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This
project can be used as effectively at the beginning of the year when
first introducing points, lines, segments, angles, planes, etc. as
at the end of the year during the unit on circles when you are studying
tangents. This project is highly motivational. If you have some examples
for your class to see, its even more motivational when they can really
see the layers and the effect the colors and blank spaces have on
a design. Usually after the first year, there will be some students
who will allow you to keep their work. I have them hung on the wall
for all to enjoy. |
To
introduce the project, draw an angle and have students measure equal distances
with a compass along the sides of the angle from the vertex. Then, connect
the points with a straightedge to form a curve.
Next
have students draw several circles and along circle, mark of the distance
of the radii, getting 6 points on the circle. Bisect the distance between
two points and measure that distance and continue marking off that distance
to create 12 points that are placed equally apart on the circle. On one
circle, connect every other point with a straight edge
(see
illustration below). On another, connect every third point and then on
another circle, every fourth point. Look at the difference that the patterns
make. Then finally, using colored pencils, make each pattern - each a
different color on one circle.
There
are several good resources to have on hand for this project.
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Creative Constructions - Grades 5 and Up (1994),
Dale Seymour and Reuben Schadler, Ideal School Supply Company. (ISBN
# 1-56451-080-8)
Line
Designs - Grades 5 and Up (1994),
Dale Seymour, Linda Silvey, and Joyce Snider, Dale Seymour Publications.
How
to Enrich Geometry Using String Designs
(1986), Victoria Pohl, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM), (ISBN 0-87353-227-9)
Geometric
Design
(1988), Dale Seymour, Dale Seymour Publications (ISBN# 0-86651-424-4) |
Websites:
String
Art - An Adventure in Line Designs
http://teachersnetwork.org/dcs/math/stringart/
Spatial
Sense - Going Around in Circles
http://nde4.nde.state.ne.us/NMSI/mathvantage/spatsense/lesson.html
Curve
Stitching
http://www.montessoriworld.org/Handwork/stitch/stitch1.html
Curved
Stitching Based on Circles
http://www.montessoriworld.org/Handwork/stitch/stitch2.html
Symmetry All Around You
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/dcs/math/symmetry/
String Art - An Adventure in
Line Designs
http://otis.district87.org/staff/powelln/stringart/
Spatial Sense - Going Around
in Circles
http://nde4.nde.state.ne.us/NMSI/mathvantage/spatsense/lesson.html
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