Have you ever made a Moebius strip? Simply take a strip of paper give it half a twist, and tape the ends together. The result is not entirely straightforward. Start drawing a line where the two colors meet and continue down the…
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On May 4, 2019, the biannual National Math Festival took place in Washington, D.C. I was fortunate to host a large area with Geometiles as part of the National Museum of Mathematics exhibit. There were about 12,000 attendees at the festival, and our tables were full of people for the entire duration of the festival…
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Meet Zdenka Guadarrama, Ph.D., an associate professor and chair of the department of mathematics at the Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri! She is passionate about mathematics education and outreach, with her work currently focusing on mathematics curriculum development through inquiry, and the intersections of mathematics with other fields, particularly the arts. Here’s her review of…
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Geometiles had a wonderful time attending the STEMpower conference hosted by the Expanded Learning division of the San Diego County Office of Education on March 9. Learning doesn’t just happen in school. In fact, according to Afterschool Alliance, for students in elementary through high school, more than 80 percent of their time is spent learning outside of school. For…
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