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Teaching the Geometry of the Plane Using Origami. 2010 Singapore Math Challenge. Masashi Sanae & Stephen Elliff Ritsumeikan High School. Origami. ORIGAMICS. The Basic Drawing Method. ①perpendicular bisector. ②perpendicular to line segment through a point. ③angle bisector.
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Teaching the Geometry of the Plane Using Origami 2010 Singapore Math Challenge Masashi Sanae & Stephen Elliff Ritsumeikan High School
Origami ORIGAMICS
The Basic Drawing Method ①perpendicular bisector ②perpendicular to line segment through a point ③angle bisector
Basic Folding ①perpendicular bisector ②perpendicular to line segment through a point ③angle bisector
Application- All Sides Overlap We can fold a polygon so that all sides overlap
A Triangle Incenter
A Quadrilateral with One Open Side Excenter
A Quadrilateral with One Open Side Excenter
Reference • M.Sanae’SHomePage (Masashi Sanae)http://izumi-math.jp/sanae/ • Origami and Mathematics (Konichi Kato)http://izumi-math.jp/K_Katou/origami/origami.htm