Math Art Fun: Activities for Discovering Mathematical Magic in Modern Art
| AUTHOR | Ward, Robin |
| PUBLISHER | Bright Sky Publishing (01/01/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Math Goggles is a collection of field-tested activities for children that integrate mathematics into the world of the visual arts. Serving as the focal point for each mathematics activity is the work of a famous modern artist"Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Georgie O'Keefe, and many more. After learning brief biographical and anecdotal information about the artist, the reader engages in an exploration of the mathematics embedded in the artwork by creating the featured piece of artwork in the spirit of the artist. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by color images of the artistic masterpieces as well as actual student work aid the reader in visualizing and understanding how to create the art in each activity. As the reader creates each masterpiece, mimicking the great masters, they simultaneously hone their estimation, counting, measurement, and number-sense skills while noticing, creating, and describing shapes and patterns and experimenting with symmetry and probability.
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ISBN-13:
9781933979892
ISBN-10:
1933979895
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
159
Carton Quantity:
44
Product Dimensions:
5.90 x 0.50 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
0.80 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Annotated,
Price on Product,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Education | Parent Participation
Education | Study & Teaching
Education | Recreations & Games
Grade Level:
3rd Grade
- 5th Grade
Dewey Decimal:
372.7
Library of Congress Control Number:
2012001755
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Math Goggles is a collection of field-tested activities for children that integrate mathematics into the world of the visual arts. Serving as the focal point for each mathematics activity is the work of a famous modern artist"Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Georgie O'Keefe, and many more. After learning brief biographical and anecdotal information about the artist, the reader engages in an exploration of the mathematics embedded in the artwork by creating the featured piece of artwork in the spirit of the artist. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by color images of the artistic masterpieces as well as actual student work aid the reader in visualizing and understanding how to create the art in each activity. As the reader creates each masterpiece, mimicking the great masters, they simultaneously hone their estimation, counting, measurement, and number-sense skills while noticing, creating, and describing shapes and patterns and experimenting with symmetry and probability.
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Author:
Ward, Robin
Robin Ward was born in Glasgow in 1950, studied graphic design at the Glasgow School of Art, drew and wrote about Victorian buildings for the "Glasgow Herald", and published three books on the buildings of Glasgow and Edinburgh. After travelling throughout Europe and Canada, he and his wife settled in Vancouver. He soon became a well-known local, drawing and writing his enormously popular weekly column, "Robin Ward's Vancouver," for the "Vancouver Sun" and working as an artist, writer, photographer, book designer and architecture critic. Author and illustrator of the bestselling "Robin Ward's Vancouver", "Robin Ward's Heritage West Coast" and "Echoes of Empire: Victoria and Its Remarkable Buildings", and co-author and photographer of "Exploring Vancouver", Ward has won two City of Vancouver Heritage Awards and a Heritage Canada Achievement Award. He is a favourite guest on local radio and television, speaking on architecture and heritage issues.
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