The holidays mean different things to different people. It's a time to relax and have fun, a time to do nothing or to get a lot done. For a math lover, the holidays can mean something entirely different. Here are 5 things every math lover can relate to:

Turkey Math!

Make your own origami pumpkin!

Watch the video below to learn how. As you fold, try to figure out the number of triangles you're creating in the process!

Family life is busy. But wouldn't it be great to fill those few minutes we have of our child's undivided attention - while driving to activities or making dinner - with a fun intellectual activity? We think so too. That's why we've created 'Math on the Go:' a list of three to five math activities that we'll provide every few weeks that you can do as a family.

PISA, an international assessment of students, will be coming out with their results in December. American performance in mathematics is expected to stay disappointingly low. What's interesting about this year's assessment though, as Jo Boaler notes, is that PISA analyzed three distinct learning styles and corrolated them to performance. Those who memorize (and the U.S. has a concentrated number...