Origami is an activity that strengthens several skills. Two of the most important are spatial reasoning and using a growth mindset to work through difficult challenges. In this video that was featured on the Kuriositas blog, a young man’s grandfather creates a beautiful origami dragon and tasks the grandson with making one of his own.… Continue reading Origami
Keep these 13 ideas handy for the next week as your #students rev up for #Halloween!
If you’ve run out of time to find a gift, consider downloading one of these paper automata projects to make together with your child!
Easily create some winter algebra puzzles with your own fun images!
Math Art Challenge caught my eye the other day when I saw a tweet from its organizer, Annie Perkins (@anniek_p), about the most recent challenge, “Mandalas,” authored by Siddhi Desai (@SiddhiDesai311). Mandala projects used to be a student favorite in my gifted and talented classroom, and we have created them from all sorts of materials,… Continue reading Math Art Challenge
Day 2 of this year’s standardized testing, so I’m posting a few more amazing feats that defy measurement on any state-mandated tests. You can see Day 1 here. Miniature Origami Art Walmart Yodeling Kid And I absolutely adore the snow shovel art done by Cindy Chinn. You can see more images in this article, and… Continue reading Measure This. #2
