My brain has been in overdrive the last few days trying to learn totally new (to me) geography concepts, so I thought it would be nice to think about the most enjoyable concept in class so far. I enjoy shapes, and I was reminded in the lesson they are also called polygons. I feel like most things in this world can be broken down into multiple shapes to help me understand the more complex shapes. I happen to be a very visual oriented person. This lesson was enjoyable to me because shapes are something my mind can easily manipulate. I found I had no problem classifying triangles, but quadrilaterals had me all confused. I found this awesome parody on Youtube.com, and I thought the words were catchy and do a pretty good job of helping me to remember how to classify my quadrilaterals.
A quadrilateral has four sides and the interior angles will always add to 360 degrees.
Squares and rectangles must both have ninety degree angles, but a rectangle must have two sets of parallel lines that can have differing lengths while a square has two sets of parallel lines with congruent lengths. A kite must have two pairs of congruent sides, but they will always be adjacent. A parallelogram must have two pairs of congruent sides, but they will always be opposite sides. A trapezoid may not have any congruent sides, but two sides will always be parallel. A rhombus has four sides equal in length, and the opposite sides will be parallel as well. I found an awesome chart at This Site that organizes the quadrilateral polygons into a nice flow chart for those visual learners like myself. Have fun finding and sorting the polygons in your world!
Hey Allison,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this post. I love how you found this song! I think that making/ using music for math is extremely helpful especially when it is to the beat of a common song because it can help students remember the concept easier. Very good post:)