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PROJECT
To build in a playful and accessible way an alternative, durable and transferable pedagogical approach to some mathematical concepts (Cartesian and polar coordinates, trigonometry) starting from codified movement activities in the garden
PUBLIC
This methodology was experimented in the Botanical Garden of the University of Padua, Italy, with learners showing learning difficulties from the High Schools of Padua and Trieste, Italy, and the participation of the European teachers carrying out their peer-to-peer training mobility, from 14 to 18 May 2019.
KEY COMPETENCES
Communication in the mother tongue
Scientific and mathematical competences
Learning to learn
Social competences and citizenship
OBJECTIVES
To use the playful character of the activity to facilitate the learning of competences
To motivate moments of communication and exchange in the group
To arouse interest and curiosity for observation and Geometry
To understand, memorize, render the experimental mechanism, rally all the available knowledges of Maths and Geometry
To facilitate the ability of self-evaluation
GARDEN EXPLORED
The Botanical Garden of the University of Padua
MATERIALS
Pen, ruler, metrical ribbon, calculator, A4 paper
Map of the Botanical garden
7 wok reports for each group of 3 or 4 students
Goniometer
DEVELOPMENT
The students are divided in teams of 3 or 4 participants flanked by a teacher/coordinator and a ’judge’ for each group, who must validate the successful implementation of the experimentations describe in detail in the following cards :
cards 1, 2, 3, and 4 : they refer to the exploration of the concept of Cartesian coordinates
card 5 refers to the exploration of the concept of polar coordinates
card 6 contains hints of Trigonometry
card 7 is a feedback sheet for each group to report the results of the experimentation.
EVALUATION
It takes into account the ability to :
Master the oral and written communication in the mother tongue
reinforce the ability to read and comprehend a normative text
be able to present one’s own work and support one’s choices
Develop mathematical competences
encourage the learning of analytic Geometry by using a Cartesian plane
encourage the learning of Geometry applied to a real context
Develop social and civic competences
encourage the collaboration within the group of work respecting the subdivision of tasks
ongoing assessment of the operational dynamics of each student and of the group
Learn to learn
favour the ability to debate on the outcomes and self-evaluation
develop competences of observation
assess the degree of awareness of the students at the end of the activity
AUTHORS Silvia Losso Acquamarina Associazione, Trieste, Italy
TRANSLATER
Mary Gino
Acquamarina Association, Trieste, Italie