As defined in the
required textbook, geometry is a “network of concepts, ways of reasoning
and representation system” use to explore and analyze shape and space.
Acquiring geometric thinking and understanding geometric concepts are essential
for better understanding of algebra, proportional reasoning, measurement and
integers.
What are geometry
goals for children?
- spatial sense and geometric reasoning:
children think and reason about shape and space.
- the specific geometric content
objectives: shapes & properties, transformation, location,
visualization
In class, we were
given square tiles to explore. We were asked to make different shapes using 3,
4 and 5 pieces of squares. We then looked at the number of different shapes we
can make. It was then that we learn that making the odd shape using the 5
squares is pentomino. It is just like the shapes we see in a traditional
game of Tetris. We learnt that all the pentominoes have the same area
but different perimeter.
We then explore
the geoboard in a pictorial form. We were asked to draw out any shape leaving
only one dot in the middle. This was an interesting activity. We then had to
find the area of these shapes. We look at very interest shapes. It was easy to
find the area of the odd shapes when we find other shapes within that odd
shape. For example, different size triangles within that odd shape and square
too. We also used addition and subtraction when looking for the area of the
shape.
It is through this
activity, that we discovered a pattern that allowed would help us find the area
of the odd shape easily. As long as there is one dot in the middle, we only
needed to count the number of dots in the perimeter and divide it by two. This
is incidentally a simplified version Pick’s theorem. I thought that was really
interesting. It also reinforces the importance of looking for patterns.
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