Classroom teacher, with two teachers or volunteer leaders, optional. Space to conduct seminar in circle. The Program Students learn the history of symmetry through art and mathematics and create their own art. After covering a unit on symmetry, they read an essay, attend a seminar and prepare art work using symmetry. Students are encouraged to express orally the mathematical ideas they have learned.
Art work is provided in the reading and they analyze each picture.
Students are given several days to complete the reading and prepare for the 90-minute seminar. As a final project, students use symmetry, perspective, spatial representations, and patterns to create original artistic works. The discussion is based on outside reading material. This program gives students a chance to use math and observe symmetry outside the classroom. They begin to look at buildings and art in a new way.