As a culmination to our geometry unit, we created
two origami projects!
(Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding.)
One item we created was a beautiful box!
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| First we colored and cut out a rectangle. |
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| We had to fold it into a smaller rectangle. |
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| Next we opened it up and folded each side into the middle. Do you see the hexagon that was formed? |
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| After that, each corner had to be folded to form an isosceles right triangle. |
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| Can you see the octagon? | | | |
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| We then folded skinny rectangular flaps over the triangles. |
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| Finally we were able to open it up into a handy box! |
Another item we crafted was a clever paper drinking cup!
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| First, we cut out a square. |
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| Next, we had to fold the square into an isosceles right triangle! |
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| Third, we had to fold to create more triangles. |
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| This had to be done on the other side too! |
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| Can you see the three triangles? One of them is scalene! |
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| Once the flaps were tucked in.... |
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| We were able to use our cups! |
Which project did you enjoy making the most?
Have you made any other origami items?
Dear Mrs. Ranney and Class,
ReplyDeleteOrigami geometry is a very exciting activity. My favorite project was creating the rectangular paper box. I have never made other origami items before we did the origami geometry in class last Friday.
Previously, I made a small, square, paper, folded object out of a larger square paper. When I pull two corners of the square, the paper open and reveals a hexagon shape. If you move the edges slightly, the corners look like the claws on a scorpion.
I am looking forward to making another project in class soon.
Cheers,
Lucas