Love of Math

Join today!

Hands on Math Club

Tuition: $200

 Live Meetings: 

Six Wednesdays
1:30-2:45pm ET

October 8,15,22,29
and 
November 5 & 12

Math Explorations
through 
Hands on Creations
with
Dr. Ashley Ahlin

What's included?

  • Six live 75 minute meetings
  • Club size capped at 12 students 
  • Hands-on fun plus "Mathematical Meat"
  • Meetings recorded and posted in Moodle for later viewing
  • Week 1:  PopUp Fractals
  • Week 2:   Slide Rules
  • Week 3: Polyhedral Balloons
  • Week 4: Sonobe Origami
  • Week 5: Mobius Strip and Fold-and-Cut Theorem
  • Week 6: TBD based on student input! 

What will we do? 

Mathematics manipulatives are more rare as students progress into advanced 
mathematics, but there are many fascinating hands-on mathematical explorations which
are fun, beautiful, and stimulate deeper understanding. In this six-week club, we will explore ideas like fractals, slide rules/logarithms, polyhedra, platonic solids, and  topology & symmetry. 

Each week, Dr. Ahlin will introduce the activity and the associated mathematical ideas and students will have time to interact while building their activities and have time for selected extensions, both in terms of mathematical content and creating variations. We will also allow time to share follow-up creations or questions related to prior weeks.

For more complete information, see the full description here.

Sessions will be recorded for viewing later, as well.

Who is this for? 

 
Any students interested in learning the mathematics behind the activities
and physical capacity to make somewhat precise folds and cuts. Students who know
more mathematics (algebra, functions, geometry, etc.) will stand to go deeper
mathematically, but no particular topics are essential.

All ages are welcome but we generally expect middle/high schoolers to be best prepared. Younger students with both high manual dexterity and mathematical depth are also welcome.

Ready to Enroll?

Please contact us via this form and we'll give you next steps! 
Payment arrangements made via email upon enrollment confirmation.

Enter Your Enrollment Request: 

First Name
Last Name
E-mail address
Interested in registering?  Please enter "Hands on math" below:
Thank you!
Meet the instructor

Dr. Ashley Ahlin

Ashley Ahlin has a Ph.D. in geometric group theory from the University of Chicago. She taught at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Chicago.  Over the last two decades she has taught a wide variety of courses for Art of Problem Solving, as well as at a variety of math summer camps and served as K-12 outreach coordinator for Michigan State University mathematics department. Her four children have been largely home educated in mathematics; the oldest two are now college math majors.  
Patrick Jones - Course author
Created with