Fearful Symmetry Cub Scout Nova Award

Fearful Symmetry Cub Scout Nova Award (Mathematics)

Cub Scout Nova emblem for Fearful Symmetry

Fearful Symmetry is the Cub Scout Nova Award for investigating the properties of symmetry.

The Tyger By William Blake
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
This module is designed to help you explore how symmetry affects your life each day.

To earn the Fearful Symmetry Nova award, Scouts must complete one of their adventure related to patterns and symmetry. They explore how symmetry is found in art and nature.

The Fearful Symmetry Nova award can be earned by young men and women who are members of Cub Scouts

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Fearful Symmetry Answers and Helps

Fearful Symmetry Cub Scout Nova Award for Mathematics Requirement 1: Watch, Read, or Both

Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements.

A. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show that involves symmetry, mirrors, or artistic patterns. Then do the following:
A-1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched.
A-2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

B. Read (about one hour total) about anything that involves symmetry, mirrors, or artistic patterns. Then do the following:
B-1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read.
B-2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

C. Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about anything that involves symmetry, mirrors, or artistic patterns. Then do the following:
C-1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched.
C-2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

Fearful Symmetry Cub Scout Nova Award for Mathematics Requirement 2: Cub Scout Adventure or Investigation

Option A: Complete all of the following:
(a) Explain the difference between the symmetry of the flower of a geranium and the symmetry of the flower of herbaceous periwinkle.
(b) Explain the difference in leaf arrangement (the pattern of where leaves appear on the stem) between a maple tree and a sweetgum tree.
(c) Find another pair of plants that you can distinguish based on some difference in symmetry.

Option B: Complete all of the following:
(a) Using toothpicks and colored marshmallows, or other appropriate materials, make a model of the crystal structure of olivine. (b) Using toothpicks and colored marshmallows, or other appropriate materials, make a model of the crystal structure of halite.
(c) Use your models to guess which of the two minerals is harder.

Symmetry in Plants: Background Information for Fearful Symmetry Option 2A

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