Samantha Allen

Allen's "Paths of Islam" project uses Islamic art to explore mathematics. During this project, students discover the relationship between an artistic pattern, a T-chart, a function and a graph. Students explore various visual patterns and organize the data into T-charts and later use that information to graph it on the coordinate plane. Students then are able to create formulas to represent each pattern and graph. Finally students make their own linear pattern like the ones used in Islamic art to create their own "path to Islam." Students enjoy using their artistic and creative talents and applying them through this cross-disciplinary math project.