Day: April 30, 2020

Sharing Catriona Shearer’s geometry puzzles with my younger son – part 14

Catriona Shearer posted another terrific geometry puzzle today and I had my son work on it today for a project. Here’s the puzzle:

Here’s how he explained his solution:

Next I had him look through the twitter thread following the problem and find a solution that he liked. He chose this beautiful solution from David Andriana:

Here’s how he explained Andriana’s soluiton:

One of the really fun things about using Catriona Shearer’s puzzles with my son is having him explain neat solutions from twitter threads. His work with Andriana’s solution today is a great example of the educational value that Catriona’s twitter threads have for kids!