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\"\"I’m very excited to share with you our newest Family Math Night product line designed around hands-on projects in math. We’re calling it our Project Series and the first one, just released, is Project: Bug Box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s how we describe it on the website:<\/p>\n

Hands-on and super fun, this Family Math Night Bug Box station will get the creative juices flowing! Participants choose one of their favorite (plastic!) bugs and use 2- and 3-dimensional geometry along with number skills to create a rectangular prism. Participants will walk away with a custom designed box for their bug which they get to bring home and share with others.<\/p>\n

It’s the perfect STEAM Station!<\/p>\n

The idea behind our Project Series is to get participants involved in math in a fun way that results in a project they get to take home. These projects are designed to take 20-30 minutes to complete and are the perfect complement to our Family Math Night kits.<\/p>\n

Here’s what it looked like at several recent events:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m very excited to share with you our newest Family Math Night product line designed around hands-on projects in math. We\u2019re calling it our Project Series and the first one, just released, is Project: Bug Box<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Hands-on and super fun, this Family Math Night Bug Box station will get the creative juices flowing! Participants choose one of their favorite (plastic!) bugs and use 2- and 3-dimensional geometry along with number skills to create a rectangular prism. Participants will walk away with a custom designed box for their bug which they get to bring home and share with others.<\/p>\n

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