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Sierpinski Triangle: A Family Math Night Fractal Activity

Sierpinski Triangle: A Family Math Night Fractal Activity

    Here’s a fun Family Math Night collaborative project where participants create a Sierpinski Triangle. The project includes three activity levels all which result in creating self-similar triangles which are them put together to make the large Sierpinski Triangle. I also talk about the Father of Fractal Geometry, Benoit Mandlebrot, Chaos Theory, and the connection between fractals and our cell phones. Click on the image to the left to get the lesson plan. .

Family Math Night Activity: Snowflake Quilt

Family Math Night Activity: Snowflake Quilt

Here’s another super fun collaborative projects I did at my last Family Math Night event. As I was doing research for the project I realized just how much math there is in one tiny snowflake. That’s why snowflakes are my latest passion! Click the image to the left to get the lesson plan and check out other great STEAM projects!   .

Family Math Night Activity: Building a Honeycomb

Family Math Night Activity: Building a Honeycomb

I’ve been wanting to try out an idea I had for our Family Math Night events and, since we were trying out our newest kit, Gellin’ with Geometry, it was the perfect opportunity. My idea was to have a project that all the participants contributed to so that at the end of the event, we would have one big something to share.  In keeping with the geometry theme, I decided to include a station where participants could made one honeycomb…

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Family Math Night ‘What do you notice’ Posters

Family Math Night ‘What do you notice’ Posters

I love the idea of having at least one What do you notice? posters at our Family Math Night events.   I started it last year when I did an event at an IB school and the two teachers I was working with wanted to tie in some of the IB inquiry philosophy.  It was really fun to watch the kids standing in front of the posters trying to ‘notice’ things.  Besides, they got an extra Estimation Jar slip for…

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My Fraction Book

My Fraction Book

We often spend a lot of time teaching fractions as pieces of a pie. And that’s one way to represent fractions. But they should also be represented on a number line and as parts of a set. This fun and easy fraction flip book is a great way for students to show these multiple representations of fractions. There is also a flap where students write the definition of a fraction including the denominator and numerator. In addition, they can show…

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