My Own Workshops

Dodecahedron by Andy Crum

I gave four workshops of my own at SUUSI this year. The model above, a dodecahedron made by Andy Crum, was made in my workshop Weaving Paper Polyhedra. The workshop made nine attractive models, including some that could go on the top of a Christmas tree. I instructed the participants in how to construct a model without paper clips, without staples, without tape or glue, but with only construction paper that is cut into jagged strips and woven together. The result is a model not only of a specific polyhedron, but of the theme of SUUSI - the Interdependent Web. Think of the strands as being part of the Web. Undo or move one, and it affects them all. They are all interrelated.

In Stories of the Sky, I showed how to find stars and constellations in the sky and told the stories behind them - not only the traditional Greek and Roman stories, but also stories from Native American, Japanese, Chinese, and Australian Aborigine heritages.

In SUUSIMatics, I showed how one can use latin square designs to design dinner-party schedules, how rabbits can multiply rapidly, and how group theory can explain the steps in contra dancing. The Unexpected Math Quiz and Let's Make a Deal started some heated controversies. This workshop showed that math is not all add them up and solve for x - in fact, I showed how solving for x incorrectly can generate an intricate fractal design.

In World Wide Web for UUs, I showed how to obtain Unitarian Universalist resources on the Web. The answer is fairly simple: go to http://www.uua.org, which is the homepage of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and proceed from there to where you want. All Unitarian-Universalist roads or webs on the Web lead to the UUA page.

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