Have you ever played Sudoku? It is fun and challenging. You have to find the numbers from 1 to 9 in each cell so that that all of the numbers appear only once in every row, column, and grid square. Ryan added a sweet wrinkle to the traditional Sudoku game, he gives you the sums …
Massachusetts Mathematical Association of Teacher Educators 5.25.16
Peter and Art are speaking at the: MassMATE 2016 Conference May 25, 2016 Bridgewater State University
Why Math Education Doesn’t Add Up
Steve Strogatz talking on WGBH radio.
The Summer Challenge Problem of the Week
“How do you keep students engaged in math while they are having fun?” We think we have come up with the perfect solution for teachers and parents, the What if Math Summer Challenge. Choose a Lab from the Explore menu and mail it to your students. They learn problem solving, spreadsheets, coding, a lot of …
A Maker of Patterns
G.H. Hardy, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century wrote this: A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s must be beautiful; the ideas like the colours or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the …