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The workshops are designed to enhance the effectiveness
of teaching spatial concepts and are largely customized according
to the grade level of students and their special needs.
During the workshops teachers engage in exciting hands-on
activities and:
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create and explore 3-D solids and
2-D nets |
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practice demonstrating rotation
and mirror symmetries |
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explore rigidity of solids and their
packing in space |
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discuss and share ideas and comments |
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As appropriate, the workshops may also include a presentation
of connections between 3-D Geometry and Science, Engineering and
Art. The structures of molecules, viruses, crystals, minerals and
bridges are illustrated with Boo Blocks. Paintings of Salvador Dali,
etchings of M.C. Escher, and modern sculptures are linked with the
ancient symbolism of Platonic Solids.
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