Author: MariaD
Math goggles: subitizing, unitizing, counting
Math goggles help you notice math everywhere. Here is something to notice: mathematics is not about numbers, it’s about patterns. When mathematicians deal with numbers, they use systems and formulas. Young mathematicians can start learning this wizardry from simple visual patterns.…
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Math goggles: tasty sphere packing around the world
Math goggles help you notice math everywhere. Maria João Lagarto has great math goggles when she makes adventurous Pinterest collections. For this post, I selected examples of round fruits, confections, and other morsels packed into triangles, pyramids, or cones. Even the…
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Multiplication Q&A live meetings, our Pinterest boards, math mind hacks: Newsletter December 30
Subscribe to the Moebius Noodles newsletter Happy holidays! Welcome to adventurous math for the playground crowd. I am Moby Snoodles, and I love to hear from you at moby@moebiusnoodles.com Multiplication: From Worries To Dreams From our Multiplication Planet pilot in…
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Math goggles: making “What if?..” collages
Math Goggles help you notice math everywhere. What if we had a planet for our moon? What if we had tiny hands at our fingertips? Photo sources: the skies; the hands; eye/mouth; the duck. Asking “What if?..” about everything is…
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