Today, students learned about 2 famous artists known for their use of geometric shapes and optical illusions in their pieces. Bridget Riley uses simple shapes and lines in a variety of colors to create beautiful masterpieces. Victor Vasarely uses shapes and colors to create mind-bending optical illusions. Students had fun creating their OWN geometric masterpieces using shapes, colors, and patterns.
Darian
Today, students learned about 2 famous artists known for their use of geometric shapes and optical illusions in their pieces. Bridget Riley uses simple shapes and lines in a variety of colors to create beautiful masterpieces. Victor Vasarely uses shapes and colors to create mind-bending optical illusions. Students had fun creating their OWN geometric masterpieces using shapes, colors, and patterns.
Audrey
Today, students learned about 2 famous artists known for their use of geometric shapes and optical illusions in their pieces. Bridget Riley uses simple shapes and lines in a variety of colors to create beautiful masterpieces. Victor Vasarely uses shapes and colors to create mind-bending optical illusions. Students had fun creating their OWN geometric masterpieces using shapes, colors, and patterns.
Aranna
Today, students learned about 2 famous artists known for their use of geometric shapes and optical illusions in their pieces. Bridget Riley uses simple shapes and lines in a variety of colors to create beautiful masterpieces. Victor Vasarely uses shapes and colors to create mind-bending optical illusions. Students had fun creating their OWN geometric masterpieces using shapes, colors, and patterns.
Ace
Students have recently been learning about the magic of math, and how optical illusions are under that umbrella. Yesterday, gifted students learned how to draw from a one point perspective. Students learned about a horizon line and a vanishing point. They were impressed with how easily they were able to take their sheet of 2-D paper and turn it into a piece of art with depth and distance!
Recently, 3rd grade gifted students have been learning about patterns in math. Take a look below to discover more what students have been learning:
- KenKen puzzles: This is a grid-based logic puzzle originating in Tokyo, Japan. It requires students to work within heavily outlines "cages" to not only complete the mathematical requirement assigned to the cage, but also to not repeat any number for each column/row.
- Kirigami: Cousin to origami. Whereas origami uses paper folds to create artworks...kirigami uses paper CUTS to create works of art.
Palindromes: Any numbers, word, or phrase that reads the same forward and backwards. The word 'palindrome' comes from the Greek root word which means "crab-like" because many crabs walk forwards and backwards!
Dara: This is a Nigerian game, similar to tic-tac-toe, which requires thoughtful planning and strategizing before moving a game piece. Players' goal is to create 3 in a row. This allows the player to capture their opponent's playing piece. Whichever player captures 10 of their opponents pieces first, is the winner!
Curve stitching: This is a very cool method of using only straight lines to create art with curves and bends! This was a fun brain-teaser challenge!
Pascal's Triangle: This is a pyramid of numbers, starting with a "1" at the top. Each new row is created by adding the two numbers directly above it, with the edges always being 1. But we dug deeper after filling out the triangle...we discovered that we can find the Fibonacci sequence by adding diagonal numbers in a special way. Cool hidden surprise!
My 3rd-grade gifted learners have been exploring the mind-bending world of Dutch artist M.C. Escher! We began our journey by looking at how Escher turned geometric shapes into interlocking, artistic wonders—tessellations. A tessellation is a pattern of shapes that fit together perfectly with no gaps and no overlaps. If your student comes home using some BIG math words that are unfamiliar to you...ask them to be the teacher and explain what they know. It is amazing what they can soak in!
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Today, students learned about 2 famous artists known for their use of geometric shapes and optical illusions in their pieces. Bridget Riley ...
