Notes+102511


 * Start with 3D and then move to 2D
 * Have engineering habits of mind throughout- look at persistence and changes on thought
 * (http://www.eweek.org/site/News/Features/root.shtml)

First Half: >
 * About fitting things into containers (filling the space) (tangrams?)
 * Tie writing and vocabulary use to cube activity- Thinkfun "Pack it in"- area and perimeter; talk about attributes
 * Students would then fabricate a copy- use cm cubes for planning
 * [|Square.tb4]
 * [|Square Hint.tb4]
 * Students would draw based on question number 1- see this image on this blog
 * Throw out pentominoes
 * Candy box packing? Explore volume and surface area with odd shapes using the cm cubes? (http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/measurement/session8/part_a/index.html)

Second Half:
 * Mobiles and 2D Begin with a zoom in inquiry ppt on Calder???
 * Symmetry, complimentary angles, and donald in math magicland; positive and negative shapes
 * Cut out shapes by folding the sheet in half (generational cube pop up?-use centimeter paper--cut a one cm cube to pop up on middle fold; move over, cut 2 cm, them 3 cm, etc. to other edge of paper)
 * Tesselations
 * Symmetry and balance