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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 a white board with algebraic terms getting combined, but instead of variables there are different germs

Fractal Kitty Teaches Biology…

a kitty with yarn illustrating the coastline paradox

Coastline Paradox Meets Kitty

three kids sitting in a radio room

Miscellaneous - interviews, ideas, and more

KMUZ Poetry on the Air With the Family

KMUZ’s Steven Slemenda interviewed our family in a two part series for a wonderful program called Poetry on the Air. Thanks to KMUZ and Steve Slemenda for sharing. This show is in the archives on their website, and with permission I am posting it here. My children were appreciative of the experience

a cat sleeping curled up next to a similar shaped donut

It’s not just Coffee Cups…

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

alternate exterior angles

Angle Review sheet

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

$a bird and tree fractal make with photography composites$

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 5: Tell a Tale (or comic)

No matter what grade/age, stories are fun. This week, I encourage learners to read and write math stories. Take a concept and illustrate it through the art of story. Write comics, picture stories, murder mysteries, fantasies, plays, etc. Students can act out their story, create a stop animation, or

a kitty looking at two pies with the equation tau = 2pi

Kitty likes Tau day…

a sine diagram with formulas where the wave is a cat tale attached to a cat

A Sine of Kitty

a kitty in a triangle tile that is repeated in the padovan sequence

Padovan Sequence Triangulated Kitty

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