Sunday, 17 November 2013

Let it Snow

Creating snowflakes during winter is a fun seasonal activity. Making snowflakes in the classroom brings in visual art plos but it can also be linked to math. You can use snowflakes to teach geometry: lines of symmetry, shapes, and measurement. Students can also make predictions of what their snowflake would look like according to pattern they have cut. Using visual arts is a hands on authentic approach to math.

                                            

The following sites have many great ideas to create a winter inspired math lesson using snowflakes:

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/mathchat/mathchat015.shtml

http://www.mathwire.com/seasonal/winter07.html

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2 comments:

  1. Unknown17 November 2013 at 22:34

    Snowflakes are so cool. It is really ice to see the incorporation of them into math, which is often so cold and calculated. I bet students will freeze and stare at you when you say that they can do art in math class. Sorry for all the puns, but once I start they really just start to snowball. I better stop now or I'll be on a slippery slope to using them in real life and getting icy stares from people who hate puns.

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  2. Michelle Reid18 November 2013 at 21:29

    Hahha the puns are awesome! Very creative!

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