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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 ‘What Do You Notice?’ Poster

Family Math Night ‘What Do You Notice?’ Poster

As I was thinking about my ‘What Do You Notice?’ poster for my Nifty Numbers Family Math Night event last night, it seemed natural to tie it in with numbers. So here’s the poster I created. As with all my ‘What Do You Notice’ posters, they can be “answered” on a variety of levels. This one can go all the way to algebraic equations. And that’s what makes them so much fun. Everyone can do them! What I loved about…

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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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