More than Math: www.morethanmath.org.More than Math shows teachers how to integrate the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → into a third- through fifth-grade mathematics curriculum using works of art from the collection of the Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, North Carolina Not to be confused with Ashville. Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and is its county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,889. It is the largest city in western North Carolina, and continues to grow. . The site features eight activities that explore concepts shared by mathematics and the visual arts including pattern, symmetry symmetry, generally speaking, a balance or correspondence between various parts of an object; the term symmetry is used both in the arts and in the sciences. , proportion, perspective, balance, and geometric form. Other areas of the site include instructions for using the activities in class, a gallery of artwork, and artist biographies. While the mathematical tasks presented are based on the North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Standard Course of Study goals and objectives, teachers in other locales should be able to easily adapt the lessons to their own state standards. |
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