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Beyond Dominoes: Polyominoes
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In this activity, learners add squares to paper dominoes to make polyominoes.
Exploring a Complex Space-Filling Shape
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In this activity, learners build a paper stellated rhombic dodecahedron, a three-dimensional 12-pointed star.
Reflections
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In this activity, learners play a game and use pattern blocks to explore mirror images and reflection.
Solidly Platonic
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In this activity, learners follow simple directions to explore and create platonic solids.
Experimenting with Symmetry
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In this activity, learners use pattern blocks and mirrors to explore symmetry. Learners work in pairs and build mirror images of each other's designs.
Cut-Fold-Staple
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In this activity, learners discover how to rotate a flat shape into the third dimension. Learners draw and cut out a shape that has at least one straight edge on an index card.
Exploring Tessellations (Grades 6-8)
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In this activity, learners design unique tiles and make repeating patterns to create tessellations. This activity combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.
Simple Pop-Up Mechanisms
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In this activity, learners construct three quick and simple mechanisms to start building a pop-up book. Learners fold, cut, and glue paper to make a bird beak, parallelogram, and V-fold.
The Four-Square Quilt
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In this activity, learners arrange triangles together to make patterns to create paper quilts. Learners experiment with arranging the triangles in different ways to make various designs.
Making a Translation Tessellation
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In this activity, learners slide shapes to create unusual tiled patterns.
Rotating String Shapes
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In this group activity, learners make multi-sided polygons with string.
Building Three-Dimensional (3D) Structures
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In this activity, learners practice drawing 3D structures in two dimensions. Learners draw cube stacks from five different points of view.
String Shapes
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In this activity, learners work together to make polygons (many-sided shapes) with string. Learners sit on the floor and hold onto a piece of string slid between their thumbs and index fingers.