Monday, April 26, 2010

The Golden Ratio


Artists have used the Golden Ratio as a tool to create works of art. Spiral like the one above is used in a variety of settings to create designs that are pleasing to the human eye.Your task today is to find an article on the Golden Ratio and write one paragraph describing what you think it is.
Send your paragraph to me as a comment.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Spatial Relations



There is a tool in Geometry called Pentominoes; they are used to develop our sense of spatialrelations. The link at the right will bring you to a set of Pentominoes you can use online. Take thepieces and make the following shapes:1. A rectangle with three pieces.2. A rectangle with six pieces.3. A square with any number of pieces.Call me when you are done with each problem.