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  • Thomas Starr King Middle School
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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We will use compasses to draw circles and learn how to dissect the circles using compasses, and understanding the basics of fractions, equivalent fractions, and natural patterns in geometry. Students will create geometric form drawings, and describe the relationships between parts of the whole, fractions, and angles of a circle, degrees, and percents. For example, to begin with, students will draw a circle and dissect it into 6th using a compass and ruler. From there, they will dissect another circle into 6th, and then thirds, and explain the relationship between the two. They will color their art with colored pencils. From there, students will dissect a circle into 6ths, then twelfths. Again, they will explain the relationships between the parts of the whole. From there, compasses will be used to create pie charts and to start understanding the concepts of percents, and ratios, and angle measures. We will also compare our form drawings to similar patterns found in nature, for example an apple cut in half, and the Fibonacci series found in shells, and trees.

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We will use compasses to draw circles and learn how to dissect the circles using compasses, and understanding the basics of fractions, equivalent fractions, and natural patterns in geometry. Students will create geometric form drawings, and describe the relationships between parts of the whole, fractions, and angles of a circle, degrees, and percents. For example, to begin with, students will draw a circle and dissect it into 6th using a compass and ruler. From there, they will dissect another circle into 6th, and then thirds, and explain the relationship between the two. They will color their art with colored pencils. From there, students will dissect a circle into 6ths, then twelfths. Again, they will explain the relationships between the parts of the whole. From there, compasses will be used to create pie charts and to start understanding the concepts of percents, and ratios, and angle measures. We will also compare our form drawings to similar patterns found in nature, for example an apple cut in half, and the Fibonacci series found in shells, and trees.

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