Math Monday: Paper People Chain

"We can't judge a person by the color of their skin

but by the content of their character."

~Martin Luther King 

 

We found this Paper People Chain teaching fractions and symmetry with a piece of circular paper. We discussed different colours of skin and selected a few sheets: brown, peach and golden to cut our paper chains.

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Start with fractions, turning your paper into halves (1/2), quarters (1/4) and finally eights's (1/8), doubling the sections with each consecutive fold.

You now have what is shaped like an ice cream cone. 

Turn it so the tip is facing upwards and draw a half body on each edge, joining hands in the center. The hands will connect the paper-remaining a circle when cut, while the bodies will be repeated symmetrically in each quadrant.