Let's check out some creepy crawlies and what math has to do with them! Things in nature happen for reasons. Mathematicians have studied spider webs and found several patterns explaining why webs have specific shapes and properties. In this class learners will follow along as I reveal these mysterious mathematical secrets of spiders and their webs. After I explain the math, learners will have the chance to create their own drawings of spider webs to show what they learned. The class will follow this structure:

~ Watch a slideshow as I explain a few geometry concepts
~ Draw notes to show understanding of the geometry concepts
~ Examine photographs of spider webs to see the application of these concepts
~ Watch a video showing a spider web being created, and pick out the math secrets we learned
~ Draw one or more spider webs using our geometry skills