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Fractional Hearts

Students will learn some geometric terms and then collaborate to create a "work of heart."

Lesson Plan

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  • Heavy Paper

Steps

  • Step 1

    Introduce some geometric terms to students such as angle, arc, line, diameter, etc. Have students look for examples of these around the room. Then ask them to think about how fractions represent parts of a whole.

  • Step 2

    Have students form teams of four and have each create a heart that has the same size dimension. Each student will use a 9" square piece of construction paper and draw a heart that nearly reaches each edge. .

  • Step 3

    Then have students decorate their hearts using colored pencils, crayons, or markers. When the designs are complete each student will cut their square into quarters. They will keep 1/4 of their heart and share the remaining three heart parts with their teammates.

  • Step 4

    When the sharing is complete they will each have uniquely decorated hearts. They will glue the four different designs together on heavy paper, making sure they each have a left and right pointed end and a left and right rounded heart top. Have a discussion about how collaborating and combining different styles can create a more visually appealing and emotionally powerful work.

Standards

MATH: Create models that demonstrate math concepts and attend to precision.

MATH: Analyze, compare, create, and compose math ideas using written, oral, and drawn lines, shapes, forms and patterns.

Adaptations

Ask students to speculate on why we use heart imagery or language to represent emotions. For example, why do we say someone has a big heart? What does it mean to follow your heart? What is implied when we say one's heart isn't in it?

Have students create another geometry collage. Ask them to draw and illustrate an organic or basic shape design and then cut up the drawing into various pieces. Place a large piece of paper on a table and have students arrange and glue their pieces to contribute to a large classroom collaboration collage.