A Sketchbook of Symmetry
SYMMETRY A Definition? Symmetry OPERATIONS Symmetry Elements Reflection Rotation Others Symmetry Elements Mirror (plane) Rotation axis
SYMMETRY ELEMENTS MIRRORS planes (lines in 2d) cuts object in half halves are mirror images Shown as a dotted line
SYMMETRY ELEMENTS MIRRORS planes (lines in 2d) cuts object in half halves are mirror images Shown as a dotted line
Questions to ask: Reflective symmetry? Where? Draw mirror(s). Rotational Symmetry? Where is axis? What fold is axis? Draw axis.
LILY
HIBISCUS
PLUMERIA
Orchid
Tulip
SNOWFLAKES Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley Vermont farmer His work is world-famous. photographing individual snowflakes. First photograph Over 5000 photographs “No two alike” http://snowflakebentley.com/
SNOWFLAKES
2 More Examples of Snowflakes from Bentley’s Photographs
From another source... Another site: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
Growth of a snowflake… (approx. time was 5 minutes)
Some Further Links to Explore: Symmetry of Border Patterns http://www.math.okstate.edu/~wolfe/border/border.html Symmetry of Inorganic Molecules http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/sym/splash.html
Field Patterns http://mathforum.org/geometry/rugs/symmetry/fp.html
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Symmetry References Symmetry of Inorganic Molecules Snowflake Bentley Great South Catalog Other Snowflakes