Magician Dennis Regling likes to say that people see math every day, but they just don’t always realize it. He proved his statement with magic by performing various tricks that required math, such as patterns, fractions, and measurements on Family Math Night at Penn Hills Elementary School.
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Also known as the “Magic Scientist,” Regling has been combining math and science for over twenty years now. He often looks over a school’s curriculum to help him prepare relevant routines that mirror what students are learning in the classroom. Students, parents and teachers were mesmerized by the show which also tries to help explain common core to those who are unfamiliar with it.
Helena Prevost is a first-grader who received a certificate for being “teacher assistant” last week. She said math, especially addition and subtraction, is one of her favorite subjects, and she enjoyed everything about the magician’s performance.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- “We see math every day and we don’t realize it.”
- A man who dubs himself as the “Magic Scientist,” has been practicing magic using science and math for 20 years and has visited more than 1,900 schools across 27 states.
- Following the performance, teachers explained to groups of parents the most important concepts for their children to grasp according to their grade level.
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