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GEOMETRIC PATTERNS – Islamic Design, Interlaced Ten-Pointed StarStudents create a geometric design using a circle divided into ten equal parts and colour it with metallic coloured pencils.
Students create a geometric design using a circle divided into ten equal parts and colour it with metallic coloured pencils.
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Supplies:
- Crayola Metallic Coloured Pencils - 8 Count
- Crayola Washable Glitter Glue - 5 Count
- Pencils
- Rulers
- Erasers
- Black Foam Core Board - 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm (5" x 5") - 1 per student
- Ball Headed Straight Pins - 1 per student
Steps:
1
![Step 1](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/788cde399a8c3432fab14479104a05af-stepSml.png)
- Use the pattern available in the downloads section of this lesson plan. (Downloads – CircleTenParts.pdf)
- Cut out the pattern so you can easily centre it on your tile.
2
![Step 2](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/9f735f521e403b71e5bd1cd500bb7822-stepSml.png)
- Centre the pattern on the tile and hold it firmly in place.
- You may want to place a small piece of tape on each corner to keep it from moving. - Use one straight pin to push a small hole through each dot on the pattern.
- There should be 10 holes.
3
![Step 3](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/50172155e24fe10268f46f640a956330-stepSml.png)
CONSTRUCTION LINES – Drawing the Decagram Grid
- Use a pencil to connect the dots in the following way:
- start at a dot
- count to the 4th dot
- draw a line from the starting dot to that dot
- repeat this until all the dots have been used
- it should be a 10 pointed star
4
![Step 4](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/f934daad3bd43d4bedd35fb03aba36b5-stepSml.png)
- Use a pencil to connect the dots in the following way:
- start at a dot
- count to the 3rd dot
- draw a line from the starting dot to that dot
- repeat this until all the dots have been used
5
![Step 5](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/844dd9ceb3985ffb0f25409937f8c1a0-stepSml.png)
- Look for this polygon.
- Outline it.
6
![Step 6](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/8088beab69f941d615010874a9acc823-stepSml.png)
- Find the same polygon all the way around the decagram grid.
- There should be 10 altogether.
- They overlap.
- Outline them all.
7
![Step 7](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/4e4bc6bf243c4d5f7edaf3123990e142-stepSml.png)
- Find the small polygons that connect the shapes formed by two overlapping polygons.
- Outline them all around the grid.
8
![Step 8](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/0089986af6429b80dfc644b5bd14c5d6-stepSml.png)
- Erase the decagram grid construction lines.
9
![Step 9](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/263daf04ce9ad6e211034be75affdc3b-stepSml.png)
- Test the colours on the back of your tile.
- Choose colours you want to work with to colour your design.
10
![Step 10](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/c61bfcd7de61f1a26b2b700a09d6d4c1-stepSml.png)
- Colour your design with contrasting metallic colours.
- Do not press too hard or you will stretch the paper.
- Keep colouring soft layers of colour, one on top of the other in different directions until you build up lots of colour.
- Add glitter glue details to create contrast and emphasis.
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Mathematics,
Social Studies,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8