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Fifth graders learn about Chinese tangram puzzles

 

Feb. 17, 2012

 

Fifth grade students from Joan Kolodziej's fifth grade class at East Hill Elementary Schooll recently worked on Chinese tangram puzzles. The puzzles, which aid in developing spatial pattern recognition, have been used by students for centuries.

Using various computer articles and their math text, the students used seven "tan" pieces to depict silhouettes of rabbits, horses, turtles, whales, goats, cats, rockets, candles and other objects.

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