Pattern manifests itself in many ways through properties such as symmetry, repetition, translation, and illusion. This guide, appropriate for use with grades 6-12, presents patterns that are formed entirely by straight lines, yet appear to contain or be formed by curves. Exploring these geometrical shapes offers an opportunity to discover various…

This book contains transparency masters, duplication masters, and activities for teaching tessellating art. Part 1 gives instructions and information for creating transparencies from the paper masters in this book. Part 2 provides the transparency masters along with detailed instructions about when and how to use each of the transparencies.…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist junior high school industrial arts teachers in planning new courses and revising existing courses in woodworking. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: introduction to manufacturing; laboratory management (youth leadership, entrepreneurship, and laboratory…