This PREP workshop was made possible by the NSF grant DUE: 0341481

From Prep08Wiki

Browse a selection of Explorations from the Math & Escher wiki:

• escherwiki:Symmetric Figures Exploration - Introduces symmetry, Kali software.
• escherwiki:Celtic Art Exploration - Introduces cyclic, dihedral groups.
• escherwiki:Composition Exploration - The idea of forced symmetries.
• escherwiki:Frieze Group Exploration - Translations and glide reflections.
• escherwiki:Frieze Names Exploration - Many names for the same concepts.
• escherwiki:Rotational_and_Reflectional_Symmetry_in_Escher’s_Sketches - Beginning wallpaper via Escher.
• escherwiki:Wallpaper Exploration - Beginning wallpaper via the web.
• escherwiki:Regular Triangle Symmetry Group Exploration - Introducing multiplication tables and group operations.

Discuss how you might use or adapt some of these explorations for your students. Other questions for discussion:

• What would your students learn from the exploration?
• What would cause problems for your students?
• How much time would you need to allow?
• What would lectures need to cover before and after the explorations?
• Are there exam questions you could ask on this material?
• How would you do things differently?