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Foiled by a Foil

Foiled by a Foil

I couldn’t resist this GIF for my algebra students. Foiling can be such fun!

Moiré GIF: by Opal

Moiré GIF: by Opal

My daughter started playing with moiré in procreate after I fiddled with it in a previous post. You know we breathe math in our home. She wanted to share:

Parallel to a Parabola

Parallel to a Parabola

I received a question today about what curve is parallel to a parabola. I sat for a minute and realized that it wasn’t another parabola. It required parametric equations (at least if you wanted to keep it simple). That of course lead to code: See the Pen jOqzMJb by Sophia (@fractalkitty) on CodePen.

Menger Sponge Cat in Space

Menger Sponge Cat in Space

High res: Low res:

Hex-a-Sierpinski

Hex-a-Sierpinski

So I doodled and was pleasantly surprised when Sierpinski-like triangles formed. I am sure that a million people have discovered this before me, but I felt like I found a magic portal. And that lead to coding (of which is currently a mess, and I will post later). And one more version:

Coffee = Donut

I know it is an obvious one, but it’s what I doodled tonight…

a gasket gets drawn then popped

Popping Apollonian Gasket

I doodled this GIF after two days of painting the canvas below. I think I am in the process of preparing for my fall classes and students. Art is definitely an outlet – especially when it’s math + art.

rocks painted with math drawings

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 52: Math Rocks!

For week 52 of 52 Weeks of Hands-On Math, I couldn’t resist a play on words: Math rocks! This week I encourage learners to share their math in the neighborhood. Create sidewalk chalk art with Fibonacci hopscotch, paint a math rock garden, make a math obstacle course by your

a ball rolling on a sine curve then falling through

Not a Good Sine

a gif of a knot being colored with two colors

Knot Doodle

black paint on paper made from a pendulum

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 49: Pendulum Labs

Pendulums are wonderful physics toys that are great for exploring periodic functions. For week 49, I encourage learners to get out some string, weights, and stop watches. Here are some ideas for playing with math and pendulums: * Start with a string and a weight to observe basic pendulum motion. Nuts,

paper with spiral of Theodorus with two hands a pencil and a ruler

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 2: Spiral of Theodorus

This week the Spiral of Theodorus can be used to enhance understanding of the pythagorean theorem, right triangles, pi, and more. The spiral goes by many names (square root, Pythagorean, or Einstein Spiral) and approximates the Archimedean Spiral. Instructions: 1.) Create a right isosceles triangle where the sides that are

a kitty walking on a mo

Möbius Kitty

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