![]() ![]() You can also create symmetrical reflections, such as drawing a landscape reflected into a lake.Ĭhoose an item from nature that exhibits rotational symmetry such as snowflake or starfish photos, or an actual flower like a daisy. Interesting choices of nature imagery for reflection symmetry are flowers and faces and/or bodies. I use a rhododendron leaf and a photo of a tulip I took last spring in the video. Reflect on where you see these types of symmetry most commonly in your everyday natural world.Ĭut your nature item or photo in half down the line of symmetry (either vertically or horizontally depending on the item or image). Consider the types of symmetry explained above. Refresh your mind on symmetry and asymmetry or discuss these topics with your students. Try incorporating the use of rulers, protractors, and compasses to create exact angles and tie more math into the activity.Ĭredit: The snowflake image I use in the video is by Wilson Bently. Explore getting more technically symmetrical as you do more of these style nature drawings. I focus mainly on the perimeters of the items for time sake. In the video you’ll notice I draw quickly and can see I don’t labor over perfection of every little detail. Watch the video below for an example of how I drew each style of symmetry. If you fold them in half down they center line, they actually don’t mirror.ĭrawing tools – pencils, color pencils, markers, or whatever you like!Įither: gather items from nature to draw, print out your own photographs taken on a nature walk, or cut out photos nature from a magazine. Gingko leaves are interesting because at first glance they seem symmetrical in leaf margin shape, but upon closer inspection, they actually are asymmetrical. In the picture of the osmanthus branch below, if the very center of the stem is the center point, the leaves grow in a way that if you took one and flipped a second one 180 degrees each point on the leaf would correspond to the original leaf.Īsymmetry is when an object is not symmetrical – it “lacks equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something” (as defined in the google dictionary) ![]() Point symmetry combines both rotational order of 2 and reflection symmetry – it flips the image both upside down and backwards. Point Symmetry is when 2 identical images are exactly the same distance form a central point, but in the opposite direction. (Photo credit: Wilson Bently, aka Snowflake Bently) The amount of times the image appears around the central point is called the order – so in the case of a snowflake, the order would be 6 because snowflakes always have 6 sides or arms. ![]() Rotational Symmetry is when an identical image rotates around a central point, like how a snow crystal has identical arms that rotate around the center. Many flowers are great examples of reflection symmetry because they are easy to draw a clear line down the middle and see one side mirrored in the other. Reflection symmetry is the type we think of first – a mirror image where the line of symmetry runs through the center of an object or image either vertically or horizontally. Symmetry? So what, isn’t that just a mirror image? Well yes, but there are different types of symmetry found all around our natural world. Wonder Wednesday 77: Nature Symmetry Drawn 3 Ways Symmetry as a theme is not only great for y’all nature journalers to explore drawing, it’s a perfect way to integrate nature and journaling into math lessons for the teachers out there! So in this Wonder Wednesday 77 activity, we’re playing with 3 types of symmetry in our nature journals – reflection, rotational, and point symmetry. Symmetry is a great topic to creatively explore because of all the opportunities nature offers us!įrom animals to plants to snowflakes, symmetry and asymmetry abound in our natural world. ![]()
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