, or just because. Today I decided to create an easy to store, easy to demonstrate, easy to build wave pendulum. I’ve built these in STEM classe

a review sheet with color coded angles with labels for transversals to parallel lines

alternate exterior angles

Angle Review sheet

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Mathematics educator and creative coder exploring the beauty of mathematical concepts through interactive visualizations and playful learning.

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