Chapter 2: What Do Mathematicians Do?

Bringing Math into the Present Day 

Vi Hart videos

Numberphile

The Mathematics of Juggling from Quanta Magazine (later reprinted in Scientific American). Click through to the link for video.

TED Talk: Teaching Math through Movement

TED Talk: The Beautiful Math of Coral

Beauty of Mathematics is a quick look at mathematics in the world around us.

Math Munch: interview with Nalini Joshi

Meet a Mathematician

The Mathematicians Project

Finding Math in Our World

Found math with Maya and Daphne

The annual Math Photo challenge is delightful, and could inspire some math hunts, math walks, and math photo challenges of your own. On twitter, look for #mathphoto15 and #mathphoto16. The 2015 website and 2016 website are great places to get started.

Babies and Math (in case you’re interested!)

• New York Times article summarizing breakthrough research: Study Finds Babies at 5 Months Grasp Simple Mathematics
• More recent Science article about babies’ approximate number sense