Folded BY vs Math Beauty

Learn to make origami figures and understand origami math principles through easy video tutorials. The Folded BY-U application aims to reach and engage K-12 students, their parents and educators. The goal of this application is to be an excellent tool to help these groups to practice abstract thinking skills, develop problem solving confidence and broaden their ideas of what engineering is about. It builds on the familiarity and low barriers of entry of origami, in that it uses simple materials, is tactile, artistic and fun , as a means to move from elementary shapes and geometry, to more complex movements, materials, and mathematics as tools for engineering problem solving. This application has been created in collaboration with Brigham Young University's Museum of Art and Compliant Mechanisms Research for the Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami exhibit. This application focuses on three primary groups: 1) those preparing to attend the Museum Exhibit, 2) those that are at the Museum Exhibit or as a take-home activity after the exhibit, and 3) a separate experience for those students that will not have the opportunity to attend the exhibit.

Explore the infinite charm of mathematics with "Math Beauty"! This app takes you into the wonderful world of mathematics. Stereograph: Scroll the small gear to draw various flower curves. You can adjust the small gear and slider position to draw different mathematical flowers. Trigonometric Functions: Slide the angle to dynamically view trigonometric functions such as sine and cosine, making it easy to understand the relationship between the unit circle and trigonometric functions. Classic Curves: Hearts, Lorenz attractors, springs, logarithmic spirals, mutant rose curves, Koch snowflakes, Levy curves, Sierpinski triangles, H fractals, and more. You can adjust the equation parameters to generate different curves. Download and experience it now.