ERIC Number: EJ749659
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 7
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Making Quilts without Sewing: Investing Planar Symmetries in Southern Quilts
Anthony, Holly Garrett; Hackenberg, Amy J.
Mathematics Teacher, v99 n4 p270-276 Nov 2005
The patterns of handmade quilts made in southern United States are utilized for studying the symmetries of the plane and transformational geometry. Quilts are made without sewing and then from the same block, students can make quilts with different wallpaper patterns by using various combinations of transformations and through this geometrical transformations can be learned by students and incorporate the cultures and traditions of quilting into their study.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United States

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