Intro+to+Origami

**Introduction to Origami**

 Description  Summary Prompt (for portfolio)  Artifact Prompt (for portfolio)  Reflection prompts (for portfolio)

**Description** This assignment is to become familiar with why and how people fold paper to make origami. There are a number of reasons to fold paper, including making the paper more useful or more decorative. There’s a long tradition of its uses, including the famous legend about folding 1,000 paper cranes to get a wish fulfilled. We will begin by reading about Sadako Sasaki and the 1,000 paper cranes, which ties in with more recent, post-WWII history. We will also read about the history of origami, at origami.ousaan.com/library/historye.html. We will learn various origami patterns and attempt multiple versions of some, in order to develop folding fluency. Part of this includes not only folding a specific pattern, but also documenting, as precisely as possible, how it was created. Afterwards, we will watch Robert Lang’s TED talk, titled “Robert Lang folds way new origami” to become familiar with some of the mathematical background of origami, and reflect on what stood out as new information. These activities will illustrate an application of the following concepts:

[|Apply Geometric concepts in modeling situations]

**Summary Prompt** What activities did you complete for this assignment? Why was each activity assigned, and how did you go about completing it? What challenges did you run into for this assignment, and what standards were you trying to focus on? **Artifacts Prompt** <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">As you attach the artifacts, give a title and context for why this artifact is uploaded. Include artifacts for: <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Reflection Prompt** <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">How are the geometric concepts of point, line and plane represented in origami? Where do you see these three terms interacting, in origami terms? What are the unique properties of each and how do they fit into Lang’s 4 rules? <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">What basic origami moves have you come to recognize? What are their terms, and what do they do? What kind of transformation does each move do to the paper? Where do you see the different types of symmetry in these moves? What kind of symmetry do you see in the finished products? Why is symmetry important in origami? <span style="color: #365f91; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">What else did you learn that surprised or interested you?
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