| Week |
Date |
in class activity (due) |
reading assignment |
Homework |
| 1 |
Tue Aug 24 |
Intro, Syllabus handout Internet assignment (due end of class) |
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| Thu Aug 26 |
Quadrilateral Thinking. Answers |
Page 7-11 (Reader) |
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| 2 |
Tue Aug 31 |
A First Look at Tessellations |
Page 22-24 (Reader) Page 1-19 (Visions of Symmetry) |
Due: pg 14 Reader #1,2,3,4,6,13 |
| Thu Sep 2 |
Symmetries in Escher's Prints. Symmetries in Celtic Art |
Due: Pg 15 reader # 7,9,10,11,12 |
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| 3 |
Tue Sep 7 |
Rosette Symmetry. |
Due: Pg 26-28 Reader # 1,2,5,6abcd,11,12 |
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| Thu Sep 9 |
Rosette Symmetry using Tess software |
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| 4 |
Tue Sep 14 |
Intro to the Geometer's Sketchpad |
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| Thu Sep 16 |
Using GSP to show all triangles and quadrilaterals
tessellate. |
Page 38 – 44 of the Reader |
Do from the Reader: Pg 26: # 7,9,11 Pg 48: # 1, 3-7, 13,15,17-19 |
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| 5 |
Tue Sep 21 |
Intro to creating Escher tessellations |
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| Thu Sep 23 |
Creating Escher tessellations by isometries |
Read Page 70 – 75 of the Reader Read Page 31 – 36 (The geometric rules) in Visions of Symmetry Read Page 44 - 52 (Other experiments in regular division) in Visions of Symmetry |
Do from the Reader: Pg 48: # 9, 12,14. Page 66/67 The Square Block Patterns: Do problems # 1,3, 4, 5 |
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| 6 |
Tue Sep 28 |
Decorating the torus and Klein bottle |
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| Thu Sep 30 |
Isometries and Borderpatterns |
Pages 80-84 reader |
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| 7 |
Tue Oct 5 |
Wallpaper Patterns |
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| Thu Oct 7 |
Cathedral Visit |
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| 8 |
Tue Oct 12 |
Tessellation Project
Due Give presentation. Intro Spherical Geometry Sperical Easel |
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| Thu Oct 14 |
Exam 1 |
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| 9 |
Tue Oct 19 |
- Fall Break - |
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| Thu Oct 21 |
Spherical Geometry Polygons on the Sphere Tessellations with Kaleidotile |
Cathedral Homework is due. |
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| 10 |
Tue Oct 26 |
Spherical Geometry Area on the Sphere Axioms of Spherical Geometry |
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| Thu Oct 28 |
Hyperbolic Geometry Intro and Escher's Circle Limits Intro to Non-Euclid |
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| 11 |
Tue Nov 2 |
Hyperbolic Geometry Ideal tessellations and Tessellations of Hyp. Space. |
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| Thu Nov 4 |
Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometry Comparison between the 3 geometries and the tessellations |
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| 12 |
Tue Nov 9 |
The 4th dimension Read Flatland |
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| Thu Nov 11 |
The 4th Dimension |
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| 13 |
Tue Nov 16 |
Exam II |
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| Thu Nov 18 |
Fractals |
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| 14 |
Tue Nov 23 |
Fractal dimension Impossible Figures |
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| Thu Nov 25 |
--- THANKSGIVING--- |
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| 15 |
Tue Nov 30 |
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| Thu Dec 2 |