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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Math Goggles #11 – Just Listen
All the Math Goggles challenges so far had to do with noticing math with your eyes. But for this week’s challenge, let’s try to just listen. Let’s listen to the math in what our children talk about. I don’t mean like when we ask them what they did today in preschool, kindergarten or school. And […]
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Math Goggles #10 – Bagel Math
This week’s Math Goggles challenge is a perfect excuse to go out and buy a dozen of freshly baked bagels. At least it was for me. (If you are not sure what is a Math Goggles challenge, read about it here). So the question is what do you get when you slice a bagel. The […]
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Math Goggles #9 – Watch a Cartoon
This week’s Math Goggles challenge is very simple – watch one of your child’s favorite cartoons and look for math in it. If it seems interesting, intriguing, strange, weird, and worth investigating, look further into it. Yep, that’s it! Here’s how it worked out for me. My child’s most favorite cartoon of the moment is […]
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