SHAPE INVADERS @ GROVER WASHINGTON JR. MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

SHAPE INVADERS
BENJAMIN VOLTA WITH JERRY JACKSON'S 8TH GRADE
MATH CLASS AT GROVER WASHINGTON JR. MIDDLE SCHOOL

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ABOUT SHAPE INVADERS

“The idea of Shape Invaders is a creative idea based on the old school video game with a mathematical take on it. We integrated the idea of math by using ratio and proportion.” Naimah S. “I made my Shape Invader with stickers. They were stickers that are triangles, squares, pentagons, and hexagons. It connects to math because the invaders are made from two different shapes using ratio.” Memarl S. “The Shape Invader project consists of regular polygons being put together to make unworldly things with solid bright colors.” Siani J. “By using simple shapes and overlapping them and forming a new shape, the outcome is a strange creature.” Leangreng L. “I think that the Shape Invader reflects the person who made the Invader. Deep inside everyone, there is a little monster and they can show it off by making a Shape Invader.” Chahravaun S. “This reminds me of a building block and how you start off with something little then add and add to make something big.” Ryan T. “We used ratio and cross multiplying to check each of our Shape Invaders.” Jeremiah S. “We used proportion and ratio for this project. The cool thing is that you don’t really know what you are making at first until the end when it comes out to be an alien looking creature.” Eileen R. “Shape Invaders are creepy until you make one yourself.” Cristina V. “We have a math invasion using ratio and propotion.” Cristina V. “Shape Invaders will help me invade the PSSA.” Juan C.

Shape Invaders was made possible through the PAEP Artist in Residency Program:

Long Term Residency projects are made possible by The Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Ongoing projects at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School are made possible through support from the School District of Philadelphia and principal Terry Pearsall-Hargett's ongoing initiative to transform the Grover Washington Jr. Middle School into a magnet school for the art.