Tagged: math

MegaMenger Project

This is our MegaMenger team with our Level 3 Menger Sponge after completing our part of the MegaMenger project.  This photo appeared in the St. Clair Times.

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My students had previously worked with a making a Menger Sponge.  However, we built a Level 2 sponge with playing cards after seeing what Dr. Mosely had done with business cards.  I spoke about our Level 2 project at G4G11.  When the opportunity presented itself approximately 2 years later, we decided to join the worldwide project and build a Level 3 Menger Sponge.

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Below I have placed pictures from our Level 3 build that took from the end of September 2014 to early March 2015.  Our build was featured on television and in the local newspaper.

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See more photos here.

References:

Burch, E. “Odenville Middle School students build Menger Sponge” from ABC3340. http://www.abc3340.com/story/28755114/odenville-middle-school-students-build-menger-sponge Accessed 8 July 2015.

Hanner, G. “Odenville 6th-graders think outside the box” from St. Clair Times. http://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_eedition/page-b/page_e31f82b0-34f6-5fe7-aa4b-ef7a6a23deee.html Accessed 8 July 2015.

Menger Sponge from The Institue for Figuring // Online Mathematical Paper Folding. http://theiff.org/oexhibits/menger02.html Accessed 10 May 2013.

Menger Sponge from WolframAlpha. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Menger+sponge Accessed 10 May 2013.

Weisstein, Eric W. “Menger Sponge” from MathWorld–A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MengerSponge.html Accessed 10 May 2013.

Paul Erdős

After reading The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth this summer, I came across a fantastic children’s book about Paul Erdős.  The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdős by Deborah Heiligman with pictures by LeUyen Pham is an excellent introduction to the man who is well-known for his collaboration in mathematics.  Below is a photo of the cover and my favorite illustration in the book:

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Below is a short clip from N is a Number, which is a fantastic glimpse of Paul Erdős and his life of collaboration in mathematics:

References:

Heiligman, D. (2013). The boy who loved math: The improbable life of Paul Erdős. New York: Roaring Brook Press.

Hoffman, P. (1998). The man who loved only numbers: The story of Paul Erdős and the search for mathematical truth. New York: Hyperion.