One of the most popular booth at our STEM FAIR was our Mind Bender Birthday Magic! We could use Math Powers to read your mind and guess your birthdate with 100% accuracy! How did we do it? Learn more about it with links below!
Binary Bday Trick (Numbers)
Cards https://docs.google.com/document/d/12nsWWBcggm9XbpnfMx4yqY_7bg4GE-8j9zDlT0xEvp4/edit?usp=sharing
Notes
http://www.mathmaniacs.org/lessons/01-binary/Magic_Trick/
Lesson
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Lessons/Birthdays-and-the-Binary-System/
For other STEM FAIR ACTIVITIES, Check out
Origami and Paper folding Geometry
http://www.cns-eoc.colostate.edu/docs/math/mathactivities/june2007/The%20Magic%20Circle.pdf
Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert
https://www.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1311
Math Multimedia Resources (Top Notch!)
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/math/
Other Math Games
Blokus http://mathhappenings.onmason.com/2017/02/04/blokus/
Hi Ho Cherry-O
Other math games http://www.mathwire.com/games/games.html