Students between the ages of *ten* and *fourteen* will connect concepts in two and three dimensional geometry using measurement, estimation, spatial reasoning and more by actively designing and creating their own mythical dragon creature. 

Class One:  starting with two intersecting lines, students will be challenged to find the centre of their drawing and begin to construct simple, symmetric shapes to create the outline of their dragon.  Using their rulers and their own spatial reasoning, students use side and angle bisection to map out the skull, jaw, neck and horns of their dragon, while learning about some of the geometry that underlies the physical structure of real life reptiles that resemble the mythical dragon.  

Class Two:  designing the details of a dragon includes understanding how to represent cross-sectional diagonals on a cone, how to create a waving checkerboard pattern inspired by the scales of real life snakes, and investigating the twisted horns of a real narwhal to create the realistic details that complete the mythical dragon.  

Class Three:  students will present their drawings and be invited to give feedback on their classmates' work.  There will be opportunities to explore the role of math in designing dragons for graphic art, illustration, animation and even engineering projects.  

Spatial reasoning is a student's ability to think about objects in three dimensions and to form conclusions about those objects such as their proportional size in real life, and their true dimensions when considering things like perspective. Students who develop good spatial reasoning abilities are better able to think about how an object will look when rotated, which is a key skill in higher sciences such as organic chemistry, cell biology, and calculus. 

*IMPORTANT*:   PLEASE READ THE SUPPLY LIST BELOW AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ATTEND THIS CLASS WITH THE REQUIRED SUPPLIES.  THANKS!!! :-)