Math art project reflection
Reflection, Math/Art project - "Babylonacci"
Reflect my experience in doing the project, the potential mathematics learning involved and
the place that the project might have in classroom teaching and learning
Our project, Babylonacci, was a lot of fun to create and to share with the class. To be honest, I had forgotten a lot about the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio. I was initially drawn to the art piece because of the Babylonian numbers; we had recently worked with these numbers in math history class. Our group agreed that we could address this art piece well.
To prepare, we each did a bit of research on Fibonacci Sequence and how it was relevant in this art and in general. My eyes were opened by the many disciplines in which Fibonacci is present. From art to design, architecture to music, nature and of course, mathematics.
On the whole, I think our group worked well together. We each brought a different perspective to the project. We worked well to decide how we were going to lay out the project. We had some varying ideas about how to fit it together. We did find that the felt pieces were quite small and tended to collapse on themselves the more we manipulated them. So a lesson learned, don't try to work with very small felt pieces - consider using a different medium.
I think the class enjoyed our presentation. Everyone seemed to liven up when we got to the activity portion of the presentation. To my mind, the actual class experience is what really makes the presentation - it's then that the class gets to 'try on' the work. It's hard to have everyone complete the exercise in the amount of time allotted; perhaps in a regular classroom, I'd have folks start the work and then complete it at home. The class really seemed to like the musical component. Granted, the music that BC Manjunath created with the Fibonacci Sequence was compelling.
I think if I were going to teach Fibonacci in the classroom, I would first start with some of its applications, similar to our music video. Further to that, I would put the series in context of other activities, such as word problems and music. While we mentioned that the Sequence was relevant in the grade 11 and 12 level, I think that there would be more applications for any high school grade.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lYYXdmFSpCp3E6ocueuA72AOEba092ZlNYdeAH8QqY0/edit#slide=id.p
Reflect my experience in doing the project, the potential mathematics learning involved and
the place that the project might have in classroom teaching and learning
Our project, Babylonacci, was a lot of fun to create and to share with the class. To be honest, I had forgotten a lot about the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio. I was initially drawn to the art piece because of the Babylonian numbers; we had recently worked with these numbers in math history class. Our group agreed that we could address this art piece well.
To prepare, we each did a bit of research on Fibonacci Sequence and how it was relevant in this art and in general. My eyes were opened by the many disciplines in which Fibonacci is present. From art to design, architecture to music, nature and of course, mathematics.
On the whole, I think our group worked well together. We each brought a different perspective to the project. We worked well to decide how we were going to lay out the project. We had some varying ideas about how to fit it together. We did find that the felt pieces were quite small and tended to collapse on themselves the more we manipulated them. So a lesson learned, don't try to work with very small felt pieces - consider using a different medium.
I think the class enjoyed our presentation. Everyone seemed to liven up when we got to the activity portion of the presentation. To my mind, the actual class experience is what really makes the presentation - it's then that the class gets to 'try on' the work. It's hard to have everyone complete the exercise in the amount of time allotted; perhaps in a regular classroom, I'd have folks start the work and then complete it at home. The class really seemed to like the musical component. Granted, the music that BC Manjunath created with the Fibonacci Sequence was compelling.
I think if I were going to teach Fibonacci in the classroom, I would first start with some of its applications, similar to our music video. Further to that, I would put the series in context of other activities, such as word problems and music. While we mentioned that the Sequence was relevant in the grade 11 and 12 level, I think that there would be more applications for any high school grade.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lYYXdmFSpCp3E6ocueuA72AOEba092ZlNYdeAH8QqY0/edit#slide=id.p
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