Second Graders are learning their shapes. What a great age to be composing, decomposing and recomposing. These images are the final part of the Wallet-Book project that I began with about 66 students earlier this week. After making images that had a value of 100 we moved on to getting up-close and intimate with parallelograms and trapezoids. Students… Continue reading Fancy Plane Shapes
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Five Days of Summer Workshops with 3rd and 4th Graders
In the summertime, when school is not in session, I'm on my own in terms of deciding on what kinds of projects that I want to teach in workshops. Last week I taught for five days at the local community center. My sessions with the kids were 40 minutes long, and although I prepared for… Continue reading Five Days of Summer Workshops with 3rd and 4th Graders
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Hexagon via Paper Folding
One of my all-time favorite paper moments was when I learned how to fold a regular hexagon. Many times, with protractor or compass in hand, I had tried to draw hexagons, but they never worked out just right. This post, which features a tutorial page, is something that I have been wanting to do for a long time, but I needed… Continue reading Hexagon via Paper Folding
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Things That Start in the Middle
I've been thinking about things that start in the middle. Since there's been a good bit of talk in the news about the Theory of Inflation, aka theBig Bang, being validated I feel encouraged to be thinking about concentric expansions. In the middle of these thoughts, on cue, the phone rang. It was my cousin Pete, who calls me… Continue reading Things That Start in the Middle
