MatheMagic

Internationally acclaimed magician and educator, Bradley Fields captivates students with his famous magic illusions and turns them on to the history, the power, and the beauty of the math!

This unforgettable performance uses history, language and world-class entertainment to promote math-skills and problem-solving. Featuring large multimedia projections, stage illusions, comedy, drama, and audience interaction, math concepts are seamlessly integrated with vocabulary, geography, history, and everyday problem-solving. Students of different interests, abilities, and learning styles will all agree that math really is amazing!

California Content Standards easily applied in your classroom:

• 1.MA.NU.2.5 Show the meaning of addition (putting together, increasing) and subtraction (taking away, comparing, finding the difference).
• 2.MA.MA.2.0: Students solve problems and justify their reasoning.
• 4.MA.ME.3.0: Students demonstrate an understanding of plane and solid geometric objects and use this knowledge to show relationships and solve problems.

LESSON PLAN IDEA: Students study plane and solid geometry figures such as square, hexagon, cube, tetrahedron, etc. and work in groups to create these figures using their bodies.

Visit the artist’s website at www.mathemagic.com.