Ivars Peterson's
Math Muse for Kids

Math Muse for Kids

Produced 10 times a year by the publishers of Cricket magazine (in association with Smithsonian magazine), Muse features articles and activities for children 8 years old and up. Check out the Muse Web site at http://www.musemag.com.

 

Past Columns:

Upgrading
October 2006
Climbing a Watery Slope
September 2006
Count and Capture
July 2006
From Counting to Writing?
May 2006
By the Numb3rs
April 2006
Problems to Sharpen the Young
March 2006
Hard Cash
February 2006
The Beauty of the Bag
January 2006
A Good Plot
November 2005
Sudoku Mania
October 2005
Icing the Kicker
September 2005
Math Music
May 2005
Never Lift the Pencil
April 2005
Random Knots
March 2005
Chomping to Victory
February 2005
Advanced Floating
January 2005
Earth Hole
November, 2004
Tricky Crossings
July/August 2004
Sink or Be Sunk
May 2004
Knight's Tour
April 2004
Solve It or Die
March 2004
Infinite Wonders
February 2004
Dog Does Calculus
Janaury 2004
Magic Squares
November 2003
Up the Magician's Sleeve
October 2003
Seeing Spots
September 2003
One-Cut Angelfish
July/August 2003
What's the Deal?
May 2003
Flipping a Coin
April 2003
It's Not You, It's the Puzzle
March 2003
Hailstone Numbers
February 2003
Monopoly Cheat Sheet
January 2003
Gambling Dogs
November 2002
Mental Math
April 2002
What a Coincidence!
March 2002
Multicolored Maps
February 2002
Poe's Secrets
January 2002
Bunching Buses
December 2001
Decoding Bar Codes
November 2001
Defending the Roman Empire
October 2001
Weird Bottles
September 2001
Dots and Boxes
July 2001
Tilt-a-Whirl Chaos
May 2001
Lively Tiles
April 2001
Fancy Folding
March 2001
Puzzling Art
February 2001
Data in Hiding
January 2001
Ant Math
December 2000
Morphing Art
November 2000
Views from Flatland
October 2000
Tesseracts: Cubes Get Hyper
September 2000
Tricky Tables
July 2000
Weird Dice
May/June 2000
Four Corners, Four Faces
April 2000
Mirror, Mirror
March 2000
Juggling by Number
February 2000
Nice Guys Finish First (Sometimes)
January 2000
Glitter Trap
December 1999
Nature's Numbers
November 1999
How to Lace Like an Ace
October 1999
Food Counts
September 1999
Covering Up
July/August 1999
Fair Shares
May/June 1999
Lizard Games
April 1999
Knot Magic Not Magic
March 1999
Square Wheel
February 1999
Chasing Arrows
January 1999
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