Dizzying Spirals: Exploring Spirographs

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Dizzying Spirals: Exploring Spirographs

Exploring the dizzying world of spirographs. Suitable for Years 3 – 4.

By Monash Tech School

Date and time

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 4:00 PM - Mon, 18 Oct 2021 8:45 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Students will design eye-catching patterns using Spirographs. Students will get to play with both hand-held spirographs, which will be sent via the mail, as well as online spirograph simulators. We will uncover some of the mathematics behind the spirals and use our discoveries to determine how different spirals are made.

Mode: Online

Schedule: 1 x 1.5 hr sessions

Suitable for: High-achieving students in Years 3 - 4.

Prerequisites: To participate fully in this program, it is recommended that students are comfortable with the following skills:

  • Equivalent fractions
  • Simplifying fractions
  • Finding lowest common multiples
  • Finding highest common divisors

Required Equipment:

  • A laptop with access to internet and Zoom
  • A device per student that can run the following Spirograph simulator: https://nathanfriend.io/inspirograph/

Note to teachers: This program is in high demand. So that we can allow as many students as possible to participate, we ask that if you wish to book more than 10 students you purchase a group ticket and have students participate via a single Zoom, streamed into the classroom, rather than have students logging on through individual devices.

As a school, if students have already participated in this program, please allow other schools the opportunity to enrol students first.

Organised by

Monash Tech School

Monash Tech School is one of 10 Tech Schools funded by the Victorian Government. It runs educational programs for students aged 13-18 years old, with a focus on materials science, new energy, biotechnology, and medical technologies.

Hosted by Monash University at its Clayton campus, the Monash Tech School is located in its purpose build facility at Level 1, 29 Ancora Imparo Way, Clayton 3800.

Working with it's 12 partner Secondary Schools in the City of Monash, the Monash Tech School provides valuable and unique experiences for attending students.

In addition to the support given by Monash University, the Monash Tech School recieves backing from CSIRO, Holmesglen, and a number of industry partners.

For more information, please visit www.monastechschool.vic.edu.au.

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