Last Saturday was crazy! The mini-Maker Faire NC was a large, noisy, bright and exciting event. 6000 people of all ages spent 8 hours 3D printing, sewing wearable electronics bowties, creating music with a few carrots and a MakeyMakey kit, taking apart old printers, practicing sword fighting, and learning to tattle. And amidst all this […]
Parents often ask how to help kids do math projects without upsetting the kids, taking over, or otherwise breaking the flow. “Every time I correct my child’s mistake she starts crying.” “We started to build a model, but as soon as I helped, my son stopped working!” Our recipe is simple. It is similar to the […]
Please help Rachel with her question! What should you do when you’re bored in math class?
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 the questions we are focusing on as our “Inspired by Calculus” local math circles for […]
