When my daughter was 6 years old, her uncle gave her this figurine, a couple of inches tall. She asked if it was made of pure gold. Well, let’s see how much it would cost if it were. At the time of this writing, gold costs about $37.88 per gram. The density of gold is…
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Stuck at a traffic light, and, lo and behold, a DODECAHEDRON! A closer look reveals it’s standing on a platform made of pentagonal antiprisms stacked on top of one another. I later learned the sculpture is called SOMA and is a creation of the Flaming Lotus Girls. In the meantime, I made my own little…
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As we huffed and puffed our way up the hill, we saw this sign. I thought this would be a good time to start talking about measuring angles with my incoming 4th grader. What would happen if the cars were parked at an angle of 180 degrees to the curb? What about 0 degrees? How many…
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