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New National Quilt Museum program aims to stitch together math, fiber arts for students
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A new initiative pieced together by the National Quilt Museum, along with professors at Murray State University, is using the fiber arts to teach K-12 students about geometry and other mathematical principles.
National Quilt Museum / Facebook An assembly of quilts from Victoria Findlay Wolfe's "Option Expedition," an exhibit that inspired the National Quilt Museum to team up with professors from Murray State University to develop a curriculum using her works to help teach students about shapes and geometry.
So we're doing the math, what I like to call 'quilt math.'"
Derek Operle / WKMS Paducah Tilghman High School math teacher Justin Wynn (right) works with students in his class during a field trip to the National Quilt Museum.
He said getting to see the quilts first-hand at the museum is a far better visual aid for students.
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