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pair of sand pipers on parallelepipeds with an ocean in the background and the matrix fro the volume.

Western Sand Parallelepiper

Another Math bird in the series! This one was inspired by my 17yr old discussing her math homework of deriving the volume for a parallelepiped. So of course It spawned the thought of parallelepiped sand castles.

Spiraling Vaux’s Swifts

Spiraling Vaux’s Swifts

Just like solar eclipses, Vaux’s swifts really are a life experience. Watching them funnel into a chimney in a vortex of flitting feathers is just amazing. I had the wonderful experience of watching them funnel into the chimney at dusk in Salem, Oregon (my home). So here is the next math bird in the

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

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