Art Interesting
How can I make math interesting to students? I am looking for ideas to teach through art.?
I am tutoring math this summer for some very uninterested students. I am trying to use cross-curriculum ideas to make it more interesting. (for example..teaching through art. I have heard of this but have not come across the resources for it.
here are a few ideas. you haven’t mentioned the age group though, so these are very general ideas.
– use numbers & mathematical symbols to make drawings – faces, animals, objects, etc. For higher grades, you can give a limited number of options in the form of equations that have to be solved [only the solution numbers can be used...]
– create a board game using math problems & they can proceed only after correctly solving at each step. this can be a group project for the older kids – they’ll enjoy creating a new game with their own rules, etc.
– make a jigsaw puzzle using problems, multiplication,etc. you can cut the pieces in various geometric shapes. again, difficulty level & complexity will increase with age.
– for little kids, colouring with numbers, joining numbered dots to complete a picture, flash cards, are also good activities.
– simple sudoku, kakuro & hittori for older students.
– math in daily life [or other 'art' forms] — eg. in baking [using measurements & fractions, conversions];
in knitting, crochet, cross-stitch — counting, converting, altering to msts;
in fashion designing – body & fabric msts, etc.;
the body proportions in classical art/drawing/sculpting;
in quilting – the various geometric patterns used to make blocks, etc.
in poetry & music – the meter, verse, octets, octaves, etc.
in architecture, 3D crafts, etc.
– make craft pizza & cut into slices to teach about proportions/fractions.
– ask them to look at their satchel. count how many pieces of fabric have been sewn together. what geometric shapes have been used….
here are a few sites that may be of help :
http://www.kinderart.com/drawing/numbers.shtml
http://multiplication.com/rhyming.htm
www.funbrain.com/teachers/grade_j…
www.readwritethink.org/student_ma…
www.factmonster.com
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets…
www.edhelper.com
hope these get you started
all the very best & have fun 
3D Light Show – Art Projection Ukraine ( very interesting )
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