Old 09-18-2010, 06:35 PM
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bearisgray
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Originally Posted by golfer
Since you are a teacher and using math with quilting for your students, can you advise me how to show high school students about tying quilting to geometry. Our guild has been asked to make a presentation on this subject. I am heading this group. Thanks for anything you can add.
I'm not a teacher, but I did take "remedial math/arithmetic" at the local community college.

Some things that might help: tangrams and math manipulatives.

These are plastic shapes that can be worked/played with.

http://www.thedowsschoolroom.com/patternblocks.shtml

google: math manipulatives pattern blocks for different sources
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