{"id":1881,"date":"2026-01-23T09:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:37:01","slug":"symmetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2026\/01\/23\/symmetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Symmetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Make mirrored images with Lego<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Supplies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lego baseplate x 2<\/li>\n<li>Lego Pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Procedure<\/h2>\n<p>Take the baseplate and calculate where the center point is. Build a dividing line at the midpoint with a single color.<\/p>\n<p>Make a pattern with different pieces on one side of the board. When you attach the brick to the baseplate, move a similar piece to a pile on the other side. Once you are done with the pattern, check that you have placed the same pieces that you used to make the pattern.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1882\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2026\/01\/Symmetri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2026\/01\/Symmetri.jpg 545w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2026\/01\/Symmetri-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 85vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Give the half-filled base plate to your partner. Also, swap the loose blocks with your pair. See what pattern the couple has made on the other side of the plate. Make a similar pattern to a game on the other side of the center line using the pieces you&#8217;ve been given.<\/p>\n<h2>Challenge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Make a half-pattern without a midline with a partner.<\/li>\n<li>Look at your surroundings and see what you find that is symmetrical.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make mirrored images with Lego Supplies Lego baseplate x 2 Lego Pieces Procedure Take the baseplate and calculate where the center point is. Build a dividing line at the midpoint with a single color. Make a pattern with different pieces on one side of the board. When you attach the brick to the baseplate, move &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2026\/01\/23\/symmetry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201dSymmetry\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}