The geometry of origami

Abstract

This work illustrates the path of origami geometry designed within the experiences of the “Liceo Matematico” planned by Liceo Scientifico Ulivi of Parma in collaboration with the University of Parma (Università degli Studi di Parma). The course was partially carried out with a group of grade 9 students in the s.y. 2018/19 (in the s.y. 2019/20 it was not possible to replicate it due to the emergency due to COVID-19) and has the purpose of promoting a reflection on the axiomatics of geometry and its ontological implications.
This article presents the entire path (thought over the first three years); in particular, each activities carried out are accompanied by a comment (thus trying to make the sense of the specific choices understood) and by indications of possible developments for the following years.