Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Symmetrical Designs in Math Today




Today we learned that a line of symmetry will give us what is on one side, the exact same as what is on the other.  When we draw a line of symmetry we divide a shape in half.  Students folded their blank white papers into exact halves as I walked and dropped a pit of paint on their papers.  They carefully folded their paper together, pressed down the paper, waited until everyone had done the same and then voila!, opened up their papers carefully.  The result was a myriad of amazing designs, each having identical sides.

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