Math Art Reflection

I enjoyed doing the math art project although I found that I was more drawn to researching the math behind the art than the art project itself. I was very interested in learning about the different prime number sieves. I didn't realize there are so many different ways of finding prime numbers. Creating the math art was interesting and enjoyable although the painting got somewhat tedious after awhile. I found that the art got me interested in learning more about prime numbers but I don't know if recreating the art myself really gave me a deeper understanding of the math involved.

I am not sure if I would use this type of project in my classroom. Some of the students might enjoy it but I have found that many of the students I have worked with prefer to focus on the math. I think math art could be a cool thing to show to students to get them more interested in learning about a topic although I don't know if it is always necessarily worth it to take the time to recreate it yourself, at least not on the same scale. Maybe a smaller scale version of the project that could be accomplished in a shorter period of time would be more appropriate for a secondary class.

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