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Math goggles: shapes within shapes

ShapesWithinShapes

Math Goggles help you notice math everywhere. Help your kids to recognize simple shapes within shapes. Next, use these simple shapes to make more complex art. Use math words as you do so. Touch real objects so you can “see” shapes with your hands, too! Make simple shape stamps out of potatoes or linoleum. Then […]

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Math Goggles: 3D printer adventures with Moebius strips

Endless Bacon

Math Goggles help you notice math everywhere. The Moebius strip is the metaphor for everything endless or cyclic. Like what? Check out these composite symbols! infinity + luck = ? cycle + chase = ? endless + love = ? Moebius strip can mean endless bacon, to end world hunger! Moebius strip can stand for Pi being […]

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Math goggles: Moebius jewelry and 19th-century animation machines

Math Goggles help you notice math everywhere. Thank you, Katrina Mills and STEMcrafted (J.E. Johnson) – you notice beautiful math on Pinterest!   If your kids don’t work with gold and silver as the sculptor Ilana Krepchin, you can still make Moebius strip jewelry out of fabric, polymer clay, or thick paper. Cover the strip with paint […]

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Math goggles: cymatics and minimalist posters

Math Goggles help you notice math everywhere. Via Simon Gregg and Becka Rucker, who notice math on Pinterest. Can you see sounds? Over a vibrating surface, sand or powder arranges itself into a symmetrical pattern, like a snowflake. You can use these cymatics effects to make fine art.   Try it at home with a DIY sound plate – or […]

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