The Webinar on Egyptian Tangram took place on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 from 12 pm until 1 pm, with Carlos Luna, high school math teacher and member of the Museum of Mathematics of Cataluña (MMACA), as our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
The invited speaker started the virtual event by describing the traditional tangram which consists of 7 pieces. Carlos Luna then presented the Egyptian tangram which consists of 5 pieces and explained why they named it Egyptian. The speaker also shared how the Egyptian tangram can be used by teachers to explore math concepts in the classroom, like geometric shapes, the Pythagorean theorem, Pick’s theorem, similar figures, the different types of quadrilaterals, triangular paradoxes and golden rectangles. This virtual event was co-organized with the Museum of Mathematics of Cataluña (MMACA).
