Escuela 168 Puerto Madryn |
2000 June 16
Discovering the Golden Hexagon
on Day 168 of a Leap Year.
Today we looked at the calendar and realised it was June 16.
We remembered that the year 2000 was a leap year and that in leap years February has one more day than in normal years. We calculated that it was day 168 of the year, the same number as our school.
Next we explored how circular objects such as coins or plates
can be fitted together in different ways so as to make interesting patterns. We investigated using discs of paper how coins could be arranged in lines (rows), columns and squares, and also in triangles and hexagons. If we make a triangle starting with a row of coins, each new row contains one less coin.
We showed ourselves how 6 similar paper discs could fit exactly around another disc and how this could also be done with plates. We learnt how with coins the pattern had been called Hesterīs Rose and how if we had more discs we could build larger patterns.
Golden Hexagon of Patagonia made out of 169 Argentina coins (10 centavo) with corresponding 169 square |
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