#12 Bring Variety

Bring Variety

Prop the mirror book on a paper or whiteboard. Draw or write numbers, letters and words. Kids are often surprised and impressed by all the hidden symmetries they discover in the familiar shapes and symbols.

Kids find new artistic and scientific ideas when you combine the mirror book with the classic elements. For fire, place a candle, a flashlight, or a weak laser into the book. Half-submerge the book to compare reflections in the water and in the air. Place the mirror book on the ground in a park or a forest for a square-foot field trip close to earth.

Get a pizza slice and magically turn it into the whole pizza. Or try it with a slice of cake instead. See for yourself how math makes it possible to have your cake and eat it too!