Mathematics nightmare - This new geometrical shape has 8 sides, 26 edges, 24 corners and 3 holes

A mathematician has discovered a completely new shape which has 8 faces, 26 edges, 24 corners and three holes. Twenty face ...

The unexpected weakness shared by a parent and child who played at a math amusement park

Saturday morning. I am teaching math to my 6th-grade son. Recently, he has been stumbling over fractions and percentages. He ...
Science Friday

Myth or math? Is the nautilus shell’s golden ratio real?

Grab a ruler, crunch the length-to-height ratios, and use the Fibonacci sequence to test whether this famous spiral is truly ...

[Math Lessons from the Blackboard] 6th Grade "Enlarged and Reduced Figures" #1-8: Turning "Same Shape" into a Practical Life Skill

The 6th-grade unit on "Enlarged and Reduced Figures" is not a new topic that starts out of nowhere.In 4th grade, students learned about angle sizes while drawing triangles. In 5th grade, they drew ...
UNESCO

Ten lesson plans explore new ways to bring Philippine living heritage into the classroom

Ten innovative lesson plans from across the Philippines have been selected through the National Lesson Plan Development Competition, demonstrating the potential for living heritage to be integrated ...
Scientific American magazine

Geometry reveals the tricks behind gerrymandering

On September 3, 2026, the Missouri Supreme Court voted unanimously to block a new congressional district map that has been supported by President Donald Trump from being used in the upcoming November ...