Our Purpose

We develop a curiosity and interest in mathematics so students, parents and teachers can improve their math and science education. Activities focus on various topics in mathematics and their application to physical phenomenon.

This website and our exploratorium:

Encourage each person to reach his/her potential
Provide guidance for children participating in science fairs
Help teachers to explain math concepts
Provides travel exhibits for schools

We are located at 1054 Freedom Plains Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. Go to Google ® maps and type in 'Math and Physics Exploration' for address information and directions.

News

Tutorials for Addition and Multiplication

Posted on: 8/16/2010

Classes for addition and multiplication tutorial begin from now to August 31. The classes are for parent and children. Children of any age may attend. Tutorials are free. Enroll by emailing: immiller1@juno.com

Posted on: 8/1/2010

Starting August 16 through August 31, The Math & Physics Exploration will be offering free tutorials for Addition and Multiplication. The courses are open to parents and children of all ages. Send an e-mail to immiller1@juno.com to register for the courses. Schedules will be put together for your convenience. read more »

Two New M & P E Videos

Posted on: 3/31/2010

There are two videos now available on the web, one for introductory training of docents and one for giving a sample submission for a Power Point or Flash presentation.

The first video gives interested persons a reference for preparing to be a docent -- lecturer. The docent has the ability read more »

Dancing triangles prove Pythagorean Theorem

Posted on: 3/24/2010

Under Activities/Math select "Pythagorean Geometrically" to watch a pure geometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. The flash program shows the construction process accompanied with the hokey-pokey. You need to fill in the description process and one special proof. You need to show that since the sum of the two read more »

Video visit to the Math & Physics Exploration

Posted on: 3/14/2010

The Exploration officially started receiving visistors on March 9, 2010. A video is now available on youtube that will allow you to make a virtual visit. The link is as follows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD8Fp0DzYfc

We are starting to look for people who will volunteer as docents so that we can read more »

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Big Bang to Kohoutec

Humans have an innate curiosity about the universe we live in. Math and physics are tools that help us explain our world to satisfy this curiosity (and to live better, more comfortable lives).

From learning about the origin of the universe through the Big Bang theory to discovering long period comets such as Kohoutek to the computers that are delivering this web page to you, math and physics help us explore our world.

Come learn these tools so you can join the exploration!