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The Wonderful World of Escher
Bridging art and math can be as easy as making tessellations. The art, context, and life of M.C. Escher is explained to the class, as is the concept of tessellations. After a bit of art history, pupils get out the ruler, tape, and...
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Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary!
The It's Elementary! curriculum guide is home to numerous lesson plans and activities designed for teaching architecture to students in grades K-5. You'll find activities involving math, science, visual art, and social studies. Includes...
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Platonic Realms: The Mathematical Art of m.c. Escher
Math Academy Online presents a great M.C. Escher (1898-1972 CE) site for connecting the arts and mathematics. As even Escher said, "For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
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Transformational Geometry & Iteration in Mangbetu Art
Mangbetu art shows the use of all four geometric transforms: Reflection, Translation, Rotation, and Scaling. This website will provide you with some cultural background on the Mangbetu and their art. The software will allow you to...
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Asheville Art Museum: More Than Math
A fascinating and fun web site that integrates art and math. Includes activities and an art gallery of work from Joseph Albers.
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My Data = My Mondrian
Take a minute and fill out the short questionaire about yourself. The computer converts your data into a personalized painting-- Mondrian style. Everyone will want to try this again and again!
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Tessellation World of Makoto Nakamura
There's more to do here than just look at Escher-like tessellations. You can watch animated tessellations and put together puzzles.
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Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
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Artlandia: Pattern Design Tool
If it's in the budget you may want to consider purchasing Artlandia SymmetryWorks, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. There are two features that incorporate the use of computer technology to create symmetrical patterns. Free seamless...
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fractals Unit
This site from the Rice University provides a Fractals Unit for Elementary and Middle School Students. Find out what a fractal is and what it looks like. You can value fractals for their visual delight or mathmatical properties. This is...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Finding Polygons in Cubist Art
This lesson plan has students identifying the use of polygons in cubist portraits.
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Paper Mosaics
A unique combination of origami paper folding and mathematical tessellations create these stunning works of art. Definitely not for the beginning paper folder to try! Site includes printable patterns.
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American Mathematical Society: Mathematical Imagery
Stunning imagery of how mathematical concepts are used to created artworks.
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National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Numeracy
Use these project examples as proof that you can use art to teach mathematics skills in your classroom.
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa
Red Escolar: Simetrias
In Spanish. This activity is to create different figures which are symmetrical, and also find and learn about other types of symmetries.
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Partner Square Painting: The Whole and Its Parts
Kids will have fun snapping chalk lines onto paper and then painting in the parts. Can be used as a way to teach parts and their relation to the whole or even more complex as fractions.
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Scott Kim, Puzzle Master: Inversions
Kim Scott makes the most amazing graphics and logos. This site contains examples and lessons for inversions, half words, and mirror drawings. You will find galleries of work and sample activities and lessons.
My Learning
My Learning: Art4 Maths
Two fun projects to try with your students that get them utilizing math concepts in the art classroom.