-
Teacher Notes
[
String Art Project ] [ String
Art Project Evaluation ] [ String Art Teacher Notes ]
This project can be used as effectively
at the beginning of the year when first introducing points, lines, segments,
angles, planes, etc. as at the end of the year during the unit on circles when
you are studying tangents. This project is highly motivational. If you have
some examples for your class to see, its even more motivational when they can
really see the layers and the effect the colors and blank spaces have on a
design. Usually after the first year, there will be some students who will
allow you to keep their work. I have them hung on the wall for all to enjoy.
To introduce the project, draw an
angle and have students measure equal distances with a compass along the sides
of the angle from the vertex. Then, connect the points with a straightedge to
form a curve.
Next have students draw several
circles and along circle, mark of the distance of the radii, getting 6 points
on the circle. Bisect the distance between two points and measure that distance
and continue marking off that distance to create 12 points that are placed equally
apart on the circle. On one circle, connect every other point with a straight
edge (see illustration below). On another, connect every third point and then
on another circle, every fourth point. Look at the difference that the patterns
make. Then finally, using colored pencils, make each pattern - each a different
color on one circle.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There
are several good resources to have on hand for this project. |
|
|
|
Books: Creative Constructions -
Grades 5 and Up (1994), Dale Seymour and Reuben Schadler,
Ideal School Supply Company. (ISBN # 1-56451-080-8) Line Designs - Grades 5
and Up (1994), Dale
Seymour, Linda Silvey, and Joyce Snider, Dale Seymour Publications. How to Enrich Geometry
Using String Designs
(1986), Victoria Pohl, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM),
(ISBN 0-87353-227-9) Geometric Design (1988), Dale Seymour, Dale Seymour Publications (ISBN#
0-86651-424-4) |
|
Websites: Symmetry All Around You http://www.teachersnetwork.org/dcs/math/symmetry/ String Art - An Adventure in Line Designs http://otis.district87.org/staff/powelln/stringart/ Spatial Sense - Going Around in Circles http://nde4.nde.state.ne.us/NMSI/mathvantage/spatsense/lesson.html Curve Stitching http://www.montessoriworld.org/Handwork/stitch/stitch1.html Curved Stitching Based on Circles http://www.montessoriworld.org/Handwork/stitch/stitch2.html |
|
[
String Art Project ] [ String Art Project Evaluation ] [ String Art Teacher Notes ]