Origametria: Method, Models *

* BROADCAST-- This class will be presented to students in a classroom at the convention site and simultaneously broadcast to an off-site audience on the web. Miri Golan will describe her Origametria program, recently accepted into the national curriculum by the Israeli Ministry of Education, which uses origami to teach geometry in kindergarten and elementary schools. She will describe the teaching method, illustrated with typical Origametria models. Miri is an origami artist, author, and the founder of the Israeli Origami Center. This class is also being offered to the public as part of Origami Symposia in Math, Art and Education in Los Angeles (https://origamiusa.org/pcoc_2017_symposia)