Didactics and Education

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SURFER in Math Art, Education and Science Communication

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SURFER is a program designed to make everybody feel like a mathematician. The program is a bridge between art and math. Everybody can participate in the dialogue between algebraic equations and pictures of algebraic surfaces in an interactive and aesthetic way. In this paper we will introduce the program and its potential in math art, education and communication. The program was originally developed for the IMAGINARY exhibition, a project by the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach.

How to make an IMAGINARY Exhibition - Bridges 2013 Paper

Submitted by Sebastian Uribe on

This paper presented at the BRIDGES conference 2013 provides a brief overview of the main steps needed for organizing a math art exhibition. As IMAGINARY visited more locations, we realized the need for providing some hints and advice based on the experience of former exhibitions. Our goal is to motivate you to make your own exhibition and to contribute to the IMAGINARY platform with your own exhibits.

IMAGINARY Worksheets for Schools

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A collection of IMAGINARY worksheets for school children. The worksheets are of different levels of difficulty, aimed at children and teenagers aged between 5 and 17 years. The material has been developed for the IMAGINARY exhibitions in Spain and was awarded with a prize of the Initiative “Ciencia en Acción” 2012. 

School Taskbook: From 5 to 15

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The taskbook for school students by renowned Russian mathematician Prof. Vladimir Igorevich Arnold. You can find the original Russian version as well as an English, German, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese and Turkish translation.

If you are interested to add a new translation, please see the github repository of the booklet for all sources and details.

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