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"VENUES ARE BOOKING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY - BOOK NOW
TO AVOID MISSING OUT!
**NEW** Click here
to download a .jpg Origami Show Poster that 'folds up' into
a tetrahedron. Click
here for the instruction sheet. (Note: When printing out,
do not crop the picture. Before folding, trim the excess margins
off to the edge of the coloured image. This is to keep the
orginal A4 dimensions that are critical to the piece working!)"
The Ultimate Maths Fieldtrip!
Bring your class to The Great Origami Maths and Science Show
- unfolding across New Zealand in August 2006! In this entertaining
live show, origami master Jonathan Baxter and mathS educator
Hugh Gribben reveal just how much maths and science is tucked
away in the creases of an origami model.
Supported by a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand,
they explore the laws of origami, origami in nature, problem
solving using the power of origami, and the application of
intricate folding techniques to industrial design and engineering.
Suitable for classes Year 9 and above, the one-hour show
is accompanied by a unique resource - a companion manual relevant
to the NZ curriculum that includes step-by-step instructions
on making the models and additional classroom resources.
2006 TGOMSS Tour Schedule and Host Venues:
| City/Venu |
Daily Show Times |
Dates (2 Shows per day) |
| Manukau:Telstra Clear Pacific |
11.30am & 1.30pm
9.30am & 11.30am
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August 7
August 8 |
| Rotorua: Soundshell |
9.30am & 11.30am each day |
August 10,
August 11 |
| Hamilton: Waikato Museum |
9.30am & 11.00am each day |
August 14,
August 15 |
| Palmerston North: Te Manawa Science Centre |
10.30am & 1.00pm each day |
August 17,
August 18 |
| Wellington: Capital E |
9.45am & 11.30am each day |
August 21- 25 |
| Christchurch: Science Alive |
9.30am & 11.30am
11.30am & 4.30pm*
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August 28,
August 29 |
| Dunedin: Otago Museum |
1.30pm & 7.00pm**
9.30am & 11.30am
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August 31
September 1
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*Teacher-only session
**Public session (no booking required)
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL! CLICK
HERE (PDF) OR HERE
(WORD) FOR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR LOCAL BOOKING
OFFICE
For more detailed queries or promotional information please
contact the tour organiser: Bettina Anderson on 027 668 9449
or bettina@pukekoblue.co.nz.
Teachers - What can You Expect from the Show?
Click here for an info sheet
with FAQ's about the show.
FREE REFERENCE MANUAL. All teachers bringing a class
to the Show will receive a complimentary copy of the 150 page
reference manual that provides extensive additional references,
resources, material suitable for lesson plans, instructions
for making the models seen in the show, puzzles and experiments
suitable for use in the classroom environment.
The Presenters:
  
Maths educator Hugh Gribben (on left) and origami master
Jonathan Baxter go where no sheet of paper has been before
- in the Great Origami Maths and Science Show!
Click here for Jonathan Baxter's
pen portrait
Contact Jonathan on: 07 348 9008 ext.701 or email jbax@mindspring.com
Click here for Hugh Gribben's pen
portrait
Contact Hugh on: 09 373 7599 ext 88789
Origami Maths and Science Links:
Robert Lang: The website of the world-renowned origami
artist and physicist Robert Lang - a pioneer in computational
origami (i.e. the solution of origami problems by mathematical
means).
http://www.langorigami.com/science/science.php4
Tom Hull: A reference site on origami mathematics compiled
by the well known American origami mathematician - Tom Hull.
http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull/origamimath.html
The Geometry Junkyard: Links to all sorts of origami
inspired math and vice versa. http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/origami.html
Math on the Street: Links to a range of sites discussing
the application of mathematical origami.
http://math.serenevy.net/?page=Origami-ApplicationLinks
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