Did you know that Family Math has a puzzle of the week page?  The URL is:


http://www.familymath.org/taxonomy/term/43

Solving math puzzles is a wonderful and creative way to learn math and can be a family endeavor also.  Please consider having you or your child write their own solution to the puzzles as a "comment" on our web page.  Currently there are 8 puzzles.  If you have suggestions for new puzzles please email me. 

The Math club meets most Sundays in Williams 302 Ithaca College and the schedule is at:

http://www.familymath.org/math-club/schedule

We are looking for parent volunteers (with kids also) to do presentations that relate math to life. I am willing to help train families.  For example math and cooking could be a wonderful presentation. Choose anything that relates to your interests.  Please email danovak@gmail.com if you are willing to help.

Our next Math Club meeting will be on  1/10/10 on the topic of Electronic Music Synthesis. Kevin Ernste, Director of the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center, knows how to capture and create sounds, then twist and turn them with digital tools, and finally piece them together into extraordinary works of art. Kevin will describe how he performs these feats, and we'll look at some of the math involved (in a way that's accessible). We'll all try our hand at electronic music synthesis, and Kevin will leave us with a new software tool or two to play with and plenty to explore on our own.

Much Love to all of you and a Happy and Blissful and Peaceful Year,

--Dani


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Dr.  Dani Novak
Department of Mathematics
Ithaca College
Ithaca NY 14850
(607)274-3595

www.ithaca.edu/dani
www.familymath.org