[Blindmath] "Visualizing" with pipe cleaners

[Amanda Lacy]

Yeah, let us know what you come up with.

Amanda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Mooney" <susanannemooney at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] "Visualizing" with pipe cleaners


> Have fun playing!
>
> SM
>
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Ben Humphreys 
> <brh at opticinspiration.org>wrote:
>
>> Fantastic!
>>
>> I just ordered a big box from Amazon for less than $20.
>>
>> Neat!
>>
>> Thanks Amanda and Susan!
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> At 02:47 PM 1/1/2012, you wrote:
>>
>>> Have you heard of wicky sticks? They'll stick to paper and to each 
>>> other,
>>> so you could make sticky 2D or 3D models.
>>>
>>> Amanda
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Humphreys" <
>>> brh at opticinspiration.org>
>>> To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 3:43 PM
>>> Subject: [Blindmath] "Visualizing" with pipe cleaners
>>>
>>>
>>>  I think I read somewhere that a blind person can use pipe cleaners to
>>>> construct graphical images.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to use them or something like them to visualize and
>>>> experiment with a floor plan I am envisioning for my new home.
>>>>
>>>> but rather than gluing them in place, I'd like to be able to move them
>>>> aroun and have them stick down temporarily.  What kind of surface 
>>>> should I
>>>> use?  I'm envisioning a surface like a 24" by 36" posterboard.
>>>>
>>>> Are there better materials for what I'm envisioning?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>>
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