Girls’ Angle is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but its ideas and resources reach around the world through the amazing power of the internet. Since 2007 it has helped girls to grow their love of math through classes, events, mentorship, and a vibrant mathematical community. It’s always good to be reminded that everything you use or enjoy was almost certainly made by a person-including custom graph paper websites! That’s really awesome! I enjoyed listening to Kevin’s “ Winner Winner“. That way other people can use it for creative projects. And more!įree Online Graph Paper was created by Kevin MacLeod, who composes music and shares it for free. First you get to decide what kind of grid you would like: square? triangular? circular? Then you get to tinker with lots of variables, like how big the grid cells are, how dark the lines are, and what color they are. Something I love about the site is that it lets you design different aspects of your graph paper.
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That’s right, it’s Free Online Graph Paper. I might even call it a trusty friend, one that I met one day through the simple online search: “free online graph paper”. I’ve used it for years to help me to do math and to teach math, and it’s great for math doodling, too. If zentangling is too freeform for your doodling tastes, then let me share with you one of my longtime favorite websites. There are lots of ways to begin zentangling-I hope you enjoy giving it a try. Can you learn the names of any of the shapes she creates? I spy a Rick’s Paradox. Try some of Sandy’s weekly challenges, or check out Tiffany Lovering’s time-lapse videos-here’s one with music and one with an interview. That’s the trademark of a good tangle pattern. I catch myself mentally deconstructing them (whether I want to or not) to figure out if they can be broken down into simple steps without too much effort. It’s so true that the more I tangle, the more I see the potential in patterns all around me. If you try some, maybe you’ll share them in our Readers’ Gallery. Maybe you’ll pick some tangle patterns to combine with each other. Sometimes this is described as one pattern “versus” another one. My favorite idea in Zentangle is trying to combine two kinds of designs. There’s a whole dictionary of zentangle shapes over at.
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She shares how to doodle snircles, snafoozles, and oodles.
This summer I was very happy to run across Zentangle®-”an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.” I’ve learned a lot about Zentangle from a blog called Tangle Bucket by Sandy Hunter. I especially like seeing what new shapes I can make. Doodling helps me to listen sometimes, and I love making neat patterns. As you start a new school year, you might be looking for some new mathy doodle games to play in the margins of your notebooks.