okay so i need to create 2 lesson plans (math related) which has to do with a museum school trip. i'm not a teacher but this is for one of the prereq. clasess for the credential program. it's an art museum! how can i possibly relate this to math?????? HELP!
i was thinking maybe something abou tthe architecture or ... i dunno! no clue!
2007-08-02 12:06:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
You can calculate the percentages of one type of art.
the cost of attending.
the square footage of the museum
the percent of increase of the value of a piece over time.
the probability that a sculpture is in the next room based on what you see in one room.
graph the amounts of each type of art.
young kids could create a timeline of the artisits work ( graphing and numeration)
area of a given paintings surface
volume of a room
ok just some quick ideas. Math is within everything we do really, no need to fear!
good luck!
2007-08-02 15:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by eastacademic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're in luck... my husband's a math teacher. This is from his Algebra II book:
"Artists often use a golden rectangle in their work because forms based on it are visually pleasing. You can divide a golden rectangle into a square of side length one and a smaller rectangle that is similar to the orginal one. The ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of a golden rectangle is the golden ratio."
Define: Let x= longer side of rectangle A. Then x-1= shorter side of rectangle B
Write: x/1 = 1/x-1
x^2 - x = 1
x^2 -x - 1 = 0
Real World Association: Francisco de Goya was a Spanish painter. In "Portrait of a Man" Goya placed the most significant elements of the painting within the golden rectangle. Have the students find more examples of golden rectangles in paintings. (For more info, you could google "golden rectangles and art")
Another thing you could do... is find the scale of a sculpture. If it's a sculpture of a human standing 10 ft. tall, for example, you could measure its femur and measure an average-size man's femur and determine, if the sculpture is supposed to be on scale with a human, how tall it is.
2007-08-02 19:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by Laura 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A really simple lesson would include identifying geometric shapes in the museum. Students can find them in the actual art, in the architecture of the building, or in the people and objects that are in the museum.
2007-08-03 02:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for the triangles in painting ans sculpture. You will find them in folds of cloth, fruit bowl, light from a window, etc. The triangle is very often either the focus of the painting (e.g., "View at St Kilda" by Wm T Richards) or they point to the focus. Sculptures use many triangles.
2007-08-02 21:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋