Cool Flexagon Art: Creative Activities that Make Math and Science Fun for Kids! : Creative Activities that Make Math and Science Fun for Kids!

"Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool optical illusion activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from afterimage illusions to distorting illusions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company."-- Provided by publisher "Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool paper folding activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from making a ninja star to folding a complex shape. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company."-- Provided by publisher Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool optical illusion activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from afterimage illusions to distorting illusions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool paper folding activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from making a ninja star to folding a complex shape. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. "Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool flexagon activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from a transformer star to a 3-D flexagon. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company."-- Provided by publisher Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool flexagon activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from a transformer star to a 3-D flexagon. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Cool optical illusions: tricky images See it! believe it? types of optical illusions Colors: frequencies of light Project 1: magic color spinner Opposite colors: take it as a complement! Project 2: afterimage illusions 3-D or not 3-D? the objects that couldn't be Project 3: drawing impossible objects Project 4: distorting illusions Math terms Glossary. Cool Flexagon Art : Hidden in the Folds Polygon Basics : Sides, Vertices, and Angles In the Fold : Types of Flexagons Folding Tips : Make it Easier! Project 1: Make a Hexa-Tetra Flexagon Project 2: Make a Hexa-Hexa Flexagon 3-D Geometry : From Shapes to Solids Project 3: Make a 3-D Flexagon Project 4: Transformer Star Math Terms Glossary Web Sites. Explains the different types of optical illusions and demonstrates how to create such projects as a color spinner, afterimages, and impossible objects Teaches about polyhedra and solid geometry through such projects as making flexagons and a star that transforms into an octagon 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.530L Lexile 32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.500L Lexile