Friday Math! Sports Pennants and Graphic Design

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Completed by 27 learners

This class is a part of a series of "Friday Math" classes which provides highly interactive, cross-curricular, creative math applications for 4th grade through 7th grade. Lessons rich in critical thinking, problem-solving, and complexity.

Sarah Jones

Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(161)

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8-12

year old learners

3-14

learners per class

$12

Charged upfront

Meets once

90 minute class

Class Experience

In this lesson, students use geometry, number sense, and measurement skills to design their own pennants.  The keyword is PRECISION in these designs.  We want students to understand that graphic artists, engineers, advertisers, programmers, mechanics, builders, and designers of all types must be precise in order to be successful.  Let’s dig deeper and understand the way colors hold symbolic value and the way mascots of all kinds serve as metaphors.  Engineers must plan, draft, edit, and use...

Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. 

Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

credit:  Portable Gifted and Talented

½” grid/graph paper (teacher will send for those who would like to print this out, you may get your own too) - free
paper without lines (standard printer/copy paper) - $ varies, you may have some on hand
ruler - $3 or less
different colors of construction paper -  $5 or less
a drawing compass - $5 or less
string - $1-3
colored pencils/markers - $3 or less
pencils - $3 or less
scissors - $2 or less
handouts provided by teacher - free

1 hour 30 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

Meet the teacher

Sarah Jones

Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(161)

I am a passionate educator with a Masters in Educational Leadership!!!  
I believe teaching should be super -duper fun! My philosophy is that WE all are lifelong leaners.  I enjoy learning new things and often take courses to enhance my knowledge....