Mathematics Through Paper Folding

✍ Scribed by Alton T. Olson

• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 64
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Paper folding not only simplifies the learning of mathematics it also builds an experiential base necessary for further learning. The exercises in this publication, appropriate at various grade levels, lead students to discover and demonstrate such mathematical relationships as reflections, transformations, and symmetry.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
How to Fold the Basic Constructions......Page 10
Geometric Concepts Related to ReflectionsIllustrated by Paper Folding......Page 13
Circle Relationships Shown by Paper Folding......Page 21
Algebra by Paper Folding......Page 24
Star and Polygon Construction......Page 29
Polygons Constructed by Tying Paper Knots......Page 33
Symmetry......Page 35
Conic Sections......Page 37
Recreations......Page 41
Appendix A - Plane Geometry Theorems and Related Exercises......Page 49
Appendix B - Some Additional Theorems That Can BeDemonstrated by Paper Folding......Page 51
Appendix C - Large-Scale Figures......Page 52