Finding Symmetry in Leaves

This week, we continued our study of leaves connecting it to mathematics – specifically geometry. Students learned about symmetry and finding lines of symmetry in different shapes. Then we used what we learned about identifying trees by their specific leaf shape to create symmetrical leaves from folded paper.20121206-140826.jpg

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