Category: Make & Grow
mpsMOOC13 Observer June 24: Peer learning, video conference, mixed ages
This is news from participants in the open online course Problem Solving for the Young, the Very Young, and the Young at Heart. Subscribe to receive the mpsMOOC13 Observer by email. Visit the course page. Peer learning: here comes everybody! As…
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Math+Art photography <== Scientific American <== Moebius Noodles
Seeking shapes, surfaces, and curves in nature is a favorite game for mathematicians – and for young kids! The Seattle lifestyle photographer Alex Nguyen reports on an art project about flowers. It was inspired by the Budding Scientist blog, where…
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Paper Weaving and Grid Games
Patrick Honner’s Moebius Noodles guest post on mathematical paper weaving was very inspiring to me. Mathematical weaving employs one of my favorite making materials – colored paper! It was actually sort of challenging to get started, but after playing around…
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“Little people, big play, and big mathematical ideas” by Robert Hunting
Robert Hunting’s paper I read this week is a part of MERGA (Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia) symposium on the role of play in mathematics (full text PDF). Robert makes a subversive statement about two types of big ideas:…
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