Imagine you have a stage with hundreds of sets and sound effects and actors. Imagine you can make these things do whatever you tell them to do. That's Scratch. It's a programming language for kids. I've been teaching Scratch for several years and it's a great way for people of all ages to have fun while incidentally thinking mathematically.
At our Math Club meeting this Sunday 4/18 people who are new to Scratch will learn how to create simple games, art, and music with Scratch. Intermediate Scratchers can hone their skills with some puzzles I created for Boynton Math Day. Advanced Scratchers can get help from their peers to take their pojects to the next level.
Note that Family Math will host our spring Math Fun Day, featuring Mike Stanley the Mathematical Magician and featuring Pat's Lego Robots, in Williams Hall (see directions below) on Saturday April 24th 10am to 10pm.
Further note that there will be no Math Club meeting on Sunday April 25th.
-Larry
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The Family Math Club meets most Sundays from 2pm to 3:30pm on the third floor of Williams Hall on the Ithaca College Campus. Meetings are free and open to everyone. Both kids and adults report enjoying the club. To get to the club travel to South Hill on 96B. Turn into the Ithaca College main entrance. Go three fourths around the circle and then along a straight stretch. Take the first right (a sign here says "admissions"). Williams Hall is the second building on your left. There is usually parking nearby. Enter either the front or the back and take either the stairs or the elevator to the third floor.