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XKCD Answers Your Hypothetical Questions With Physics
If you're reading this blog, chances are you're probably quite familiar with the webcomic xkcd created by Randall Munroe. It's everything a geek could dream of in a web comic: It's funny, it's smart,...
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Four Fun Math Apps
These games are so much fun my kids don't even notice they're strengthening their math skills.
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Pensacola MESS Hall: A Hands-On Science Experiment Museum
My sons and I have already paid two visits to Pensacola, Florida's newest science museum, the Pensacola MESS Hall. Where MESS = Math, Engineering, Science, and Stuff. My husband is now bugging us to...
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Intel Leads Education and Inspires the Next Generation of Thinkers
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Carlos Contreras, Intel's Education Director. Most of us are aware of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. But you may not be familiar with...
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Happy Birthday Fermat, You Cocky Little …
Today we celebrate the birthday of French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665). His achievements were many. His work with tangents was the basis of differential calculus. His work with Pascal...
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Danica McKellar Interviewed on NPR’s Science Friday
Yesterday, geeky mom Danica McKellar was interviewed on NPR about her new book, Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape, her latest effort about teaching math to (especially) teenage girls. This book is...
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There’s a Lucas Number In My Cactus
Jackpot! There's something new from ViHart. It has everything you need in a procrastination aid. An engaging visual component, sophisticated content made accessible by good story, and a bonus feature:...
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Don’t Miss Danica McKellar’s Latest Math Book, Girls Get Curves
Geometry was one of my favorite kinds of math. I loved learning how shapes worked, and even memorizing theorems and postulates. I especially enjoyed the challenge of doing geometric proofs. I looked at...
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Recreational Mathematics Are Smart, Fun, and Delicious!
In three of her videos, Vi Hart demonstrates that flexagons are best understood by playing with them. In her fourth video of the month, she shows us how to eat them!
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AMD Foundation Helps Train Tomorrow’s Workers with Video Game Design
Simply playing the games can provide some learning, but what AMD found is by creating video games, the learning jumped exponentially.
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5 Ways to Sneak Math Lessons into Baking Christmas Cookies
Recently, I've acquired a couple of elves to help me bake Christmas cookies. My sons, ages 7 and 10, are old enough to do just about everything in the cookie baking process (with plenty of adult...
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Treegonometry
"Combining the number of lights and the length of the string would give better consistency (and allow calculations about how many strings to buy); the mass/density calculations would provide more...
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The Scientific Way to Get on The Price is Right
Over at Deadspin, Ben Robinson tells the amazing account of using his foolproof scientific method to get on The Price Is Right.
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Math in the Middle of Manhattan: NYC’s MoMath
The Museum of Mathematics in NYC is a wonderland for kids. I'd argue that kids don't even have to particularly like math to like this two-story hands-on playspace, but it doesn't hurt. My 7-year-old is...
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3 Educational Card Games from Elemental Publishing
Toy Fair 2013 in London last month was full of card games of all types ranging from fast, fun, family ones to slow, solitary ones. Some of the best were on the Elemental Publishing stand so here’s a...
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Corporations In Your Education: The Future Of STEM
Is the purpose of formal educational institutions to bring about a learned society where all citizens have a level of knowledge to participate equally? Or is the purpose to provide the necessary skills...
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What are the Chances of Your House Being Struck by a Meteorite
What are the chances?! A meteorite hits Earth on the day Asteroid 2012 DA14 is due to skim across our atmosphere like butter on toast? Are we all going to die?!
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Calling All Mathletes! Danica McKellar Wants YOU!
Danica McKellar is partnering with the Nerdist YouTube channel to make a new little math show for the Nerdist Channel on YouTube. It's going to be kooky and fun, and in case YOU want to be involved,...
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No Starch Press Manga Guides Make Science Fun
Have you ever read a textbook cover to cover? I'm in grad school. I've had to do it more than once. It usually requires massive amounts of caffeine and re-reading a lot of pages. Well, there's some...
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