Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 1
Anchor Video
Basic Folds, Fox Diagram
Intro to
origami and learning simple techniques/symbols
Water bomb
diagram
Using Pythagorean theorem to find lengths without
measuring
Bird Diagram
Area of
Squares, rectangles, and triangles.
Crane Diagram
Parallelograms,
Trapezoids, and Kites (2 days)
Quiz:
Post-assessment:
“What does math
have to do with origami?”
Week 2
Area of Circles
Begin 2 day lesson:
Cube and Box diagram
Day 1: Make
both kinds of boxes and find dimensions without measuring
Day 2:
Maximize and Minimize Surface Area
Review for Test
Test: Area of simple shapes
Week 3
Intro to Volume
Modular Cube Diagram
Work in
groups to discover basic properties and units of volume.
Prisms and cylinders
Pyramids and cones
Truncated Pyramid Diagram
Find volume of truncated pyramid by solving for unknown lengths.
Volume of Spheres
Week 4
Water bomb Diagram:
Density and Volume
Quiz: Volume and Density
Final Project: Concept Maps
“Origami
and Math”
Day 1: Design Concept Maps individually
Day 2: Work in groups to finalize concept map and prepare presentation
Day 3:Present Concept Maps