Make-and-Take: Staff Development

Pintozzi, Joan                                      Curie Metro. H.S.
                                                    838-5040
                           
Objectives:

1.  Demonstrate some materials which can be used to provide a 
    phenomenological approach to math
2.  Show how to construct the materials

Apparatus Needed:

1.  Manila file folders or paper
2.  Acetate sheets for overhead projector
3.  Sewing snaps
4.  Paper circle
5.  Handout on curves of constant width
6.  Wooden model of wagon with Rouleaux triangles for wheels
7.  Plastic cube
8.  Colored rubber bands 
 
Recommended Strategy:

1.  Demonstrate Materials: suggest uses
2.  Explain how to make demonstration models for the overhead using
    manila folders, acetate sheets and sewing snaps.
3.  Use wooden wagon model and clear container of liquid to show that
    the strange looking wheels work very well
4.  Fold the paper circle to create many different polygons and solid
    figures and to study their properties