Understanding And Creating Symmetry

Investigate the attributes of polygons. A thorough set of lessons presents problem scenarios for elementary through high school classes. The first lessons focus on basic characteristics of polygons, including the line of symmetry. As the...

A variety of activities take scholars outside the classroom to explore shapes, symmetry, measurement, patterns, sorting, and time in nature. Learners participate individually, and in teams, to measure found objects, go on a scavenger...

Who knew you could paint with glue? After first adding liquid water color paints to bottles of white Elmer's glue and applying them to paper, students of all ages are then challenged to use their imagination and creativity to draw in...

Try five problems on triangles. Levels A and B focus on shapes that can be created from right triangles. Level C touches upon the relationship between the area of a six-pointed star and the area of each triangle of which it is composed....

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 explore the concepts of symmetry. Through activities and class discussions, students describe the similarities and differences among butterflies. Students create symmetrical designs. Students explore ways to rearrange tiles to...

Explore symmetry, in this geometry lesson. View "Line Symmetry," an interactive lesson, fold cutout shapes to find the line of symmetry, and record real objects in the classroom that exhibit a line of symmetry.

Students examine symmetry with their bodies and create symmetrical pictures.  In this symmetry lesson, student view Cowboys Roping a Bear. Students discuss the composition of the painting. Students look for symmetrical elements and then...

Students view geometry in the world around them. In this geometry lesson, students look at buildings and find examples of symmetry and geometry. They look for 2D and 3D shapes and congruency. 

Students explore symmetry in the insect world, comparing and contrasting insects and their symmetrical bodies and wings. They draw symmetrical insects, identifying body parts and explore nature's examples of symmetry. Afterward, they...