Month: April 2014
Inspired by Calculus Math Circle – Week 5
If we don’t teach kids to do actual calculations, what do we teach them in our calculus circle? And can it even be called calculus? Wouldn’t it be better to wait a few years until kids get older? These are…
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Multiplication: A parlor finger trick
Click numbers on the left and on the right to set up an example: This Flash applet teaches you how to compute times tables from 6 to 10, on your fingers. The trick was first recorded around 15th century, when…
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Topo maps, musical fractals, easy and complex tasks: Newsletter April 18 2014
Subscribe to Moebius Noodles newsletters Pinterest | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ I am Moby Snoodles, and this is my newsletter. Send me your questions, comments, and stories of math adventures at moby@moebiusnoodles.com Seeking all video makers! We are starting to build Mathematician badge for the wonderful…
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Inspired by Calculus Math Circle – Week 4
Even if five-year-olds can play with advanced ideas, can they do the next steps toward formal math? Can they actually integrate and differentiate? Are they capable of sufficient level of abstract thinking? These are the questions we are focusing on…
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