Using Ethnic Art to Emphasize Laws of Reflection

Bapat, Madhuri

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The Physics Teacher -- November 2009 -- Volume 47, Issue 8, pp. 542

Using Ethnic Art to Emphasize Laws of Reflection

Madhuri Bapat

Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, AZ

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The Kolam (Rangolee) art (Fig. 1) from Southern India and Sona drawings (Fig. 2) from Africa show the similarity of lines going around the dots. Kolam is usually drawn, with paste made up of rice powder, on the floor in front of a house. Typically girls draw these in India on occasions such as welcoming the spring season, weddings, or birthdays. Sona drawings are drawn in the sand using fingers. Typically young boys in Africa were taught to draw these as they went through puberty. They used to impress their masters by drawing these designs quickly in sand and erasing them afterwards. So Europeans never learned these designs. Due to slavery this art or knowledge has disappeared.

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physics education, educational aids, light reflection, mirrors, art, testing

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Teaching methods and strategies
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General physics
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Educational aids

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Online Oct 2009

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P. Gerdes, Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations (Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 1999).
J. George, D. Nelson, J. Williams, Multicultural Mathematics (Oxford University Press, 1993).
M. Bapat, “Mathematics in Rangolee Art from India,” Proceedings of Conference on Mathematical Art held by The Bridges Organization at Leeuwarden, Netherland, (July 2008), pp 429–432,.
Worksheets developed by the author are available online at http://ftp.aip.org/cgi-bin/epaps?ID=E- PHTEAH-47-018908. For more information on EPAPS, visit http://www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html.