ATPM 3.04 - Review: Origami: The Secret Life Of Paper origami, the Japanese art of folding paper squares, is an ancient tradition. I welcomed the opportunity to reaquaint myself with origami and teach my http://www.atpm.com/3.04/page14.shtml
Extractions: Price: $39.95 What do structural engineering, fractals, map folding, and deploying a satellite's solar panel have in common? They can all be studied by folding squares of paper into kites, fish, birds, and frogs. Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper squares, is an ancient tradition. It is an art form that arose from deep within Japanese agricultural and social history. I first encountered Origami as a child. My grandparents lived in Japan immediately after World War II. My father spent his early teen years in Japan. I grew up surrounded by the Japanese art they collected during those post-war years and through keeping up with friends. Christmas was my grandmother's favorite holiday, so she was fascinated by the Japanese tradition of elaborate gift wrapping. In Japan, a gift's wrapping is an essential part of the gift itself. My grandmother adapted the elaborate, multi-layered coverings made from handmade paper she saw in Japan to more Western traditions. She taught me the joy of giving through sharing her skill at gift wrapping. Just before my ninth Chrismas, I found among her wrapping tools a fascinaing book whose inner back cover contained a pocket stuffed with brightly-colored paper - perfect squares. The text was in Japanese, but had many pictures. It was an Origami textbook.
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Extractions: About... These Models These models are pieces I've folded over the last 10 years or so, and saved for one reason or another. Many are particular favorites of mine, usually because each one is a particularly successful representation of the object or creature, or is funny, unique, cleverly designed, simply beautiful, or a combination of any or all of those things. I've tried to choose things from a wide range of subjects, with many different folding and design styles, and made from many different papers, to give an idea of how varied and flexible origami can be. I hope you enjoy the collection! "Origami" Model Design: Jeannine Mosely 1 piece each, assorted sizes, origami paper Happy Good Luck Bat Model Design: Michael LaFosse 1 piece 8" square paper, Canson Mi-Teintes Cardinal Model Design: Michael LaFosse 1 piece 6" square paper Loon (Duck) Model Design: John Montroll (w/ LaVin variations) 1 piece 6" square paper Lobster Model Design: Anita Barbour 1 square 8" art paper
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Intelligent Children - The Anywhere Anytime Activity Painting and papercraft is the obvious creative activity we teach our children both at That is origami, the Japanese art and craft of paper-folding. http://www.indiaparenting.com/intelligentchild/data/032.shtml
Extractions: Origami Painting and paper-craft is the obvious creative activity we teach our children both at home and school, and even indulge in it ourselves, as adults. These activities require its own set of paraphernalia; therefore one needs to plan it a little bit. But there is another lesser-known activity, which can be done anywhere, anytime and is highly creative. That is Origami, the Japanese art and craft of paper-folding. Origami is one of the oldest arts of paper-folding; as ancient as the art of paper-making itself. Over the years, it has gained tremendous popularity worldwide, and devoted practitioners have innovated upon it and taken it to giddying heights. As kids, many of us must have made paper planes and darts and flung them gleefully in the classrooms, but most of us also stopped there. From the basic airplane and crane (the bird) to more complex designs like the Christmas tree and fighter aircraft, Origami has made quantum leaps. The best part about this art is that all it requires is a piece of paper square or rectangle in shape. You can use just about any paper - newspaper, writing paper, photocopy or print paper as long as it is not too thick. Gift wrapping papers, mailers from junk mail, advertising flyers or handbills, and paper-napkins in restaurants can also be put to good use in perfecting the craft. It is a great activity to kill time in the waiting room of a doctors clinic or a hotel lobby or even in the car. Of course, learning Origami calls for abundance of patience and time. The best way to do it is from books. Most Origami books come with step-by-step instructions illustrated through diagrams for guidance. Like knitting, you first need to know how to read the book and understand the symbols. Once that is done, it is not very difficult to follow. The first thing it teaches you is the basic fold. There are different kinds of standard folds, such as the valley fold, mountain fold, petal and rabbit fold.
The Math Forum - Math Library - Manipulatives Information on origami and the mathematics of paper folding. A lesson for grade 7 designed to teach students to find a percent of a number by http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/manipulatives?keyid=14252948&start_a
Extractions: Home HotStuff Samples ForHire ... 2003 PCD Awards Building a Demonstration Multimedia Electronic Performance Support System Lawrence J. Najjar, Jennifer J. Ockerman, J. Christopher Thompson, and Christopher J. Treanor Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech Research Institute MaRC/ATRP Multimedia in Manufacturing Education Laboratory Atlanta, GA 30332-0823 USA gt4708d@prism.gatech.edu Abstract An electronic performance support system (EPSS) uses technology to integrate procedures, information, and tools to help users perform a task. An EPSS gives its users the information the users need to perform a task as they actually perform the task. This paper describes the process, hardware, and software that our team used to create a simple origami EPSS. This paper also describes the rationale behind our design decisions and lists the lessons that we learned from this experience. Introduction This paper describes how our team developed a simple EPSS. An EPSS integrates procedures, information, and tools to help users as they perform a task (Gery, 1991). A typical training system trains a person away from the job before the person needs the training. An EPSS gives people the information they need when and where they need it on the job.
SEOF 2002 Encounter the fundamentals of origami, including how to teach it and practical As paper folding becomes accepted and utilized as an educational tool, http://southeastorigami.home.mindspring.com/2002focus.htm
Extractions: Origami brings a richness to the educational process. It can help make abstract concepts concrete, and it provides a hands-on experience that enables students to actively participate in the learning process, which increases motivation to learn. Encounter the fundamentals of Origami, including how to teach it and practical curriculum applications on effectively using paper folding for motivational instruction. Cost: $15 - September 25 4:30pm As paper folding becomes accepted and utilized as an educational tool, the logical extension to use it with students and/or patients with physical, cognitive, or emotional barriers has been quick to emerge. Many therapists, educators, counselors and mental health specialists are currently applying aspects of origami in occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychotherapy and in their work with learning disabled students, shut-ins and others. This workshop will address techniques, and applications of origami in remedial, therapeutic and special needs environments. Cost: $15
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BBC - H2g2 - Origami origami is the name now given1 to the art of folding paper. Robert Harbin s teach Yourself origami, an admirable primer that has been in print for over http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A570458
Extractions: Origami is the name now given to the art of folding paper. The term itself comes from two Japanese words, oru meaning 'to fold', and kami meaning 'paper'. As an art form, and a hobby, it enjoys worldwide popularity with people of all ages and from all backgrounds and cultures. Origins If one researches the origins of origami one finds several different histories proposed. Even the name 'origami' it has been suggested was not created until the late 1900s as a translation of the German term 'papierfalten' when Kindergartens were introduced to Japan. What is more certain is that origami underwent a great change during the twentieth century, from a relatively small number of basic models, mostly learnt by children, to the highly creative and complex artform it is today. Although paper manufacture itself was invented and refined in China between 2000 and 1500 years ago it is from Japan that the first references come that relate to using paper to create folded models. It is known that by the 12th Century AD paper was being used in Japan to make tsutsumi
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education Columbus OH. Making Mathematical Connections in the Early Grades. ERIC Digest. Of all of the reform recommendations being made by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, making mathematical connections is among the more difficult to achieve, yet is so helpful in motivating students in the early grades. Mathematical connections can relate mathematical topics to students' daily lives and to other mathematical topics but are probably most important in relating mathematics to other curriculum areas. These connections help students understand mathematics better and see it as a useful and interesting subject to study. This digest gives samples of activities appropriate for use in the early grades to connect mathematics to other subjects. Resources are listed by subject area and are drawn from a longer annotated bibliography of mathematical connections available from ERIC/CSMEE (see end note). LANGUAGE ARTS "A + B = 1, 2, 3 (Language Arts/Mathematics Connection)" is a collection of teaching materials to connect language arts and mathematics. Materials in the collection include: (1) a statement of fundamental assumptions about language, literacy, and learning; (2) objectives for mathematics as communication; (3) discussion of a new approach to teaching mathematics that draws on the best features of language teaching; and (4) numerous class activities such as giving and following directions, techniques of shared reading, a place value mat, a description of learning logs, making a math story, collecting and organizing data, and examples of how poems can be part of a mathematics lesson. A 220-item bibliography is included.
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Extractions: "Teach Yourself Origami provides a comprehensive introduction to this simple and inexpensive, yet creative and absorbing, art form. A newly revised history of origamior, the art of paper folding from its origins in the 12th century is followed by hundreds of diagrams with clear instructions... ( Continua
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Extractions: So, you're interested in origami and mathematics...perhaps you are a high school or K-8 math teacher, or a math student doing a report on the subject, or maybe you've always been interested in both and never made the connection, or maybe you're just curious. Origami really does have many educational benefits . Whether you are a student, a teacher, or just a casual surfer, I have tried my best to answer your questions, so please read on. So exactly how do origami and math relate to each other? The connection with geometry is clear and yet multifaceted; a folded model is both a piece of art and a geometric figure. Just unfold it and take a look! You will see a complex geometric pattern, even if the model you folded was a simple one. A beginning geometry student might want to figure out the types of triangles on the paper. What angles can be seen? What shapes? How did those angles and shapes get there? Did you know that you were folding those angles or shapes during the folding itself? For instance, when you fold the traditional waterbomb base, you have created a crease pattern with eight congruent right triangles. The traditional bird base produces a crease pattern with many more triangles, and every reverse fold (such as the one to create the bird's neck or tail) creates four more! Any basic fold has an associated geometric pattern. Take a squash fold - when you do this fold and look at the crease pattern, you will see that you have bisected an angle, twice! Can you come up with similar relationships between a fold and something you know in geometry? You can get even more ideas from this presentation on
Origami Mathematics Page Clearly there is an origami geometry at work when paper is folded. And an enormous number of teachers have been developing ways to use origami to teach http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull/OrigamiMath.html
Extractions: These pages are an attempt to begin collecting information on the mathematics of paper folding. Anyone who has practiced origami has probably, at one time or another, unfolded an origami model and marveled at the intricate crease pattern which forms the "blueprint" of the fold. Clearly there are some rules at play in these collection of creases. Clearly there is an origami geometry at work when paper is folded. Unfortunately, much of the above-mentioned work is new, and at the time of this writing there are few good references for this type of information. These pages will try to help solve this problem by providing an extensive bibliography for origami-math, list upcoming lectures and events, and offer instructions and tutorials for select topics. However, this is an on-going project! These pages are still in their infancy, and any comments or suggestions (or offers to help!) would be greatly appreciated! In March of 2001 the 3rd International Meeting of Origami Science and Technology (3OSME) was held. See the above link for the program listing, pictures, and information on the proceedings book Browse our Origami Math Bibliography Tutorial: Origami Geometric Constructions recently updated!
The Educational Benefits Of Origami origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. It literally translates as ori origami is also important in teaching symmetry; for many of the folds, http://www.sadako.com/fold/edbens.html
Extractions: By George Levenson Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. It literally translates as ori (folding) gami(paper). In Japan, children learn origami at their mothers' knees. In the West, children are learning it at school. Research has shown that paper-folding, particularly in the elementary school years, is a unique and valuable addition to the curriculum. Origami is not only fun, but also an innovative method for developing vital skills. Behavioral skills: Origami is an example of "schematic learning through repeatable actions". To be successful, the student must watch closely and listen carefully to specific instructions and then carry them out with neatness and accuracy. Here is a case where a student's success is imposed by the activity rather than the teacher. Like group singing, hand games, and dancing, the pleasure comes in recreating the result and sharing it with others. For many students, it engenders a patience that leads to pride in one's work, the ability to focus energy, and increased self-esteem. Cooperative Learning: Origami is well-suited to working with a classroom of 30 or more students. In a multi-age setting, paper-folding tends to eliminate the status associated with age differences; the younger children are often in a position to teach the older children, and it provides an activity that works well when teaming different grade levels.Many teachers report that children who do not "star"in other places, are often quick to learn origami and help their classmates master the steps.
Reviews Of "How To Fold A Paper Crane" HOW TO FOLD A paper CRANE is an excellent kidvid choice. While art teachers will use it to teach origami, classroom teachers will use it in conjunction http://www.sadako.com/edrec/foldrevs.html
Extractions: Reviews of "How to Fold a Paper Crane" The following reviews will give you a sense of the video HOW TO FOLD A PAPER CRANE. Please note that you can judge the program for yourself by ordering it on 30 day approval. Call toll free:1 800 827-0949. If it doesn't meet with your complete satisfaction, just send it back for a full refund. Wilson Library Bulletin Origami: its Zen-like discipline and symmetric pleasures are naturally appealing to kids. HOW TO FOLD A PAPER CRANE is an excellent kid-vid choice. It's interactive in the old-fashioned sense of the word. A calm-voiced narrator introduces us to a pair of gloved hands with the expressiveness of Harpo Marx. Spare music and a plain background set off the friendly hands as they follow the steps to produce a paper crane. The instructions are clear as can be, and the narrator's cute, helpful metaphors ("open frog's mouth all the way") make the process conceptual. Children age seven and older will experience the pride of having created something after viewing the video. The program is beautifully packaged and suited for classroom use or a rainy day.
Origami Web Resources For Students origami is the art of folding paper. The word is Japanese, literally meaning to fold (oru) paper (kami). Teaching Resources. Learning With origami http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/origami.htm
Extractions: Most of us will remember folding paper cups, salt cellars (we called them 'cootie' catchers or 'fortune tellers') and paper balloons as children in elementary school. There is more to origami than these simple models would lead us to believe. Origami comes from the Japanese words for folding, ori, and the Japanese word for paper, kami. Since about the first century AD, the time when it is believed that paper was first invented in China, people have been folding paper into various shapes. The Chinese developed some simple forms, some of which survive down to this day. When the secret of paper was carried to Japan in the sixth century AD by Buddhist monks, it was quickly integrated into their culture.
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Extractions: Most of us will remember folding paper cups, salt cellars (we called them 'cootie' catchers or 'fortune tellers') and paper balloons as children in elementary school. There is more to origami than these simple models would lead us to believe. Origami comes from the Japanese words for folding, ori, and the Japanese word for paper, kami. Since about the first century AD, the time when it is believed that paper was first invented in China, people have been folding paper into various shapes. The Chinese developed some simple forms, some of which survive down to this day. When the secret of paper was carried to Japan in the sixth century AD by Buddhist monks, it was quickly integrated into their culture.
