Math Art Corner – circles and polygons - project 3 Discovering math in polygons and pattern
Students’ age:
10,11 years old student, 5th and 6th grade
Subject:
It is an afternoon club, each week 70 min. , Club is called Math and Art – digital and with paper, ruler and compass
Project idea:
Discovering as much geometry in the picture/pattern as possible (depending on the grade and math stuff they know), writing it down, then constructing with GeoGebra (changing it) and colouriing it with an image editing program e.g. Paint.
Aims:
- make students (beginners) more familiar with GeoGebra - interests students in designung wonderful symmetric pattern - discovering mathematical objects like different triangles, forms of quadrilaterals, comparing areas, … - learning what it means to do a dynamic construction
Lesson plan:
Students are explained to analyze first the way of construction of one of these figures on this worksheet, then constructing it with GeoGebra, then coloring it. In the next lesson students worked in pairs , discussing about the math and geometry in both designs and writing all things down. As my students are mostly of grade 5 they have started english only two monthz before. The teacher or an older student of my grade 9 will translate their results in english language.
URL:
Geogebra files are in a GeoGebra Bbook: https://www.geogebra.org/m/wmrhaxzz