If It Walks Like a Duck...
In geometry we work a lot on helping students draw pictures from word problems. Here's an example from the very beginning of the course: "Draw a rectangle DUCK with sides UC=5 and CK=6. (Hint: Drawing the picture is the hard part. The rest is easy). (a) Find the area of DUCK. (b) Find the perimeter of DUCK."
And here is why I love my new group of geometry kids: 
3 comments:
Not only do your students have math aptitude, they also have some real artistic talent as well. I am impressed.
I like this assignment. Where on earth were you when I was in geometry class?!
Definitely looks like a fun group!
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