Magic Squares
Magic Squares
Description:
Designed primarily for middle school and older elementary school students, this Math Forum Web unit includes classroom activities for four different squares: Lo Shu, Sator, Dürer, and Franklin, three of them demonstrating increasing complexity using numbers, and one made up of letters, with number and symmetry questions and links and suggestions for history / geography / writing activities for teachers interested in interdisciplinary work. Includes directions for building magic squares, definitions, discussion of some special properties of magic squares, a Java applet, and links to other magic square Web sites.
Education Levels:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Subject:
Visual Arts, Geometry, Number Sense, Number Theory, Patterns, Geography, History, World History
Resource Type:
Collection
Medium:
GIF, JPEG, Text/HTML
Fee Status:
Free
Beneficiary:
Students
Online provider:
The Math Forum
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