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A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year's eve ball

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Image by kjpargeter on Freepik It's a gorgeous ball, covered with Waterford Crystal triangles, shaped as a geodesic icosahedron. Every New Year's Eve it descends in Times Square to ma...

The HAT tessellation

Geometry Art Current events

An Einstein aperiodic tile has just been discovered. Find out what that means and why it is significant. Plus - play with the tiles. Do you want to tile your shower floo...

Daylight savings time

Algebra Number Sense Science Current events Ratio and Proportion

Updated and improved! Is Daylight savings time helpful? How does it make you feel? "Spring forward, fall back" Early Sunday morning, March 12th at 2 am, we change our clo...

Total lunar eclipse

Geometry Science Current events Wow factor

On the morning of November 8, 2022, many of us will be able to see the last full lunar eclipse until March 2025. Luckily, many of us will be able to see the eclipse pretty close to when we woul...

What is Artemis 1 and when will it launch?

Number Sense Geometry Science Social Studies Current events Wow factor

Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) 50 years ago we landed on the moon. We've established a space station and flown astronauts and guests to live there. Private industries have created reusable ...

December 21, 2020 - Great conjunction

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Current events

Right now, just after sunset, in the southwest sky, you can check out the planets of Jupiter and Saturn as they get closer and closer to each other. They are millions of miles apart but they app...

More eruptions on Hawai'i's Kilauea

Algebra Geometry Science Current events Ratio and Proportion

The Volcano Kilauea is continuing to spew molten lava and ash on the island of Hawai'i. This volcano is on the tip of the southern most Hawaiian Island. Is that significant? In this activit...

Total solar eclipse - apparent sizes