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Crafts with rotational symmetry © Siemens Stiftung 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0 international

Crafts with rotational symmetry

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Craft instructions:
Design rotationally symmetrical objects using basic materials: an eight-pointed star from two squares of cardboard and an eight-sided snowflake from paper by folding the paper and cutting out shapes.

Available in: English, German, Spanish (CREA)
Type of media: Text
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Last update: 2015-09-10
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This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.

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Media package:
For interactive whiteboards (ES): Symmetry
Description:
This craft makes it possible for the students to tangibly experience the important characteristic of “center of rotation" as a rotating connection of two cardboard disks. In the case of the snowflake, the “center of rotation" is the point of intersection of all fold lines in the paper.
Learning resource type:
Experiment
Subjects:
Mathematics
Grade levels:
Grade 1 to 4
School types:
Elementary school
Keywords:
Geometric figure; Geometry
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2015
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