Relax with STEM Article by Tina Manzer, Editorial Director of EdPlay Magazine: Stress-reducing fidget toys, STEM, and Fractiles
Will the Real STEM Toys Please Stand Up Article by Mark Carson, President and Co-Founder of Fat Brain Toys. Fractiles is at the top of the list of Carson's favorite toys "contributing to STEM-related pursuits."
"Tiling
theory is one of the hottest topics in today's
mathematical research. Fractiles-7 is a marvelous
way to introduce the wonders of tiling patterns
to pre-college age students. The 7-fold patterns
are positively addictive! One can spend tireless
hours creating endless patterns of amazing intricacy
and beauty." - Martin Gardner, World Famous Scientific
American Puzzle Master
"If
you are like me, you will want a set of these
magnetic little rhombuses to build many wonderful
and imaginative designs. There are extensions
of this concept, in the genera of geometric
"dissections" that take this concept well beyond
mere child's play, and may have implications
for design paradigms with deep educational and
even professional consequences in such fields
as architecture and publishing." -
Dr. Phillips Verner Bradford ,
Former Executive Director of the Colorado Advanced
Technology Institute and Author of the remarkable
book Ota
Benga, the Pygmy in the Zoo
