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Our workshop illustrated several educational and entertaining applications of origami in the classroom. The activities illustrated symmetry, chirality, and duality in simple modular origami as well as the flexibility of Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) units in constructing more sophisticated models. Additional illustrations of counting and graph coloring were provided.
The workshop highlighted a variety of materials, including recycled papers and packaging material and their preparation, ordinary office sticky notes, and traditional origami paper. We considered how to illustrate interesting mathematical concepts with simple models, demonstrating several concepts and encouraging participants to develop further illustrations. We made a more detailed study of using PHiZZ units to construct models such as Buckyball, tori, and carbon nanotubes.
Participants practiced constructing a variety of units used in modular origami models, studied previously assembled models, and learned how to construct models themselves.
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Redman, B.D. (2017). Symmetry, Chirality, and Practical Origami Nanotube Construction Techniques. In: Kaiser, G. (eds) Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education. ICME-13 Monographs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62597-3_134
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