Note: This post originally appeared on my personal blog on January 24, 2014 and can be found here. At the end of this post you will find a question related to the following story–I would love to hear your thoughts, ideas and responses. –Malke ___________________________ I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about the role […]
Photo from Technology Rich Inquiry Based Research. Estimation is a skill everyone uses. You estimate how much cheese is enough for your party, or how long it takes you to drive to your friend’s house. But some people estimate much better than others. Why so? Cognitive neuroscientists Park and Brannon have two pieces of good […]
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. Here is an elegant game for kids who are exploring quantities. The goal is to […]
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 Wikipedia article on sphere packing uses a pyramid of oranges! I used to play with a […]
