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maths week

Maths week in Secondary

his years maths week, class and after a few proposals
Twe, ESO 4, contributed by we found a design that we all
uring maths week ESO1 took part in a mathematics that they may not have known designing and creating a giant liked. We designed it, we split
Dresearch project. The aim of this project existed. fractal, in which every member the work into groups and then
was to let the pupils see that mathematics During the closing ceremony I asked 4 of the class participated in. we pieced it together. After we
is not a European invention and to see that pupils to talk briefly about the person they It was a fun but challenging finished coloring it in, we realized
people from their heritage have helped had studied and explain the links they had. activity. To succeed in that some of the papers had
mathematics develop, whether that be The mathematicians these pupils discussed completing this activity, we darker colors than others and
with an Indian mathematician being the were from Europe and Asia. The classes also needed good communication so we went over them again. We
first to record the number zero or a Chinese presented to each other in lessons giving a and coordination. then brought each piece of the
mathematician recording Pascal's Triangle brief insight into what they had discovered. fractal to a wall and stuck each
hundreds of years before Pascal. ESO3B also took party in a small project to Basile Day & Sara Assens piece together.
make a music video showing which could The first step of creating the In conclusion this activity was fun
Mr Barkley be used to teach people about an aspect fractal was choosing a design, we and it was great as it exercised
The classes researched mathematics from of mathematics. They showed a variety of looked through the internet as a our teamwork.
every continent with some pupils seeing that approaches to this and submitted excellent
people from their background influenced work, with 2 groups videos being shown on
mathematics long before Europe and America the TV's around the school. I would like to that

came to dominate the world of mathematics. those groups for giving me permission to show
The pupils were also exposed to elements of their work to a large audience. Well done girls.

Maths & I - Graphs & Statistics Concurs de fotografia

his year in Pre-school, we a uns mesos, vaig participar ser una imatge on es reflectís una
Tfocused on the application Fen el concurs de fotografia escala de cargol. Però, finalment,
of maths to gather information matemàtica. Vaig decidir vaig decidir fer-li una foto a la
about our likes and dislikes. participar per dues raons: la muntanya de Gombrèn.
primera és que un de les meves Si ens fixem, la muntanya fa la
Miss Peiretó aficions és la fotografia, la forma d'una paràbola inversa
In each class, the children used segona és que aquest any estic que ja és -f(x). En aplicar l'esfera
various Graphs to collect the fent el TDR de la càmera de de cristall, es forma la funció
information in a meaningful way, fotos. parabòlica normal.
depending on the age group.
In P1 & P2, for example, the Miss Gazzola i Aquil·li
children used a Pictogram Graph Rodríguez (BAT1)
to investigate each morning, La idea que vaig tenir per fer la
which fruit was most frequently foto era la següent: tenia pensat,
eaten at snack time. They primer de tot, fer una foto amb
seemed to enjoy opening their una esfera de cristall. Aquesta
snack boxes, and recording what esfera fa un efecte en el qual la
fruit was inside. Once recorded imatge es torna del revés. Pel que
on the Graph, the children could the most popular pet amongst transferred the information onto fa als coneixements matemàtics,
visually identify which fruit was the children in Primary. In a BAR GRAPH. It was exciting podríem dir que fa un efecte
the most popular. order to carry out this task, and fun going into the Primary -f(1/2x) en termes de funcions.
During our Mixing Groups P3, P4 they collected the data using Classrooms, asking questions La primera idea que vaig tenir

& P5, the children researched a tally mark chart, and then and collecting data. per fer una foto amb l'esfera va