Month: January 2014

Math Cafe, holidays <3, three new book and course projects: Newsletter January 31

Math Cafe

Got this from a friend? Subscribe!  I am Moby Snoodles, and this is my newsletter. Send me your requests, questions and comments at moby@moebiusnoodles.com Math Cafe February 18 Several of us at Natural Math are long-time fans of Science Cafes. Yelena McManaman

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4 projects from world-famous art exhibits your kids can do

4 art projects

There are math exhibitions held in many locations with many themes. The Bridges Conference and Joint Mathematics Meetings are two groups that seek to explore the many ways one might apply math to multiple disciplines, including art. The contributors to

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3D illusions, function machine props, tech for math ed online course: newsletter January 17, 2014

Multiplication Table To Scale

Got this from a friend? Subscribe!  I am Moby Snoodles, and this is my newsletter. Send me your requests, questions and comments at moby@moebiusnoodles.com More about the multiplication  project For those who follow our multiplication adventures, here are more details.  The next multiplication-centered

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3D Illusions with Easy Grids

Optical Illusions Grid

From Escher and the Droste Effect In many ways, graphic art is the visual interpretation of math. Grids are a great example of this. From the Math in Your Feet blog Grids are found everywhere in art. In fact, your

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