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Radial Letters

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This art lesson seems simple enough. As a way to introduce radial symmetry, spokes, or rays, learners create an artistic representation demonstrating radial symmetry. They stick a variety of letter stickers on their paper starting in the center working outward. 

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rays, radius, circles, symmetry

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radius, symmetry, art project, math and art, radial balance, ray, spoke, math
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Math
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