Passion Projects (Day 3)

Passion Projects (Day 3)

Today was our fourth day of passion projects and it was quite an interesting lesson (if you don't know what passion projects is- refer to my first day blog of Passion Projects). Today we learned about meanders and what they look like in everyday usage.

A meander is a repeated pattern or motif, usually constructed from a continuous line. Meanders are common decorative elements in ancient Greek and Roman art and often appear in mosaics and on pottery.

 These are patterns that look quite similar to mazes and are made through various transformations and symmetry. We can see these patterns on fences, on ancient Greek relics, and even on carpets. Here are my two worksheets that I have done on meanders and I tried to make my own one (did not exactly go well).

I found these hard at first, but then found how easy it gets as I had just repeated the patterns, which leads to brain memory kicking in.

Passion Projects (Day 2)

Passion Projects (Day 2)

Moving on from Monday's tasks, we moved on to making hexahexaflexagons (a tough word to pronounce) to making Sonobe cubes and Sonobe Octahedrons which look mind-boggling! It was definitely more challenging than Monday's tasks, but in return, it was more fun!

Hexahexaflexagons and things alike!
These are cool two-sided shapes that look awesome and actually hide many other various designs when flexed out. Below is an example of a made tetra-tetra-flexagon showing all 4 designs.

Sonobe Origami
Sonobe origami is origami that is made by joining separate pieces into a larger design. This can be made into things like octahedrons and sonobe cubes which are glamorous to look at. Here is an example below of what a sonobe cube looks like.

Passion Projects (Day 1)

Passion Projects Day 1

Today we just started out a multi-day project called Passion Projects. In Passion Projects, Hornby High Students are asked to select a project based on their passions, which includes: Outdoor education, Music, Maths, and countless others. I have been put under Math Crafts, and in it, I learned about how to make Mobius strips and Menger sponges. 

Mobius Strips

-Mobius strips are strips of paper that using maths, can be turned into various creations. This is done by adding loops to paper and cutting along sides or the middle to create additional rings attached to the original. 

Menger Sponges

-A Menger sponge is not literally a sponge normally speaking, it looks like a sponge and is made up of cubes that have been slowly cut and divided smaller and smaller, with holes.