Math 394 Final Project

Status

Team choices: #1 & #2

Research Component--Topic choices : #3 & #4

Research Component--References: #5

Once your references are approved
Please see the directions in your coursepack (Math 394 Final Project/Activity Paper & Presentation) for both of these components:

Paper and Activity Writing Component (#1 - #3)
With your team, write a short paper and write a new, mathematically revenant, fun and hands-on activity about your team’s topic that is focused on a simple geometry idea for kids.

Sharing & Presentation Component (#1 - #2)
Email your instructor your paper and your activity prior to the scheduled final project presentations (finals week, see the course web page for details).

Your team is scheduled for 15 minutes followed by a five minute class assessment period (see above).

TEAMS	PRESENT TIME (assess)	TOPIC	REFERENCES
Amber Heather Zach	3:05 - 3:20p (3:20-3:25p)	Flexagons (paper) (activity)	The Fabulous Flexagons (web) Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions (article) Flexagons, a Spatial Odyssey (article)
Jing Elisa Jayna	3:25 - 3:40p (3:40-3:45p)	Frieze Patterns (paper) (activity)	Math and art : an introduction to visual mathematics (book) NCTM Illuminations lesson (web) Paper dolls (web) Enumerating symmetry types of rectangle and frieze patterns (article)
Michael Abbey Amanda	3:45-4:00p (4:00-4:05p)	Quilt Blocks (paper and activity notes)	Tying Quilts to Montessori Math and Geometry (article) QuiltingAssistant.com (website) Investigations in number, data, and space : curriculum unit (book)
Melissa Jamie Cristina Danielle	4:05-4:20p (4:20-4:25p)	Snowflakes and geometry (paper) (activity)	Folding n-pointed Stars and Snowflakes Snowflake Geometry, Idaho State Department of Education (article) College Geometry (our book), pages 10, 56-57, and 185.
Emma Jessie Rachelle	4:25-4:40p (4:40-4:45p)	M.C. Escher (paper & activity notes) (squares)	The World of M.C. Escher (book) M.C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (book) M.C. Escher: His Life and Complete Graphic Works (book) M.C. Escher: More Mathematics Than Meets the Eye (article) The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher (web)