Baskets for the Mathematics Classroom

Year: 2007 Authors: S. Louise Gould

Core claim

Basket weaving provides a concrete geometry context for special triangles, angle relationships, and student experiments with construction, surface area, volume, and color patterns.

Topics

basket geometry, special right triangles, weaving symmetries, classroom experiments

Domains

Euclidean geometry, triangles, solid angles, surface area and volume, basketry, textile craft, plaiting, color-and-weave design

Methods

paper basket construction, cut-and-tape models, weaving experiments, color sampling

Media

fabric strips, fusible interfacing, recycled brown paper bags, Google Sketch-up

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