This a fun Family Math Night collaborative project where participants design individual crystals out of nets that are used to create a geode. In the video, I describe the steps of the project, show how to tie in geometry vocabulary, and give some background on crystals. Click the image to the left to get the lesson plan and to check out other great STEAM projects. .
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. .
Another super fun Family Math Night collaborative project. The video goes over the steps to put together this Sierpinski Pyramid. Click the image to the left to get the lesson plan and to check out other great STEAM projects. .
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! .
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…