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Slides, Flips, Turns and Quilts: The Prime Radicals, Season 2

This title is a part of the series The Prime Radicals Series, Season 2


Catalogue Number:  GAP067
Producer:  GAPC Productions
Subject:  Mathematics
Language:  English
Grade Level:  3 - 5, 6 - 8
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2013
Running Time:  15:00


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The kids have noticed that Uncle Norm’s old quilt is quite thread bare and they decide to make a new one using a super cool design. With help from the Inventonator, they see that interesting designs can start with just one triangle! The Rads pay a visit to a star quilter, who teaches them how flipping, sliding and turning one triangle can make some really awesome patterns!

The Gist: This episode is about slides, flips and turns. These are geometric motions that change the position and/or orientation of a geometric shape but preserve its qualities (e.g., angle measures, lengths of sides, area).


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