CASE: Save agents Omar, Oswald and Opal from the 17th dimension.
OUTCOME: After several tries, Agent Orla was able to build a portal to save the agents from the 17th dimension. She had to use several shapes to create one larger shape without any gaps or holes.
COLD CASE EXTENSION ACTIVITY:
Something VERY ODD has happened! Tessellations are falling apart and shapes are flying everywhere! To put the tessellations back together you must make your very own tessellation!
Grab a piece of paper and draw your own tessellation. Use different colours and different shapes to fill the entire page! Remember- a tessellation is an arrangement of shapes that closely fit together in a repeated pattern to create a larger shape without gaps or overlapping. When you’re done show your family and see if they can point out all the shapes you used!
SYNOPSIS FOR TEACHERS/PARENTS:
In this episode, Omar, Oswald, and Opal get stuck in another dimension and Orla must build a portal to get them back. Orla uses her knowledge about different shapes to save the Squad.
This episode teaches children about shapes and tessellations--shapes that are repeatedly used to fill a surface with no spaces or gaps in between. This episode also encourages children’s critical thinking and creativity, and introduces them to important geometry and spatial concepts.
CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS:
Grade 1 Math - Patterning and Algebra
Identify, describe, and extend, through investigation, geometric repeating patterns involving one attribute
Represent a given repeating pattern in a variety of ways
Grade 2 Math - Geometry and Spatial Sense
Distinguish between the attributes of an object that are geometric properties and the attributes that are not geometric properties, using a variety of tools
Identify and describe various polygons and sort and classify them by their geometric properties, using concrete materials and pictorial representations
Grade 2 Math - Patterning and Algebra
Represent a given growing or shrinking pattern in a variety of ways
Create growing or shrinking patterns
Create a repeating pattern by combining two attributes
Grade 3 Math - Geometry and Spatial Sense
Identify and compare various polygons and sort them by their geometric properties
Solve problems requiring the greatest or least number of two-dimensional shapes needed to compose a larger shape in a variety of ways
Explain the relationships between different types of quadrilaterals
