Math and Art 8: Geometry and Photography
Using photography to tell a math story
Math 8 British Columbia Learning Outcomes:
- identify geometric constructions
− identifying tessellations in the environment
Art 8 British Columbia Learning Outcomes:
- Create variations of an image through manipulation of particular elements or principles of art and design
-Create 2D images that deliberately employ physical and expressive qualities of the visual elements and principles of art and design to create an effect or mood
- Use a selected element of art to convey an idea or concept
- Combine and emphasize particular visual elements and principles of art and design
Reflection: I'll have to admit, I had a love/hate relationship with math when I was a student. I loved the challenges that math represented, but didn't enjoy the way math had always been taught. In my classes, we are taught a concept, we do problems as a class and if there is some time, we do individual problems. Anything left over was assigned for homework.
It's a tried and tested way of learning math that is efficient and gets through a long curriculum. The problem is that it doesn't inspire learning or a particular like for math. What I really enjoy about the new BC math curriculum is deemphasis of learning a lot of math concepts, but knowing a reasonable amount of concepts really well. The emphasis is on learning and allowing students to learn math not always with numbers, which of course is fundamental and important, but other cognitive functions. There more freedom to express math that is relevant in student's everyday lives. Often we don't see that math is everywhere, unless we stop to and appreciate the lines, angles and symmetry in our everyday world.
Geometry and Photography Requirements
- identify geometric constructions
− identifying tessellations in the environment
Art 8 British Columbia Learning Outcomes:
- Create variations of an image through manipulation of particular elements or principles of art and design
-Create 2D images that deliberately employ physical and expressive qualities of the visual elements and principles of art and design to create an effect or mood
- Use a selected element of art to convey an idea or concept
- Combine and emphasize particular visual elements and principles of art and design
Reflection: I'll have to admit, I had a love/hate relationship with math when I was a student. I loved the challenges that math represented, but didn't enjoy the way math had always been taught. In my classes, we are taught a concept, we do problems as a class and if there is some time, we do individual problems. Anything left over was assigned for homework.
It's a tried and tested way of learning math that is efficient and gets through a long curriculum. The problem is that it doesn't inspire learning or a particular like for math. What I really enjoy about the new BC math curriculum is deemphasis of learning a lot of math concepts, but knowing a reasonable amount of concepts really well. The emphasis is on learning and allowing students to learn math not always with numbers, which of course is fundamental and important, but other cognitive functions. There more freedom to express math that is relevant in student's everyday lives. Often we don't see that math is everywhere, unless we stop to and appreciate the lines, angles and symmetry in our everyday world.
Geometry and Photography Requirements