ANYTHING???

OK, I'm a BIG fan of the power of math, but I'm not sure I subscribe to the "Math can do anything." statement.... Still, nice to see one out there cheering for our side...


I found this at "squareCirleZ", a new blog (for me) from a guy who seems to have a long and colorful educational history, Thanks "Zac".

Let Dead People Do Your Work for You

Mathematics of origami..... flapping birds and space telescopes, and geometry like you OUGHT to see it..... For all my students who think geometry is disposable

Folding a cube???

Found this at Math Recreations by Dan MacKinnon. Fold a cube into..well,some interesting stuff.
The origninal work comes from Eric Demaine

click here, then wait, it takes a minute to animate...but well worth it.

Play That Funky Number, Math Guy

My pre-calc kids are neck deep in trying to remember the 92 trig values around the unit circle (you know, sin(150^o)=? etc...16 for each of the six trig functions) and I came across this on someone’s blog a few days ago... thought they might enjoy it..... If bad music math parodies make you smile, this could be your Christmas present. Presented by that incomparable mathematical duo, Al G Bra and Cal Q Lus, a little ditty about trigonometry...

If you are a student, let your parents listen. They may actually remember the original, which you can hear here .