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Tangrams: The Legend of Closed Tans Whale House

Tangrams builds spatial visualization skills and conceptual development, providing excitement for participants. Enhance mathematical and problem-solving abilities. Improve shape recognition and spatial reasoning through challenging puzzles. A classic puzzle for all ages. Reasons to use Tangrams in the classroom: understand area without formulas, compute polygon areas, recognize polygon names, develop geometric intuition, and more. Explore fractions and the Pythagorean Theorem. Follow 3 simple rules when solving Tangrams puzzles. Discover why Tangrams are so popular due to their accessibility, visually appealing figures, adaptability to arts and crafts, and affordability.

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Tangrams: The Legend of Closed Tans Whale House

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  1. tANGRAMS

  2. THE LEGEND…

  3. closed

  4. TANS

  5. WHALE HOUSE

  6. Builds spatial visualization skills and conceptual • development, while providing excitement for each • participant! • Tangrams build mathematical and problem solving • skills. • Improves shape recognition and spatial reasoning • while solving challenging puzzles. • It is one of the classic puzzles, appealing to young and • old, the serious and the carefree.

  7. REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD USE TANGRAMS IN YOUR CLASSROOM: • Understand area without the use of formulas • Compute the area of polygons by decomposition • Become familiar with the names of certain polygons (eg. Rectangle, trapezoid, and pentagon) • Develop geometric intuition • Etc…

  8. Fractions: • Eg: Since two small triangles can be placed together to make the square, the small triangle is ½ of the square. +

  9. Pythagorean Theorem C A B

  10. 3 simple Rules: • Must use all 7 tans • They must lay flat • They must touch and none may overlap

  11. Can you… …Construct the first letter of your name using Tangrams???

  12. Why are Tangrams so popular? • their simplicity makes them accessible to everyone • the figures are appealing to visually inclined people • many of the designs are adaptable to quilting and other arts and crafts projects • AFFORDABLE!!!! • Etc…

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