Year 8
students have been making some fabulous ‘mondrianesque’ pictures all based on
the idea of different fractions. here is the 'Art of Fractions' activity. All pictures are based on a particular
fraction. Starting with any rectangle students mark off the chosen fraction of
that rectangle so that it is split into two new rectangles. Each of the new
rectangles can be split in the same way, but they don’t have to be. Rectangles can
be split horizontally or vertically by the given fraction or left alone. The
artists then add their chosen colour scheme and ‘hey presto’ we have ‘The Art
of Fractions’. It is good to do creative things and have students thinking about
the fraction as they make their decisions. The whole process is great practice
of calculating fractions of amounts in an engaging context! Looking forward to
this year’s productions! Here are some examples!
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