Beauty, Form and Function: An Exploration of Symmetry

7/30/2014

Beauty, Form and Function:
An Exploration of Symmetry
Field Exercise 2 - Plane Symmetry

2 Marks for drawing the position of the unit cell correctly
1 Mark for identifying all the symmetry operators 2 Mark for superimposing the symmetry diagram with all symmetry operators correctly 2nd Plane Group

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2 Mark for drawing the position of the unit cell correctly

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1 Mark for identifying all the symmetry operators x

2 Mark for superimposing the symmetry diagram with all symmetry operators correctly 3rd Plane Group

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1st Plane Group

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Mark

Pseudo-name/Name
Total

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2 Mark for drawing the position of unit cell correctly x

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1 Mark for identifying all the symmetry operators x

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2 Mark for superimposing the symmetry diagram with all symmetry operators correctly x

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15 Marks total if all three are correct.
Note
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You must choose objects with THREE DIFFERENT PLANE GROUPS.
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Zero marks will be given for a second object from the same plane group.
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Download and print the 17 plane group diagrams to complete this Field Exercise from Core Study Resources.

Beauty, Form and Function: An Exploration of Symmetry

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Field Exercise 2

c 2 mm (No. 9)
Location: CREATE Lobby, Singapore
Object: Brickwork
Symmetry Operators: mirror lines glide lines
Mirror Line

Glide Line

Rotation Points

Tile Size with Identified Unit Cell

Symmetry Operation Diagram

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Beauty, Form and Function: An Exploration of Symmetry

Field Exercise 2

p 4 m m (No. 11)
Location: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Object: Paving
Symmetry Operators: mirror lines glide lines
2-fold rotation 4-fold rotation
Mirror Line

Glide Line

Rotation Points

Tile Size with Identified Unit Cell

Beauty, Form and Function: An Exploration of Symmetry

Symmetry Operation Diagram

Field Exercise 2

p 6 m m (No. 17)
Location: Electrical