Daniel Scher
@danielscher.bsky.social
Math educator who enjoys mathematical puzzles, origami, and Scottish dancing. Website: sineofthetimes.org
Some fun with number bases (2 through 10) in my latest Sine of the Times blog post: www.sineofthetimes.org/more-fun-wit...
July 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Some fun with number bases (2 through 10) in my latest Sine of the Times blog post: www.sineofthetimes.org/more-fun-wit...
Title page from my collaboration with Bugra Giritlioglu. We're reviewing the page proofs now for our book of translated Turkish poetry. Coming this April from Syracuse University Press. press.syr.edu/supressbooks...
February 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Title page from my collaboration with Bugra Giritlioglu. We're reviewing the page proofs now for our book of translated Turkish poetry. Coming this April from Syracuse University Press. press.syr.edu/supressbooks...
Some Web Sketchpad news: You can now build customizable activities, choosing from over 60 geometry and algebra tools, and then collect students' work to review all on one webpage. Get started here: geometricfunctions.org/fc/tools/. Feedback welcome!
January 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Some Web Sketchpad news: You can now build customizable activities, choosing from over 60 geometry and algebra tools, and then collect students' work to review all on one webpage. Get started here: geometricfunctions.org/fc/tools/. Feedback welcome!
Enjoying my cycloid drawing machine.
December 14, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Enjoying my cycloid drawing machine.
Found issue #1 of Games Magazine in my closet. Can’t overstate the impact this magazine had on my love of puzzles.
December 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Found issue #1 of Games Magazine in my closet. Can’t overstate the impact this magazine had on my love of puzzles.
Bear by Zhang Ziliang, folded by me.
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Bear by Zhang Ziliang, folded by me.
Contrary to what you might have heard, desktop Sketchpad is alive and well. Free for Apple Silicon Macs (here: gsptest.scratchconsortium.com/index.html) and Windows (DM me).
December 2, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Contrary to what you might have heard, desktop Sketchpad is alive and well. Free for Apple Silicon Macs (here: gsptest.scratchconsortium.com/index.html) and Windows (DM me).
A 7th grader’s response to the challenge, ‘Fold an origami square to show half white, half blue.’ Did he succeed? From our book Explore Math with Origami. a.co/d/9xo7n51 #iTeachMath
November 30, 2024 at 8:17 PM
A 7th grader’s response to the challenge, ‘Fold an origami square to show half white, half blue.’ Did he succeed? From our book Explore Math with Origami. a.co/d/9xo7n51 #iTeachMath