Reflection Today in class we experimented with Moebius Strips and loops. A Moebius Strip Named after Augustus Ferdinand Moebius, is a one-sided nonorientable surface obtained by cutting a closed band into a single strip, giving one of the two ends thus produced a half twist, and then reattaching the two ends (right figure; Gray 1997, pp. 322-323). He made these strips simply by cutting strips of paper and taping the ends together. We first started this activity by making a simple loop with the strips of paper and taped the ends together. We then drew a line on one side of the loop until it connected back to the original start of the line. After examining the line on the loop, it appeared that the line was only on one side of the loop and the other side was clear of any marks. We then made our Moebius Strips by taking our strip of paper and turning it 180 degrees and then connecting the ends together. We drew the same line as we did with the loop but rather this time, after examining the Moebius Strip, realized that the line was on both sides of the strip and not just one. We then cut both the loop and the Moebius Strip directly on the line that was drawn on each strip. After cutting the loop down the center, we got two new loops that could be taken apart completely. We did the same to the Moebius Strip only to find that we end up with two loose parts remaining intact.