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Tag Archives: Geometry
Teachers—Walk a Mile in their Classroom
I was lucky enough this past week to visit some classrooms and see teachers using Sketchpad in various ways. It’s been seven years since I was in the classroom myself, so for me it was like coming home. It brought … Continue reading
Creating Origami Whirlpool Designs with Sketchpad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mmlKbGNXhM&w=480&h=360]
Tomoko Fuse is a Japanese origami artist whose designs are highly geometric. A Google search for her origami models reveals a plethora of boxes and intricate three-dimensional structures, many of which are folded from multiple sheets of paper and then … Continue reading
Sketchpad Reflection Puzzles
In a recent blog post, Karen Greenhaus describes how it’s possible to construct familiar corporate logos using Sketchpad. You might start with a rhombus, for example, and then reflect it twice to obtain the Mitsubishi logo. Karen’s post got me … Continue reading
The Mathematics of Logos
As you may know, we created a new logo for Key using a circle and rotational animation to create a visual representation of pi. Karen Coe describes this in her post Branding Isn’t About Math. Are You Sure About That?, … Continue reading
Stunning Geometric Design Round-Up
Recently one of our beloved colleagues moved on, and we were left with a gap—who would post our updates and tidbits on Facebook? I volunteered to be our interim FB poster, and boy am I glad I did. I asked my … Continue reading
Graffiti as Street Math?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV32t5WAO-o&feature=related”
Last night, Key and our sister company KCP Technologies had an outing to the California Academy of Sciences weekly “NightLife” event–every Thursday night, the Academy opens to adults only with a theme of the evening, as well as opportunity to … Continue reading
Happy Halloween! Sketchpad Tessellation
I saw this very well-done Sketchpad rotational symmetry tessellation of the St. Louis Cardinal this past week by a college student at NCTM in St. Louis. It got me exploring some designs of my own, so I thought I would … Continue reading
A Plane with a View
I travel a lot for work and therefore spend quite a bit of time looking out airplane windows. I always think of model trains with the little miniature villages, people, cars, etc. as the planes are taking off or landing. … Continue reading
Reflections, Multiple Representations, and Key
Today I’d like to share my personal story about Key Curriculum Press, a company I’ve experienced as a classroom teacher, as an editor, and now as a parent. For many weeks now, I’ve been trying to write a post about … Continue reading
Eat Your Vegetables! Do Your Math!
I was not a picky eater as a child. My parents had no trouble convincing me to eat my peas, artichokes, and even spinach (in the form of my dad’s delicious Thanksgiving stuffing). But I drew the line at Brussels … Continue reading
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