GRADE SIX: the required math elements

Revised math bold for AY 2001-2002
  • Topics:
    • Euclid, Books III, IV, constructions
  • History:
    • Thales
    • Pythagoras
    • Plato
  • Activities:
    • The monochord, musical scales, ratios
    • Canons of sculptural and architectural proportion
    • Verify the Pythagorean theorem for integral right triangles by measuring the sides and areas
  • Suggested Integrative Projects (one required):
    • The Value of Pi
    • The Dimensions of the Temple of Solomon
    • Arithmetic in Phoenician notation
Revised 06 April, 2001 by William Irwin Thompson
Revised 20 August 2001 by Ralph Abraham