Geometry Triangle Congruence Origami Project "Origami Geometree"
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A fun way for students to discuss triangle congruency! Students are tasked with folding an origami ornament to hang on our "Geometree".
When presenting this mini project, you can discuss how precision and congruence are a huge part of origami and that students should be on the look out for the content discussed with regard to congruence in the course such as SAS, SSS, etc, reflexive property, angle and segment bisectors and more. After folding, students will present their ornament and discuss the congruencies which they noticed in a flipgrid video.
I love to do this project the days before or around Thanksgiving, which is the root of the name "Geometree". I put up a small tree in my classroom and students hang their origami creating a collaborative piece of work for all to enjoy through the holidays. I also have made a garland of some of the showpieces which I now keep up year round on my bulletin board. You can see this pictured in the last thumbnail!
INCLUDED:
- Project description
- Space for students to brainstorm and make bullet points to prep for their video
- Scoring rubric
- Recommended patterns
NOTE: Due to copyright I did not link to these patterns, but they are easily searchable. It is not necessary to provide the students links unless you want to limit the patterns students will do to only a few. Otherwise, many students like finding a video on YouTube, adjusting the speed of the video down to x0.5 or slower so they can follow along.
I use origami paper ordered from Amazon, but you could just as well use printer paper cut to a square. Enjoy!
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Geometry can be so visual, I love doing one in almost every unit!
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