LEONARDO en PATAGONIA


	L eonardo en Patagonia (2000 –2001)

Mathematics,
Nature and the Community, in Harmony
Learning through Play, and Shape and Pattern Recognition

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GOLDEN HEXAGON of PATAGONIA
MAGIC PENNY CHALLENGES

M AGIC PENNY PATAGONIA
hopes that children and adults who enjoy things beautiful, not only in Patagonia but around the world, will become interested, and perhaps support, initiate, or become involved, in one or more of the activities shown below.

Some of these activites will be more appropriate for schools or groups. Some will be more appropriate for young children rather than old. Others can be enjoyed by children of all ages from 5 to 105, individuals and well known persons, companies and organizations, alike.

We hope you find our pages of interest. We look forward to hearing from you and send our best wishes. - Na Praia 2000 June 02

GOLDEN HEXAGON CHALLENGE
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

1. MAKE ROSES and PATAGONIAN GOLDEN HEXAGONS AND SQUARES FROM OBJECTS OTHER THAN COINS, VERY LARGE, LARGE or SMALL, INTERIOR or EXTERIOR

2. ASSIST PROVINCIAL SCHOOL NUMBER 168 PUERTO MADRYN, IN OBTAINING COINS FOR THEIR GIANT ROSA de LA PATAGONIA INTERNACIONAL 2000

3. DISCOVER or DESIGN OTHER GAMES / PROJECTS BASED ON COINS

4. PLAN, ORGANIZE and RECORD THE TRANSFORMATION FROM SQUARES TO GOLDEN HEXAGONS or vv. of OBJECTS or LIVING THINGS, NATURALLY, MECHA NICALLY or ROBOTICALLY

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5. FIND OUT BY EXPERIMENT, READING and/or PAPERWORK and DISCUSSION WHOLE NUMBERS OTHER THAN 169, THAT CAN FORM BOTH A REGULAR HEXAGON AND A REGULAR SQUARE (PATAGONIAN GOLDEN HEXAGON NUMBERS) AND:

UNCOVER THE MATHEMATICS INVOLVED AND WRITE IT DOWN AS CLEARLY AND AS SIMPLY AS POSSIBLE
FIND THE LARGEST PATAGONIAN GOLDEN HEXAGON NUMBER ONE CAN
RESEARCH WHETHER ANYBODY HAS WRITTEN ABOUT GOLDEN HEXAGONS PREVIOUSLY
THINK of ANY POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS

6. OBSERVE, RECOGNIZE AND RECORD LOCAL SHAPES AND PERHAPS ORGANIZE LOCAL OR NATIONAL COMPETITIONS PERHAPS WITH THE PRESS

7. RECORD LOCAL EXAMPLES of CLASSICAL IDEAS of SHAPE and NUMBER

8. DESIGN a PLAZA, GARDEN or WAY of MATHEMATICS and HARMONY

9. DESIGN A CENTRE, REAL or VIRTUAL, for the APPRECIATION of the ROLE of MATHEMATICS, in the COMMUNITY,in NATURE,and in DESIGN and ART

10. THROUGH PERSONAL COMMUNICATION / LIBRARY / INTERNET DRAW UP A SCRAPBOOK, OR, WRITE AN ESSAY with LITERATURE or INTERNET REFERENCES ON :

THE LIFE of LEONARDO da VINCI
THE LIFE OF SOMEONE WHOSE WORK HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON LEONARDO
SOMEONE OR A SUBJECT THAT LEONARDO HIMSELF INFLUENCED GREATLY.
MATHEMATICS IN NATURE, ART or DESIGN
MATHEMATICS in FOOTBALL

11. INVESTIGATE THE NUMBER OF LEFTHANDERS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND:

DETERMINE THE PROBLEMS THEY MAY HAVE COMPARED TO RIGHTHANDERS.
TOGETHER IN A MIXED GROUP FIND OUT THE NAMES OF WELL KNOWN PERSONS WHO WERE LEFTHANDED.
FIND WHO IN A MIXED GROUP CAN MIRROR WRITE BACKWARDS MOST EASILY OR BEAUTIFULLY.

12. CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE STYLE, CONTENT, VALUE of the MAGIC PENNY PAGES AS THEY DEVELOP:

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?
WHY WAS A PARTICULAR FORMAT, STYLE, IMAGE USED IN A PARTICULAR PLACE at A PARTICULAR TIME?
WHAT ARE THE LIMITING FACTORS, DRAWBACKS, ADVANTAGES OF COMMUNICATING LEARNING INFORMATION in THIS WAY?
HOW MIGHT IT BE DONE DIFFERENTLY AND WHY?
SELECT AND PERHAPS VOTE FOR THE MOST VALUABLE INTERNET SITES AND DISCUSS THE REASONS WHY

13. PLAN PROJECTS and ACTIVITIES UP TO 17 JUNE 2001 for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, or for CHARITY, INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, or OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

14. KEEP A LOG of EFFORTS to GET OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE LEONARDO in PATAGONIA PROJECT - FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, WELL-KNOWN FIGURES, COMPANIES, NEWSPAPERS and TELEVISION - ANALYSE THE SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE METHODS USED.