Category: Geometry
Year Level: Year 4, Year 5
Stage: 2, 3
Learning Area: Art and Craft, Location and transformation, Shape
Resource Type: Hands-on Activity, Learning Activity
No. of pages: 2
Available in: English

Item Code: 114450
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Follow That Thread

Geometry

Detailed description

This learning activity, ‘Follow That Thread’, explains how to make curve pictures by drawing lines on shapes and threading wool or string on cards. The lines create the envelopes of conic sections: ellipses, parabolas, circles, and hyperbolas. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.

Keywords: circle, conic section, ellipse, envelope, hyperbola, locus, parabola, string art

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