Euclid (c.300 BC) was a Greek mathematician and is often referred to as the "founder of geometry". His Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics.
POINTS, LINES + PLANES
Can we create curves from straight lines?
Key questions
1. What are points, lines, rays, segments and planes?
2. What are collinear points?
3. What are concurrent lines?
4. How accurate can we be?
3 lessons
Literacy
stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain
The Dot and the Line by Norton Juster
The Dot and the Line - movie
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Develop...
find 5 points - 2
two squares - 2, 4
three hinged squares - 2, 4
two more squares - 3, 4
mystic roses - 4
curve stitching - 4
Extend...
kobon triangles - 1, 4