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Symmetry Around the World Project |
| 1. How would you define the term "Line
symmetry?" |
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| 2. Why might some people see lines symmetry
as a thing of beauty? |
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The Butterfly (Page 2) |
| 3. Is the butterfly animation worth the
wait? Why do you think this way? |
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Symmetry at the Beach
(Page 3) |
| 4. Sketch your favorite animal from this page and draw
in its line of symmetry. |
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| 5. Why do you think that this type of
symmetry is sometimes called reflectional symmetry? |
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6. What is the technical name for the dividing
line in this type of symmetry?
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Symmetry in the Animal
Kingdom (Page 4) |
| 7. Sketch you favorite animal from this page and draw
in its line of symmetry? |
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| 8. What are the criteria for a living thing to
be an animal? |
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| 9. Is a fish an animal? Why? |
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Symmetry of Masks (Page
5) |
10. Which of the masks on this page (5)
would you most like to make?
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| 11. Using only isosceles triangles design/draw a mask that
has one line of symmetry from forehead to chin> |
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The Proportions of Man
(Page 6) |
| 12. This drawing by Leonardo da Vinci is a great
work of art. Please explain why it is a good image (picture) to use to
demonstrate symmetry in the human form to your age group. |
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| 13. List 4 other parts of the body that
have reflective symmetry that are not mentioned on this page. |
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Reflections in Water
(Page 7) |
| 14. Do you consider this image to have a line of
symmetry? Why or why not? |
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15. Is the line of symmetry along the
horizontal or vertical axis?
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The Taj Mahal (Page 8) |
| 16. Do a simple line drawing of one of the photographs of
this building and draw in a the lines of symmetry. |
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| 17. From memory, draw a famous building from your country
that has line symmetry. |
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| 18. Write a question about this page that
will demand at least ten minutes of thought or research to answer. |
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| 19. When you die, would you like to be
buried in a tomb like this? Why or why not? |
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Symmetry and Regular 2D
Shapes (Page 9) |
| 20. How could you prove that a square really
does have 4 lines of symmetry and not 2 lines? |
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| 21. A rectangle has 4 lines of symmetry.
True or False? How could you prove it? |
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| 22. What pattern can you see emerging on
this page? |
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Rotational Symmetry
(Page 10) |
| 23. Define "rotational symmetry?" What
does it mean? |
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| 23. Find a playing deck and look at the picture
cards on the webpage. Which ones have rotational symmetry? |
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Challenge One (Page 11) |
| 24. Do the challenge on this page.
You will need a separate piece of paper. |
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Challenge Two (Page 12) |
| 25. Place your mouse pointer on each of
the challenge solutions to see what you thing. Write a short summary
of your thinking. |
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| 26. List each object's order of rotation? |
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The Symmetry of Hubcaps
(Page 13) |
| 27. Do you agree with our answers on each
of the hubcaps? Why or Why not? |
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| 28. Where else in a car would you find
objects with rotational symmetry? |
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The Symmetry of
Kaleidoscopes (Page 14)
Another Kaleidoscope
page |
| 29. If you have a kaleidoscope at home, bring
it in for your class to view intricate patterns with rotational symmetry. |
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Transformations:
Flips, Slides, and Turns (Page 15) |
| 30. Invent a board game that would help a
child between the ages of 6 and 9 to learn about flips, slides, and turns. |
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The Symmetry of Letters
(Page 16) |
| 31. What would be the purpose of exploring
each of the letters of the alphabet for their symmetrical properties? |
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The Symmetry of
Advertising (Page 17) |
| 32. Using either newspapers or
magazines find some advertising logos that have line symmetry and rotational
symmetry. Make a class book or wall display of the examples you find.
Check the TV stations for symmetrical logos, too |
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The Ink Blots
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| 33. What can you see in each of our ink blots?
(Please, no butterflies). |
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| 34. How many lines of symmetry can you see in
each ink blot? |
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| 35. Challenge- Try to make an ink blot with
more than 2 lines of symmetry. Is it possible? |
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The Sink Plug
Page |
| 36. Write down your guess (hypothesis) as
to why sink plug holes are round and not square? |
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| 37. Organize an email to an expert to ask
them why sink plug holes are round and not square. |
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The Rugs
Page |
| 38. Find a rug in your school and sketch the
symmetrical patterns. |
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| 39. Design your own colorful rug that
uses symmetrical patterns. Use MS Paint to design a symmetrical design
for a rug. Put you name on it and print it out. |
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The
Biological Hazard Symbol |
| 40. his is symbol is used in hospitals a lot.
Where in the hospital and why? |
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The Stain
Glass Page |
| 41. Sketch a piece of stained glass from
your community. (Use the back of the paper.) Why might people include
symmetry in windows of this kind? |
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The Symmetry
Challenge Game |
| 41. Many argue that this game wastes
class time as the children spend way too long on it. Others feel that
it is good to interact with the site and that way you learn more about
symmetry by doing something. What is your opinion? Should it
stay or should it go? Why? |
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| 42. Your task is to make this game more
challenging by writing some rules. |
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Art Challenge
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| Create an artwork that is both complex and
beautiful using the method outlined on this all the next few web pages.
Use the rotating Next button to browse through several web pages for ideas.
Limit your self to using 2, 3, or 4 colors. |
