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PRESS RELEASE: Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina: 2000 JUNE 09 - en Espaņol
from SOCIEDAD MAGIC PENNY PATAGONIA with CIENCIAS y ARTES PATAGONIA

LEONARDO in PATAGONIA
MATHEMATICAL AWARENESS DAY

2000 and 2001 JUNE 17 (DAY 168-169)

GOLDEN HEXAGON of PATAGONIA CHALLENGES and PENNY AID

A NOVEL SIMPLE APPROACH to MATHEMATICS STIMULATED by COINS
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES GALORE: POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS?

BAD NEWS: children in many countries have been unable to play with MAGIC PENNIES because their coins are not magnetic.
GOOD NEWS: investigations into the GOLDEN HEXAGON of PATAGONIA has led to a novel way for all children from 5 to 105 to have great fun with any sorts of coin, an exciting way which can stimulate all sorts of other learning activities particularly in mathematics and engineering.
HOW ? - by working together, observing, and learning of some magic secrets.
Do you know what Leonardo and Maradona have in common?
Have you ever drawn circles round coins or made patterns with compasses?
Have you seen this number before?
239180661721
Are there more or less people in the world, grains in a bucket of sand, atoms of air in a football?
Is it big or small? Is it odd or even? Is it interesting? Is it magical?
Yes itīs fascinating and so is 168, the number of one of our local schools

Have you ever made a queen go head over heels or spin like a top?
Have you ever made a penny jump over a car?
Have you heard of Hesterīs Rose or seen a bean can with ear-rings?
Yes - then you must know all about Magic Pennies and all the fun you can have with them.
No - then see London: Independent:1993 –01- The Times:1995-12-04 and 1996-09-10 Daily Telegraphfront page photo1996-09-10, Daily Mail:1997-03-04 and photos from Japan, Singapore, California and Argentina

Would you like to know more about the GOLDEN HEXAGON of PATAGONIA and of MAGIC PENNYLAND. a land of giants,of dinosaurs, of whales and penguins, of roundabouts, bridges, clean cars and trains, of sunshine, shadows, shipwrecks and treasure, of buttons, coins and stars and shapes, of magnets, mirrors, moons, and maps, of roses, daisies, trees and flowers, of magic numbers, music and magic people, of pebbles, poetry and football ?

For more about PENNY AID , and the GOLDEN HEXAGON of PATAGONIA CHALLENGES for individuals, groups or companies go to MAGIC PENNYLAND via:
www. unp.edu.ar/darwin or www.magicpenny.co.uk or www.magicpennyworld.com
Fax: 0054 2965 456745 or Email:magicpenny@ unp.edu.ar
Please if you do not get a reply immediately, keep trying. Patagonia is far from most places! more

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