Math Trek in the Triangle: Tuesday, February 1st at 10am at the Kids Together

[Maria Droujkova]

We had a fabulous first day of the Math Trek game on the 25th. The next meeting is tomorrow, February 1st, at 10am at the shelter of the Kids Together park in Cary: http://kidstogethercary.org/
Everybody is welcome to join this open and free event.

The topic of the second game, suggested by "Sally" (Ariana J.) is:
SQUARES AND FRIENDS

During the first meeting, we introduced game levels, created our characters, finished some quests and took a lot of pictures. It was great to see kids, and parents too, grow their math eyes and delve deeper into relationships of lines.

To play at Level 2 and beyond, join this Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mathtrektriangle/pool/
Use these tags for quests in the LINES Topic:

1. celebrityline
2. betweenthelines
3. lotsoflines
4. edgyline
5. infinityline
   

Quests:
1. Me and a celebrity line
    Find a line playing a key role in town
    Photograph yourself with it
2. Between the lines
    Spy two lines in some relationship
    For example, parallel or perpendicular
3. Lots of lines
    Discover a lot of lines working together
    For example, threads making a hammock
4. The edgy line
    Photograph a line that edges a shape
    For example, a picture frame
5. To infinity and beyond
    Catch a line that wants to be infinite
    For example, railroad tracks

To see how the game works, and to view sorted slide shows (from just a couple of players, so far - they will update automatically though), go to the wiki page: http://naturalmath.wikispaces.com/MathTrekResearchTriangle

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova

Make math your own, to make your own math.