Robin Ward, a former aerospace engineer and
educational consultant for NASA, is a Professor of
Mathematics and the Director for Curriculum
Integration for the Rice University School
Mathematics Project.
Additionally, Robin teaches an integrated math-visual arts program for
students enrolled in the Early Childhood Program at All Saints’ Episcopal
School in Fort Worth, Texas. Robin has written five books and over 40
publications, which focus on effective mathematics pedagogy, with an
emphasis on integrating the visual arts and children’s literature in the
teaching of K-8 mathematics. Robin provides extensive professional
development to teachers interested in infusing the visual arts into STEM.
Monica Wilson is a middle school mathematics teacher at
Figure 3. A classroom wall is transformed into an art gallery.
All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth, Texas. In
2011, Monica was selected from a nationwide
an Algebra II teacher’s concept might include graphing quadratic or
cubic functions. The possibilities are endless with LeWitt’s art!
applicant pool to participate in the NASA Johnson
Space Center’s Liftoff Summer Institute to increase her
knowledge of math and space education.
A historic collection of LeWitt’s art is currently on display at the
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (www.massmoca.org/
lewitt/) thru 2033. I encourage you to put on your “math goggles®”
and scroll through the many thumbnail images of LeWitt’s works.
Delight in the enormity of mathematics in his wall drawings and seek
ways to bring the visual arts into the K-12 mathematics classroom.
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