Puzzles
provide excellent opportunities for students to apply spatial
relationships in an entertaining and meaningful way. In the first part
of this lesson, the students use concrete materials to develop the
skills needed to work with interactive tangram puzzles in the second
part of the lesson. The students also further develop their
understanding of spatial relationships and develop problem-solving
skills.
Once students complete puzzles using concrete materials,
introducing them to virtual puzzles enables them to experience turns,
rotations, slides, and spatial relationships in a powerful way. These
transformations are more apparent in a virtual environment than when
using concrete tools.