{"id":3731,"date":"2014-04-30T06:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T14:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2015-10-17T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T23:36:57","slug":"geode-a-family-math-night-collaborative-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=3731","title":{"rendered":"Geode: A Family Math Night Collaborative Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Geode STEAM project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/classroomproducts\/#.ViLWcH6rTIU\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thumbnail_Geode-232x300.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail_Geode\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thumbnail_Geode-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thumbnail_Geode-450x583.png 450w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thumbnail_Geode.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This a fun Family Math Night collaborative project where participants design individual crystals out of nets that are used to create a geode. 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