Aligning Zometool with the Standards Elementary through High School. Written in a style that promotes discovery-based learning, the lesson plans are divided into basic, intermediate and advanced. In addition to Geometry, the lesson plans encourage the exploration of topics like: ? Art: proportions and scale, symmetry, perspective drawing, mosaics, and architectural design; ? Biology: symmetries in fruits and flowers, Fibonacci sequences, cell structures; honeycombs, DNA ? Chemistry: basic molecules, Buckyballs and other complex molecules; ? Civics: city planning; resource distribution, role of art and design in society; ? Geology: crystallography ? Mathematics: geometry, numbers sense, progressions, algebra, trigonometry, Fibonacci sequences, ? Physics / Technology: perspective drawing, architectural structures, stresses and gravity forces, surface |
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