Sascha and the Mirror
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Iputthepatternblocksouttoseewhatthechildrenwoulddowiththemtodayandwaitedtoseewhatwouldhappen.
Severalchildrencheckedoutthepatternblocksandleft.ThenInoticedSaschastayed.Hekeptmakingdesignslongafterothershadgone.So,Idecidedtogetmycameraandwatchwhathewasdoing.
SaschaandtheMirror
BythetimeIgotmycamera,Saschaalreadyhadnestedtogetheralotofblocksonhisblackfelt.Theyfitsnuglysidebysidewhenheplacedthemcarefully.InthispictureIcancount35oftheminthebigdesigninthemiddleand5greentrianglesinarowinthecorner.Saschaplacedeachonejustso.Iknewsomethinginterestingmustbegoingoninhismind.Saschasaid,“Iammakingitthesameonbothsides.”Ilooked,andindeeditwastrue.Hisdesignwassymmetrical!NowIcouldseewhathehadinmind.
Headdedwhiteparallelogramstotheverytopthatradiatedoutlikeraysfromthesun.
Saschasaid,“ItlookslikeRafikifromtheLionKing.”
Itdoes!Icanseethehairallaroundthefaceofamandrill.
Ifoundapictureofamandrilljusttomakesure.Yes,itistrue.ItisRafikiallright.
IthoughtitwouldbeinterestingforSaschatoseethiscreationinamirror,soIbroughttheroundmirrorover.
Saschabeganrollingthemirroraroundthedesigntoseeitfromdifferentviewpoints.
Thereitwas.Nomatterwhereheputthemirrorhecouldseethedesignwasthesameonthetableandinthereflectioninthemirror.
Saschascrappedhispreviousdesign.Allthoseblockswentbackinthebasket.Ithoughthewasfinishedfortoday,butnoway!
Hebeganworkingonthedesignyouseehere.
Itlookedtomelikethemirrorwasinthecenterofthisdesign,buttherewasnomirror!
Ithoughtthatwasaclevertrick.Nowwhatwouldhedo?
RightbelowthattrickSaschacreatedanewdesignandaddedacopyofthedesignbesideit,likeamirror.
Whatwasamazingwasthatitdidn’tstop!Saschajustkeptongoing.Headdedanotherdesign,justlikethefirst,rightontotheendofit.Thenanother!
Saschainventedapattern!Butthiswasaveryspecialpattern,becauseeachpartofithadamirrorinit,too.Eachsectionwasthesameonbothsides!Anothertrickytrick!
Sascha,itwasamazingtowatchyou!Youcreatedadesignwithsymmetry.Thatisthewordwehaveforbeingthesameonbothsides.Yousawinthemirrorhowthereflectioncreatessymmetry,too.
Whatdoesitmean?
Youthencreatedasymmetricaldesignofbeauty.Notonlyisseconddesignthesameonbothsides,itispleasingtotheeye;itisaworkofart.
Youdidn’tstop!Youbegantocreatemirrorsthatwentonandon.Youcreatedadesignthatcouldberepeated,eachsectionamirrorimageofthelastsection.
Youmadeapatternofsymmetry!
Youcreatedastoryofdesigns,eachoneamirror,goingforwardandgoingback,inapatternthatcouldgoonandonforever.
Butyouwouldneedaverylongtableandmillionsofblocks!
ImaginewhatSaschacandowiththisamazingdiscovery.Hecantakehisinventivemindandbuildamazingcreationsintheblockarea,orindrawing,oreveninclay!Whenapersondiscoverssymmetryheorshecanfinditeverywhere,inourhandsandbodies,inthewayyoubuildacarandaboat,andtheshapeofaleaf.Withaneyeforpatternsonecanfindtheminhownumbers,work,too.Allofarithmeticispatterns.SaschaisMr.Discovery.Iwillhavetokeepaneyeonhimtoseewhatheinventsnext!
Whatopportunitiesandpossibilitiesopen?