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Josh, Mrs. Little and Math
teacher Thomas Mruz examine
Josh’s tessellations for Project
Math Buddies with Ralston High
School and Karen Western stu
dents. The Math classes that
were involved in the project
w ere Mrs. Rokahr's, Mrs.
Little’s, Thomas Mruz’s and
Linda Hayek’s. Jamie Willey
Students Teach Tesse-what?
On December 3, 1992, a ample of Tessellation. school was like.
group of giants invaded Sophomore Dan Dittman Sophomore Chris Coffelt
Karen Western Elementary felt this “mathematical art” liked the opportunity to ex
School. Actually these gi was made even more inter press creativity in a math
ants were high school Geom esting by the fact that they class. He also felt he gained
etry Students completing a had to teach tessellation to a better understanding of
project of the joint education elementary students. They what teachers go through
of high school and elemen met the students through with trying to keep students1
tary students in the study of letter exchanges, and then attention.
tessellation. Tessellations both groups went to each Even elementary students
are shapes that fit together other's schools. Dittman responded positively. One
m with no gaps, like “floor tile felt this project helped el letter from a student read,
tiomore Joel Brown is to- designs,” in the words of ementary students because “We created polygons at
i amazed by the soap film G eo m etry tea ch er Tom “high school kids are like Karen Western and that was
ahedron that Math teacher Mruz. Mruz further expanded gods” to elementary stu fun. But at RHS we made
mas Mruz created, on examples saying M.C. dents and now they got the tessellations and that was
lie Willey funner!”
Esher’s art is a prime ex chance to see what high
by M a rk Henkelm ann
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