Level 4 unlocked; next meeting 2/15 at the Raleigh Museum of History

[Maria Droujkova]

Hello,

We had a very cold meeting yesterday, but people braved the weather and got a lot of math captured. It was surprisingly challenging to find inscribed shapes! We had to improvise some of our own. We also had fantastic discussions of what counts as "inscribed" and why. Do stars count (e.g. Mercedes trademark)? Can you inscribe a triangle into a rectangle? How many angles will a polygon have if it's inscribed into a square?

Our next meeting is indoors - at the North Carolina Museum of History. We meet in the lobby at 10am. If you are late or lost, call my cell 919-388-1721

Please invite your kids to help with TAGS and STORIES (descriptions) on Flickr. Reflecting on your own awesome pictures is fun, and it promotes deeper mathematical understanding and better recall of ideas. That's the learning goal of every task.

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To track tasks, MathTrek has game levels for your characters. Here are current levels, which you can see at http://naturalmath.wikispaces.com/MathTrekResearchTriangle

Leaving Rice     2        
Borogove M.D     2        
Sally         2        
Pokemon     2        
Le         2        
Sauron         2        
Biter Freak     1        
Leap Dancer     2        
Maya         2        
Frosty         1        
No-One         1        
Harry         1        

And here are achievements to reach next levels! We have four levels available so far, with three more yet to be unlocked.

~*~*~*~*~*LEVEL 2

1. Finish a full sheet of Topic Quests
2. Upload a picture to the game's Flickr Group

~*~*~*~*~*LEVEL 3
Note that you need to use the tag "story" - I have seen some pictures with descriptions that aren't tagged. Tag your pictures and gain a level :-)

1. Finish two full sheets of Topic Quests
2. Upload five pictures with descriptions, tagged STORY, to the game's Flickr Group
3. Suggest a Topic for future Topic Quests in the Flickr Discussion or during a meeting

~*~*~*~*~*LEVEL 4

1. Finish and upload to Flickr three full sheets of Topic Quests
2. Comment on 5 or more pictures from other participants
3. Suggest 2 or more quests for any topic in this Flickr Discussion or during a meeting
   

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova

Make math your own, to make your own math.