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Thinking in Three Dimensions
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In this activity, learners create three-dimensional shapes by making some origami models of simple boxes and containers.
Exploring Tessellations (Grades 3-5)
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In this activity, learners repeat patterns in two and three dimensions to create tessellations.
Toothpick Patterns
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In this hands-on activity, learners use toothpicks to build different triangles and squares and then use the toothpicks to build and solve some tricky shape puzzles.
Simple Pop-Up Mechanisms
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In this activity, learners construct three quick and simple mechanisms to start building a pop-up book. Learners fold, cut, and glue paper to make a bird beak, parallelogram, and V-fold.
Making a Translation Tessellation
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In this activity, learners slide shapes to create unusual tiled patterns.
Rotating String Shapes
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In this group activity, learners make multi-sided polygons with string.
Toothpick Patterns
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In this math activity, learners make toothpick designs by following simple patterns.