Feel the late November chill this morning? No fear, the 6th grade quilts are here!
Well, in full transparency, these paper quilts will not keep you warm, but they are nonetheless pretty awesome.
This project served as the opening of our 6th graders` geometry exploration. They began by studying various quilts to observe patterns and learn about the attributes of polygons.
5/6 teacher, Anna, explains more: “Decomposing and rearranging pieces of polygons, we learned to calculate the area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles. Through this, we learned the concept of a formula - an equation that contains letters to represent unknown values. Now, we’re putting it all together by finding the area of polygons on our quilt, with the goal of finding the total area for each color… It’s been a fun puzzle!”
Check out their works in progress.
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