learning log
LEARNING LOG 1: Observe, Connect and Reflect on Your Learning
To gaze is to think. Salvador Dali
PART I – Concepts in Symmetry
Period
Focus Image
Question
Your Observations
(20 - 30 words) (2 marks)
Describe the symmetry of the Viking shield.
Rotational and reflection operations are found in the Viking shield.
There are 8 mirror lines (3 are unique), and 4-fold rotation.
Complete at the end of
Week 1
Image 1
(20 - 30 words) (2 marks)
What was the most surprising or interesting fact you learnt from
Week 1 lectures
I am amazed by how the concept of symmetry can be applied to so many things around us that our brain unconsciously registers without making a connection.
(20 - 30 words) (2 marks)
Describe the symmetrical elements you see in this
Japanese embroidery.
Rotational operations are involved in the Japanese embroidery.
It is a 3-fold rotation image.
Complete at the end of
Week 2
Image 2
(up to 20 words) (2 marks)
Can you add anything to your Week 1 description of the Viking shield?
The Viking shield is an achiral object because the reflected images superimpose each other.
1
You can’t criticize geometry. It’s never wrong. Paul Rand
PART II – Plane (2D) and Space (3D) Symmetry
Period
Focus Image
Question
Your Observations
(up to 40 words) (2 marks)
Use the formal descriptors of plane symmetry to describe this bathroom tile tessellation. It is p4mm. Let the center of the green flower to be point of origin, there is a 4 fold rotation about the corners of the unit cell. There is also a 4 fold rotation at the center of the unit cell that gives the blue flower creating a centered unit cell. There are also 2 diagonal mirror lines.
Complete at the end of
Week 3
Image 3
(up to 20 words) (2 marks)
How are you now more observant of symmetry in your surroundings? Use examples. I will unconsciously analyze objects that I see around me such as my
To gaze is to think. Salvador Dali
PART I – Concepts in Symmetry
Period
Focus Image
Question
Your Observations
(20 - 30 words) (2 marks)
Describe the symmetry of the Viking shield.
Rotational and reflection operations are found in the Viking shield.
There are 8 mirror lines (3 are unique), and 4-fold rotation.
Complete at the end of
Week 1
Image 1
(20 - 30 words) (2 marks)
What was the most surprising or interesting fact you learnt from
Week 1 lectures
I am amazed by how the concept of symmetry can be applied to so many things around us that our brain unconsciously registers without making a connection.
(20 - 30 words) (2 marks)
Describe the symmetrical elements you see in this
Japanese embroidery.
Rotational operations are involved in the Japanese embroidery.
It is a 3-fold rotation image.
Complete at the end of
Week 2
Image 2
(up to 20 words) (2 marks)
Can you add anything to your Week 1 description of the Viking shield?
The Viking shield is an achiral object because the reflected images superimpose each other.
1
You can’t criticize geometry. It’s never wrong. Paul Rand
PART II – Plane (2D) and Space (3D) Symmetry
Period
Focus Image
Question
Your Observations
(up to 40 words) (2 marks)
Use the formal descriptors of plane symmetry to describe this bathroom tile tessellation. It is p4mm. Let the center of the green flower to be point of origin, there is a 4 fold rotation about the corners of the unit cell. There is also a 4 fold rotation at the center of the unit cell that gives the blue flower creating a centered unit cell. There are also 2 diagonal mirror lines.
Complete at the end of
Week 3
Image 3
(up to 20 words) (2 marks)
How are you now more observant of symmetry in your surroundings? Use examples. I will unconsciously analyze objects that I see around me such as my