Math Professor in Residence Paul Odenwelder
and Art teacher Beth Porto are working together to do a Magic Square project
with students at School 2. Mr. Odenwelder's work at School 2 is funded by the Garden State Partnership for Teacher Quality.
A Magic Square is an arrangement of numbers in a square grid in which the numbers in each row, in each column, and in the diagonals all add up to the same number.
Magic Squares have a long history from ancient China to the modern era. A magic square was depicted by Albrecht Durer, a German painter, engraver, and woodcut designer, in his famous work, Melancholia, which was created in 1514. In the picture below, PIR Odenwelder holds a reproduction of the engraving. (The magic square is in the upper right part of the engraving.)
A Magic Square is an arrangement of numbers in a square grid in which the numbers in each row, in each column, and in the diagonals all add up to the same number.
Magic Squares have a long history from ancient China to the modern era. A magic square was depicted by Albrecht Durer, a German painter, engraver, and woodcut designer, in his famous work, Melancholia, which was created in 1514. In the picture below, PIR Odenwelder holds a reproduction of the engraving. (The magic square is in the upper right part of the engraving.)
In the picture at the left Mr. Odenwelder teaches a lesson to fourth grade students how to create a Magic Square.
The next step is for Art
teacher Porto to take the students’ efforts to another level, assisting them in adding art elements: line, color, shape, and texture. Each student's Magic
Square will become an individual work of art. Look for a future post on
this project.
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