Three months ago, I designed a 3D “voting box” in Tinkercad to be used at our Spring Math Festivals. The beveled cover would slide on top, sealing the box. The idea was to have attendees answer the prompt “How do you feel about math after attending today’s event?” As you can see in the designContinue reading “July 9 Day 1218: Dueling Printers”
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June 18 Day 1197: SciArt Celebration
It was the fourth day of the American Society of Microbiology’s annual Microbe conference in Houston, TX. I walked the exhibit floor as a guest. It’s very different than the math conferences that I am used to. Big money. Precision equipment. Fancy swag. In my world, the one of mathematical conferences, related art exhibits areContinue reading “June 18 Day 1197: SciArt Celebration”
August 27 Day 902: Spreading Math Joy
#TacomaMath participated in the 18th Annual Back To School Bash hosted by Pastor Kevin Rogers and the City of Faith Christian Center. It was amazing! My son Anson and I arrived an hour early at 9 am and families were already lining up to participate. Free backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, immunization clinics, and sports physicalsContinue reading “August 27 Day 902: Spreading Math Joy”
February 5 Day 334: New Adventures in #TacomaMath
#TacomaMath, the math work group of Graduate Tacoma‘s Steam Learning Network, is on a mission to promote mathematics in our community. Our goal? To positively change the culture of mathematics throughout Tacoma. The pandemic threw a wrench into our plans. We swerved and had some successes with sidewalk chalk puzzlers and open ended scavenger questsContinue reading “February 5 Day 334: New Adventures in #TacomaMath”
July 25 Day 139: #TacomaMath
Two months ago, in May 24 Day 77: Shine Your Light, the second bullet point on my big-dreaming summer to-do list stated “Support local Tacoma Math Walks #TacomaMath through responsible socially-distant math walks. The pandemic knocked the feet out from under this project in March. Its time to pivot, re-engage community partners, and move the dialContinue reading “July 25 Day 139: #TacomaMath”
Math Belongs to All of Us 