Category Archives for Math and Art
Season 11 American Idol
Let your student study American Idol viewing figures over the last ten seasons. Students compare historical season premier and season finale audience size in several different ways to determine which event has had higher viewership. They consider outliers and judge … Continue reading
Four Valentine activities
For Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, we have four different activities that you can use in your classroom. Sweetheart Candies - Explore unit measure with sweet little hearts. Valentine Cardioid - Do some art in your math class. Chocolates - Discover the surface area of … Continue reading
Valentine’s Cardioid
WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine’s Day! cardioid.pdf This PDF contains four ways students can draw cardioids for Valentine’s Day.
Crop circles
In the travel section of our newspaper this week, Wiltshire, England was a recommended destination to see Stonehendge and crop circles ………….. crop circles? Many of the crop circles in England appear mysteriously overnight. They are often huge but appear … Continue reading
What’s a cardioid?
Attribution: WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Just for fun, these are instructions for four different ways to draw cardioids for Valentine’s Day. cardioid.pdf
Benoît Mandelbrot
In October, 2010, Benoît Mandelbrot died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To honor his life and work in fractals and natural recurrence, we’ve created an investigation that teaches students a little about Mandelbrot’s life, a little about the … Continue reading
