Students
taking College Math Prep with Mrs. Jones made complex origami pieces after
watching “The Origami Revolution,” a documentary that explores how origami concepts
are used in STEM fields to create modern advances in technology. Origami
concepts can be found in STE(A)M applications such as solar panels, batteries,
police shields, robots, architecture, medical stents, and more. STEAM stands
for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.
The class practiced origami, or the art of folding paper, using different types of folds and geometric references with angles and shapes. First, they made modular origami pieces using two or more pieces of paper to construct three-dimensional and mathematical forms.
Then they created an origami piece of their choice and had to teach another person how to create the same piece. The final origami pieces are currently on display in the high school Media Center.
Mrs. Jones looks forward to the origami unit in College Math Prep each year and showing students how origami can demonstrate mathematical concepts and complex structural design.
