Archimedes (c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor. He is considered to be the greatest mathematician of ancient history, and one of the greatest of all time.
PROPERTIES OF SHAPE
Can a polygon have two edges and two vertices?
Key questions
1. What are polygons?
2. How can we compare and classify shapes?
3. What is symmetry?
5 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
Triangle, Square and Circle by Mac Barnett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Introduce..
rods and triangles - 1, 2
four sides - 1
zukei puzzles - 1
draw the shape - 1
logo symmetry - 3
bug symmetry - 3
line symmetry - 3
Develop...
four triangles - 1, 2
diagonals - 1, 2
types of quadrilaterals - 1, 2
polygon search - 1, 2
make a square - 1
two cuts - 1, 2
classifying shapes symmetry - 2, 3
regular polygons - 1, 2, 3
rangoli patterns - 3
Extend...
star polygons - 1, 2, 3
midpoints - 1, 2, 3
maxigon - 1, 2
folding polygons - 1, 2, 3
ambigrams - 3
triangulation - 1, 2, 3
islamic tiling - 3
girih - 3
symmetry match - 3