SPECIAL WORKSHOP
FOR TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS
AND MATHEMATICS FACULTY
Origami Revisited:
Connecting Your Students to Learning Mathematics
Greg Oates, University of Auckland, New Zealand
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2006, 5:00 – 6:30 PM
UW-Milwaukee Mathematical Sciences Department
Room EMS E495A
As a secondary mathematics teacher, Greg Oates often used Origami as a diversionary activity for Friday afternoons, or various activities such as school open days, or science fairs. However, recent scientific and mathematical developments incorporating Origami have stimulated a growing international awareness of Origami, and suggest some justification for greater inclusion of Origami in the mathematics curriculum.
The wider applications of Origami to the curriculum became apparent during the development of the Great Origami Maths and Science Show, a project funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ), with collaboration between Origami New Zealand and the Mathematics Department at The University of Auckland. The one-hour show is accompanied by a detailed resource aligned to the New Zealand mathematics curriculum, and is described in advertising to schools as the ultimate maths field trip, with an aim of turning people on to the realms of possibilities within the origami art-form. It examines some of the mathematical and scientific concepts contained in the extraordinary array of shapes and the folds involved.
This presentation will look at some of the features of the show, and the speaker’s conversion to regarding Origami as a serious curricular activity, and will provide examples of how Origami may be included in everyday curricular activities.
To assist with planning of the workshop, please return this form by noon on Wednesday, August 30. (Fax: 414-229-4855)
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Name
School District
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Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research (CMSER)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Phone (414) 229-6646 (Ask for Pam or Peggy) ~ Email:
Fax (414) 229–4855
The Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership (MMP), an initiative of the Milwaukee Partnership Academy (MPA), is supported with funding from the National Science Foundation.