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We came across this activity in our news feed and thought it was fabulous. It ties in beautifully with an activity we have in our Mathematics Workshop booklet and it is based on another wonderful artist, Wassily Kandinsky.

Using the tape, map out some shapes on the floor. You can do this on a big piece of cardboard, the garage floor or the back fence. Or why not cheer up your neighbourhood and do this on your driveway outside your house (all while adhering to social distancing and following the recommendations please)!

We suggest you name the shapes as you colour them in. Count the sides, check the angles of the triangle to see if any are right-angled (you can use the corner of a sheet of paper to measure a 90˚). You could even colour code them. All the squares are blue, triangles are red, pentagons are green etc.You might like to look up Kandinsky’s work online and look at the di�erent geometric shapes he used.

Observations, conclusions, ideas

Equipment list

Coloured tape - electrical tape, duct tapeColoured chalk

What’s the STEM?

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This is another great art and mathematics activity. Naming the shapes, talking about the angles formed and deciding where the tape should go. Try to discuss the di�erent attributes of the shapes as you colour in the shapes.

Extended learningBubble snake, MC Escher, Tessellations

What shapes can you see? Why not draw your own Kandinsky-inspired painting with some of the shapes you have discovered?

Kandinsky

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