Visual arts + Calculus
“A common calculus exercise is to present a function and have students plot its graph,” explains Croatian math and computer science teacher Maja Cvitkovic. “But this is too passive for me.” To help students gain greater insight into functions and their corresponding graphs, Cvitkovic turned the traditional exercise “upside down,” as she describes it. Her...
Read MoreThe Artist is a Mathematician
Carla Farsi is a mathematician AND artist, and her career seems to be a constant dialogue and dialectic between the two, rather than a simple collaboration. She points out the deep similarities between art and mathematics from the point of view of the practitioner: “Something that is logical, that makes a mathematical theorem, also makes some kind of a visual statement about structure and...
Read MoreThe Physics of Dance
References to the work of Kenneth Laws on the physics of dance. “Physics and dance represent remarkably complementary approaches to human body movement – the scientific approach of classical mechanics, and the aesthetic approach of the popular art form of dance.” “Physics of Dance” presentations and classes are given by Kenneth Laws, Professor Emeritus of Physics at...
Read MoreMath Through Music
From Oracle’s ThinkQuest project (“Projects by Students For Students) comes a site with a series of lessons linking math and music. “Math and music have always been considered closely connected in many ways. It is widely believed that students who do well in music also excel in math. Some research shows that starting music lessons at a young age enhances math ability . One...
Read MoreThe Chemistry of Paint
One in a series of articles and bibiliographies on chemistry and art.
Read MoreBiophilia Educational Program
A fascinating program leveraging music to teach various biological and earth science subjects. Biophilia link …
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