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Second-graders learn art of geometry
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Stevie Rohan (left) created a rocket for his geometry project, and classmates Anna Walker and Lydia Noble created an Egyptian pyramid and fairytale castle, respectively. The three are students of second-grade Union teacher Linda Watts.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Second- grade students in Phyllis Jeswald's Union classroom showed off some of their geometry projects on Nov. 10. Alex DiAngelo (left) created a rocket; Sophia Yurich made a fast food meal from her required shapes; Carmen D'Alesio created a caterpillar; Emmy Romeo made an abominable snowman.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Second grade student Stevie Rohan (left) pointed out some of the shapes he utilized in his rocket ship geometry project. Rohan is a student in Linda Watts' Union classroom.
By SARAH FOOR
Before their November geometry project, the second-graders at Union Elementary only knew a few facts about the figures featured in geometry. That was until teachers Phyllis Jeswald, Linda Watts and Lynn Stoll had their students learn the ins and out of new shapes by creating an art project utilizing them in any creative way.
“The students were required to diagram and build an art project that used three solid shapes and three plane shapes and to present the projects to their peers in an oral presentation. Through the project, the students are learning skills in math, art and speech,” said Jeswald of the projects.
The seemingly simple math projects allowed for the students to bring their own stories and interests to life through art.
Anna Walker, a student of Linda Watts, created an ancient Egyptian scene complete with a great pyramid, Sphinx and real sand.
“I really love Egypt and the pharaohs, so my parents helped me build the pyramid and make everything really cool. I used cubes, spheres, cones and rhombuses in my project,” Walker explained.
Stevie Rohan, also a student of Watts, created a rocket for his project after doing research on the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
“It’s been 25 years since the Challenger disaster. That mission sent the first teacher into space. I made a model of the rocket and used a parallelograms, cylinders and cones in it,” Rohan said.
Sophia Yurich showed her creativity by creating a McDonald’s Meal out of her required shapes. Gavin Wess showed his love for sports by creating a mini Browns Stadium. Kylie Wright created a sparkling Pegasus with bright pink hair.
“What the kids knew about shapes at the beginning was very vague. We can say with confidence that the students are total experts now,” Jeswald said.