BiJian Fan stood in front of about 100 children on a recent Saturday afternoon in Thousand Oaks, folding a simple piece of paper into a flying cylinder. “Whoa!” yelled the children as the shape — called a gyro cylinder — flew across to the other side of the room. “Isn’t that cool? It’s very aerodynamic,” said Fan, an artist and retired engineer. It was one of the many hands-on origami projects Fan taught the children Jan. 17 at the Grant R. Brimhall Library as part of a curriculum he developed called OMG, or Origami Math Genius. The curriculum uses origami art to teach simple mathematical concepts, such as geometry and fractions, and more complicated concepts, such as spatial visualization and computer-aided design. Subscribers can read Origami brings Thousand Oaks kids into the fold at bit.ly/1CVcKJJ
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:50:01 +0000
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