Artistic Angles

Math can be a work of art! Reach your artistic pupils as they explore angle measures. A creative set of five problems of varying levels has young learners study interior and exterior angle measures of polygons. The introductory levels...

Students create a dance that incorporates the use of angles with their bodies. In this angles and dance lesson plan, students incorporate math into body movements.

Students explore transformations in dance. In this cross curriculum geometry and dance activity, students define and identify angles, reflections, and translations, then practice dance movements using a stretchy band that represent these...

Young scholars describe the characteristics of the painting Le Coq et La Lune by Roland Dorcely. They describe the colors and how those colors make them feel. Students discuss the artwork in term of angles, lines and shapes. They are...

Students describe the characteristics of the painting Tribal by Richard Anuskiewicz. They are asked to describe the geometric shape that they observe. Students work in a group to describe the colors and how those colors make them feel....

The Golden Ratio. The Divine Proportion. Yup. It's math and art blended into one colorful activity. Young artists combine colored tissue paper circles and parts of circles to create geometric patterns. As a bonus, kids get to figure out...

Origami is an excellent way to combine Japanese culture, art, and geometric shapes into one engaging activity! Scholars begin by listening to the story Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and learn the origin of the word origami,...

Fifth graders explore angles by using protractors. They recognize, describe and determine the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes. Students recognize the right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle and vertex. They identify...

Learners utilize their handheld and the Angles program to create a non-objective artwork. Images created by famous artists who have utilized angles in their art work are examined.

Students examine the correlation between art and math. Using their computers, students construct and measure angles. Students identify the properties of angles and polygons. They engage in the Angles program on their Palm and use the...