{"id":934,"date":"2020-03-20T12:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2021-01-13T14:28:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:28:36","slug":"explore-symmetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/explore-symmetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Symmetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Symmetry stick game\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWV35xRmsv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For teachers, this activity can be used to help deliver Es and Os in the CfE MNU curriculum at Early, First\u00a0 and Second Level in Angle, Symmetry and Transformation,\u00a0 MTH 0-19a, 1-19a, 2-19a.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 or more players<\/p>\n<p>natural objects such as sticks, stones or leaves OR\u00a0 things you find around the house if you are playing indoors (pegs, Lego pieces, pencils, buttons, paper clips&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Begin\u00a0<\/strong>with a game of Simon Says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/03\/20120228\/How-to-Play-Simon-Says.docx\">How to Play Simon Says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next\u00a0 <\/strong>draw a straight line on the ground (if you are outdoors!) in the dirt or with a piece of chalk.\u00a0 Alternatively, create a line using a\u00a0 stick or a piece of string.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0 u<\/strong>sing objects that you have collected from outdoors (sticks, stones, leaves) or around the house (paper clips, pegs, pencils, buttons, Lego pieces &#8230;), create a\u00a0 symmetrical picture or design so that what appears on one side of the line is reflected on the other side of the line (as it would as a mirror image).<\/p>\n<p>Take a photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Lovely examples of symmetrical designs can be found on here on the Creative Star website<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/creativestarlearning.co.uk\/art-music-outdoors\/wet-weather-symmetrical-nature-circles\/\">https:\/\/creativestarlearning.co.uk\/art-music-outdoors\/wet-weather-symmetrical-nature-circles\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For teachers, this activity can be used to help deliver Es and Os in the CfE MNU curriculum at Early, First\u00a0 and Second Level in Angle, Symmetry and Transformation,\u00a0 MTH 0-19a, 1-19a, 2-19a. You will need 2 or more players natural objects such as sticks, stones or leaves OR\u00a0 things you find around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/explore-symmetry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explore Symmetry<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6553,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions\/6553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}