Alien Invasion!

In Maths, we have been learning about geometry.

We had a look at some crop circles as amazing examples of using geometry to create art. We looked at the patterns, the symmetry and the use of geometric shapes. Here are some of the amazing examples we looked at:

 

We talked about how crop circles could have been made so symmetrically. We ruled out the alien option (although you never know!) and came up with the idea that maybe they used ropes to make the shapes so perfect.

We had a try at making circles with one person standing in the middle, holding a skipping rope and one person walking around the perimetre with a piece of chalk. It was harder than we thought, although we think that with practise we could get pretty good at it!

After that, we tried creating different geometric shapes using ropes and chalk. Some were easier than others.

We then created our own crop circles on the netball court - we wonder if the rest of the school will think aliens have landed at Sunnyhills!?