Outcome E1
Identify the first 5 regular polygons and understand basic properties (number of sides, lines of symmetry, and definitions of geometric terms).
Class Activity:
Students create vocabulary booklets using Power Point. They explained the geometry term and also included a picture.
Students found www.mathsisfun.com/ was an excellent resource for this activity.
Class Activity:
Students create vocabulary booklets using Power Point. They explained the geometry term and also included a picture.
Students found www.mathsisfun.com/ was an excellent resource for this activity.
outcome E2
Describe and apply translations, reflections, rotations and dilatations as they relate to symmetry and design, with the aid of technology.
Excellent website for review: http://greatmathsgames.com/Symmetry/index.htm
Class Activity:
We used our trial memberships with www.IXL.com to assess our ability to meet this outcome. Each student in the class has his/her own personal username and password. (This can be used from home!)
Excellent website for review: http://greatmathsgames.com/Symmetry/index.htm
Class Activity:
We used our trial memberships with www.IXL.com to assess our ability to meet this outcome. Each student in the class has his/her own personal username and password. (This can be used from home!)
outcome e3
Determine (through investigations, using concrete materials and technology) the characteristics of shapes that will tile the plane with a reflecting pattern.
Class Activity:
Students using pattern blocks to discover which regular polygons will tessellate a plane, that is which combinations of regular polygons will completely surround a point.
Prior Knowledge for this activity:
Class Activity:
Students using pattern blocks to discover which regular polygons will tessellate a plane, that is which combinations of regular polygons will completely surround a point.
Prior Knowledge for this activity:
- Students needed to know that there are 180 degrees in each triangle.
- Students needed to know how to triangulate a polygon, that is, to find out how many triangles were in each polygon.
- Students multiplied the numbers of triangles in their polygon by 180 degrees to find the total sum of the interior angles in that polygon.
- Students then divided the total sum of the interior angles by the number of vertices to find out the measure of the interior angle at each vertex.
Outcome E4
Create designs involving tiling patterns (e.g. Escher-type designs, wallpaper or fabric designs), using technology (e.g. dynamic geometry software, design or drawing software).
Class Activity:
Students using the software program Tessellation Exploration to create their very own tessellation. They were able to make it their own, by adding eyes, mouths, ears, wings, feet, scars, etc.
Class Activity:
Students using the software program Tessellation Exploration to create their very own tessellation. They were able to make it their own, by adding eyes, mouths, ears, wings, feet, scars, etc.
Outcome E5
Analyze the geometric aspects of logos and design.
Class Activity:
Students completed a "google" search to find existing logos. We examined symbols such a Audi (translations), Honda (reflection), Acura (reflection), Mitsubishi (rotation), for various design elements.
Class Activity:
Students completed a "google" search to find existing logos. We examined symbols such a Audi (translations), Honda (reflection), Acura (reflection), Mitsubishi (rotation), for various design elements.
Outcome E6
Create a personal logo, using the mathematics of symmetry, translations, reflections, rotations, or dilatations with the aid of technology.
Class Activity:
Students were able to choose from the following design projects:
a) Create your own tattoo
b) Create your own personal business card with a logo representing who you are
c) Create a logo for a business/ company you aspire to own
Designs must include 2 transformations (slide, flip, turn or dilatation)
Class Activity:
Students were able to choose from the following design projects:
a) Create your own tattoo
b) Create your own personal business card with a logo representing who you are
c) Create a logo for a business/ company you aspire to own
Designs must include 2 transformations (slide, flip, turn or dilatation)