tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post7218886466938469299..comments2024-03-28T07:45:39.017-04:00Comments on The Map is Not the Territory: A Flood of Self-Initiated MathMalkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09927560751422131935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-3652674314732621532013-03-10T17:10:38.647-04:002013-03-10T17:10:38.647-04:00Drawing 3D pictures with triangle dotty ("iso...Drawing 3D pictures with triangle dotty ("isometric") paper is fun. Like here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/maths/shape_space/3d_shapes/revision/4/<br />(There are sites where you can download it for printing.)<br /><br />Also making the things you draw and drawing the things you make with little interlinking cubes. We do things in cm over here, so that's neat because they're cm cubes:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linking_cm_cubes_2.JPGSimon Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12692155561365621.post-52074929279752532772013-03-10T16:59:05.709-04:002013-03-10T16:59:05.709-04:00I especially like the drawings - especiallyestly t...I especially like the drawings - especiallyestly the coconut milk carton. I too think there is "lots of maths" in this (I think of Rubik invented his cube to get students to think better in 3D - just checked - you'll like this quote: "Space always intrigued me, with its incredibly rich possibilities, space alteration by (architectural) objects, objects' transformation in space (sculpture, design), movement in space and in time, their correlation, their repercussion on mankind, the relation between man and space, the object and time. I think the CUBE arose from this interest, from this search for expression and for this always more increased acuteness of these thoughts...").Simon Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751362728185120933noreply@blogger.com