[NMScience] Teaching Mathematical Thinking Through Origami

[Ellen Loehman]

http://newmedia.purchase.edu/~Jeanine/origami/
 
Many people find doing origami relaxing, and others find it can be even a
fine group activity to while away many pleasant hours. This particular
website offers up some ways to use origami to teach mathematical thinking.
Created by Daniel Meyer, Jeanine Meyer, and Aviva Meyer, this site includes
a background essay on this art, a set of teaching strategies for
incorporating origami into the classroom, and some sample models. The
Teaching Strategies area is a good place to look after reading the
background essay, and users should also make use of the "Origami Sources"
area, as it features external links to other origami sites.


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Ellen Loehman
loehman at aps.edu