Mathematics for the Christmas Season

  1. Keith Devlin discusses The Mathematics of Christmas. But there are alternative calculations. For example read The Mathematics of Santa Claus by The Alice Deal Junior High School Mathcounts Team from Washington, DC.
  2. Merry Christmas Math Problems
  3. Find the total cost of the items in the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas." Including a price list etc
  4. "The 12 Days of Christmas" and Pascal's Triangle
  5. The Twelve Days of Christmas: Music meets math in a popular Christmas song
  6. A Calculus Carol
  7. Mathematics of Motion: A Christmas Corollary. A dialogue between Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
  8. Several more Christmas Problems
  9. Christmas at Edhelper.com A vast source for teachers needing that last minute Christmas worksheet.
  10. Turning a Snowball Inside Out Read about the Snow Sculpture team led by mathematician Stan Wagon
  11. On the First day of Christmas My True Love Gave To me ... (pdf file)
  12. Yes - there is a Christmas Stocking Theorem!
  13. So what is the difference between a Snowflake and a Snowfake, can you tell? Watch the movies!

Igloo Building

In severe weather conditions: BUILD AN IGLOO. Instructions are here:
  1. Building an Igloo Read the article and look at the pictures.
  2. Now watch the film: Building an Igloo
  3. Igloo -- the Traditional Arctic Snow Dome gives a historical perspective
  4. How warm is an Igloo? Mathematics can tell you ... but it's not an easy read (pdf file)
  5. Now read the Official Field Manual for the US Antarctic Expedition: Snow Shelters

Snowflakes

  1. The amazing SNOW CRYSTALS Site was created by Kenneth G. Libbrecht , Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology.
  2. Visit the Snowflake Maker and cut your own snowflake
  3. How to draw a fractal Snowflake Curve
  4. Instructions for making a Paper Snowflake and Folding Diagrams
  5. The Deep Inner Meaning of a Snowflake. All is revealed on this Webpage!
  6. Make a Snowflake Ball
  7. The wonders of the PENTAFLAKE with its associated mathematics
  8. And yes there is such a thing as an Antisnowflake!
  9. Watch in wonder the Animated Fractal Snowflake
  10. Copy this Snowflake Puzzle and try to make the snowflake
  11. Visit Mark Cassino's Snowflake Gallery

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