geometry
 : Cut it Out
Approach: Station
Resources: Scissor, 3 pieces of paper: 1 yellow, 1 pink and 1 purple, glue stick.

Questions / instructions:
In this activity, use only one piece of paper for each cut out.

  % responses
y4
y8

1. Fold the yellow paper 2 times, then cut out a shape so that your paper looks like the one below:

20
55

2. Fold the pink paper 3 times, then cut out a shape so that your paper looks like the one below:

20
56

3. Fold the purple paper 4 times, then cut out a shape so that your paper looks like the one below:

20
49

Commentary:
A small proportion of students cut out coloured diamonds, and stuck them on the white recording sheet.



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