Snowflake Patterns

On the first day of class we folded and cut paper to make "snowflakes." We did this by folding our square paper in half, then into a triangle to being making the snowflake. My table chose to make a two fold snoflake for our first time to be sure we wouldn't confuse ourselves. Next, we cut designs and shapes into our snowflakes. With this exercise I can see why it would be useful to teach young students because of the use of patterns and repeat symmetry that is shown in the final snowflake. This project will help them to understand that there are patterns all around us nature and out environment.