By Sunny Hu & Sukie Liu
Link to our presentation recording (Zoom recording): Recording
(Passcode: E5cb=J?3)
Link to our project handout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rd_fGwEP3Jn0GVSfeA7LgSSL3TTCBNcn93IenWjvsDA/edit?usp=sharing
Link to our project slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19PKjZlaSiwAh-yv8yBW6UJCsy2vzECx12GoUEzOqDRY/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks for adding the passcode, Sunny and Sukie! I enjoyed your very interesting project, especially as you piloted it yourselves and with students to see where important details of the paper craft work needed to be emphasized. I liked your experimentation with using alternative forms of measurement, based on your literature review readings. Very good work overall!
ReplyDeleteI have one big question for you (that was partially answered in your presentation): have you thought out why students might need to calculate surface area and volume, and not just how they can do that? When I ask 'why?', I don't just mean that it's part of the BC Math curriculum -- but why would it be important as they build their paper sculptures? You hinted at the idea that surface area could be important in ensuring that they stayed within the limits of the material constraints, though I'm not absolutely clear that overall surface area would tell them that. And then -- what about volume? This is just a suggestion for future iterations of this project: to see if you can make the calculations as much a 'necessary' part of the making process as possible!