Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Snow Day Fun

Need some snow day fun? There is a Pattern Block applet in Geometry (6-8) of the Virtual Manipulatives web site, as Marc pointed this out in his blog. You could make a cool design. If you wanted, you could limit it only to certain pieces, such as tan, orange, blue and green, etc.

Marc's file



Another question about the Pattern Blocks. Since the tan and orange are their own category of pieces, can you find a relationship between them? What is the ratio in the area of tan to orange? How can you convince me?