bjchad

Yes. Although it was years ago as I have not taught straight geometry for many years. I gave been teaching remedial math for seniors who did not pass our state graduation test and one of our proplems we give (based on a previous state problem) has to do with areas of a quilt and quilt block. So I do add it in. Used to think you could do a whole basic math couse around building a model railroad. Am now thinking whether that could also be done around quilting. Haven't been quilting long enough to have it all clear yet but I'm thinking about it.

Mariposa

Nicely done!!

bj

I think it would be a fun unit. I had my 4th graders use pattern blocks to "design" inside a square. Then I took a couple of them and made quilt blocks to match and showed the paper design and the real life design. They were pretty amazed. At the end of the year (after all the testing was done and we had turned in our books) we did line designs, talked about intersecting lines, acute and obtuse angles,concave and convex, etc then they would sew their design on poster board squares. They did stars, hexagons, octagons, hearts, and circles. They were amazing. There was some bloodshed, but nobody died(O:

jojosnana

My friends daughter is a high school teacher and in her home classes she taught quilting. They did a block or several each week and were very pleased with the results. They got to hang them from the windows and boards for parent-teacher night. The oohs and aahs could be heard from a long way away from that room. The school has asked her to keep it part of the class.