Origami Art

  How can you get students to learn about geometry without realizing it? Why not try an origami lesson plan! There are plenty of websites with instructions on this Japanese paper folding craft. Origami uses the mathematical concept of tessellations. The projects can be made from a single sheet of paper or as a group modular project. Plus, you can improve student fluency by discussing these patterns and folds using the terminology learned in class. Lessons can be made into simple elementary projects that concentrate on squares and triangles or advanced high school and college projects that are complex or involve curvature. Here are some extraordinary origami designs and a video on how to make a cuboctahedron.