Calculating the height of the basketball goal

 Bilingual students of 1º BACHA went to the basketball court abd measured the height of the goal using different  methods:

• Shadows and similarity
• Mirrors and similarity
• Theodolite and trigonometry

They also need a tape measure and a piece of chalk

They worked in 2 groups and the results were :

1. Group one: mean of the results 3,94 m
2. Group two: mean of the results 4,04 m

Surfing the Internet we found that the height of the top of the goal (it was the height we measured) is 3,95 m. So,our results are very accurate. Students realized that in their experiment the most accurate form was tu use shadows (mybe because our theodolites weren't very good)

Teodoro's spiral

 We go on worrking with the irrational numbers, Teodoro's spiral is made placing a right angled triangle whose legs are 1 and 1 next to another one whose legs are 1 and the hypotenuse of the first one.

It is one of the first works of 4º ESO students with Geogebra. you can see the images below

Weighting PI

 Students of 4ºB are studying  irrational numbers,one of the most famous is PI.

We weight PI using lentils, water and a 3D-printed cylinder and prism. Pi is four times the ratio between the quotient of their volumes (Volume cylinder/volume prism)

The average result of the classroom has been 3,116. A very accurate result!!!

Fractals, Mathematics and Arts

 Students from 1º bachA have been working with fractals and the relationship with mathematical concepts such as sequences and limits. They constructed two fractals using Geogebra and later they recorded a video explaining Sierpinski Gasket and shared them with our French partners in eTwinning.

This is Rubén's video

This is Cristina's video

Elena's video

What is the utility of mathematics in real world?

 4º B bilingual students are recording videos about the utility of mathematics in real world  as members of the eTwinning project "Modeling life".

Héctor's video 

Juan Alexander's video

Irene's video

Leticia's 

Jorge's

Eduardo's

Óscar's

Izpisua's inch

 Student's from 4ºESO B have been working on a proposal about the length of Izpisua's inch.

It is well known that an inch is exactly 25,4 mm, but we wanted to study if our students' inch is similar to the official measurement.

We did the following:

They measured their own inch using a caliper in their physics class (see the photos below)

Then they shared their data in a spreadsheet and made  statistical calculations.

As a result their proposal is that Izisua's inch should be should be 20 mm because:

It is very close to the median (19,5mm) and the mean (19,8 mm)

It is the mode. (20mm)

It is in between the lower and the higher quartile. (17,5mm – 21mm)

They also studied if there were correlation between students' high  and their inch, the conclussion was that there isn't statistical relationship because the correlation was 0,27 and it is low.

They have learnt in this activity that different subjects such as maths and physics are linked .

HALLOWEEN MOVILES 1st ESO

                                             MOVILE OWL CAROLINA PÉREZ TOLEDO

 

MOVILE BAT CECILIA ROCABADO CÉSPEDES

 

 

Halloween works

 With 1st ESO with are making some origami tasks about Halloween. Here you are some examples.

Cecilia Rocabado Céspedes

 

 

Carolina Pérez Toledo

 

 

Adrián Féliz Ferreras

Physical Education Exchange Project

Physical Education exchange project Bilingual students from first year of baccalaureate, mostly 16 years old, are very interested in doing and experience exchange with welsh students. They have different feelings about PE classes, first they were anxious to start practising but worry at the same time. I´m seeing that their physical condition has decrease in those months of quarantine and I have to adapt my classes to it and using mask. They have several questions for Glenda, a PE teacher in Walles, in order to share their feelings and concerns. Here you have their questions: Elena Rodríguez Rubio ( 16 years old) 28 sept.: Do you practice any sport in the afternoon or in your free time? Which one? Rubén Pérez Duro (16 years old ) 27 sept. I would like to know how the classes are since the pandemic began, especially, to know how you do exercise, we can't take off the mask unless we have a minimum distance of 1.5 meters with our classmates. Cristina Redondo Aguilar ( 16 ) 27 sept: What safety measures has your high school taken in P.E. classes? What kind of exercises or games do you do? Is there any sport you can’t play at the moment? I would like to know how the classes are since the pandemic began, above all, to know how you do exercise, we can't take off the mask unless we have a minimum distance of 1.5 meters with our classmates. María Martínez García ( 15 ) 28 sept: Have you done any kind of physical exercise during quarantine? Have you continued doing the exercise after it? Jonathan Martínez Felipe ( 16 ) 26 sept: How are you? How do you feel with this situation? Have you done sports this quarantine? How do you feel when you are doing sports with the mask? Do you think, physical activity has helped us to bear this situation? Was it your case? In what way?

Magazine of the Erasmus+ project "maths is around us"

A mag created with Madmagz.

The magazine of "learning math through pi "(eTwinning project)

The magazine of the eTwinning project "Learning math through pi" is here
A mag created with Madmagz.

BEST TOOLS FOR TEACHING AT HOME (Friday, 22nd May 2020)

Message for teachers who work from home with their students:

- To create virtual classes the best free educational platforms I think are "Edmodo", "Google Classroom" and "Microsoft 365", although the official platforms of each Autonomous Community can be used (they are saturated and not prepared for this).

- To play learning from home (and evaluate if you want), "Quizizz" (Homework mode) and "Kahoot" (challenge mode), or "Socrative" (career mode).

- For presentations and reviews, "Genially", "Prezi", "TeacherTube" and the classic "Power Point" too.

- To create and design digital books "BookCreator" is the best, also you could do a "Word" enriched with hyperlinks and transfer it to PDF.

- To create and edit videos, "YouCut" is the best value, only for Android.

- To create documents or collaborative works in group "Google Docs".

- To do online exams, "Google Forms", (concise type, test, short answer, long answer, images, etc.) and tests in "Edmodo" limiting the time of the exam to 30 or 40 minutes only.

- In case you want to make a conference with your students from home or create a live class, "Google Hangouts Meet", "Skype", "Discord", "Zoom" and the "Houseparty" or "Whassap" App (only 4) , "Microsoft Teams" or "Jitsi", are ideal for giving distance classes to your students or for virtual meetings and conferences.

See you soon in classroom! Be brave at home with the final term.

KAHOOT AT HOME AGAINST CORONA-VIRUS. (Friday, 13th March 2020).

If you can´t go to class about Virus or quarantine while We are at home, We can play from home with our smartphones and tablets against our classmates. Teachers and Students can develop games or challenges from home for practice with distance. Similar games can be created free with Quizizz, Socrative, Canvas or Google Forms. Here, We are playing Kahoot at live in our lessons of Social Studies, our students learn how to ask good questions and design pictures of History. Try to used it at home and share with your teachers and peers!

(Here, Nor is playing Kahoot with his classmates of History)

WE PLAY KAHOOT IN CLASS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (Friday, 14th February 2020).

We play Kahoot in our lessons of Social Studies, our students learn how to ask good questions and design pictures of Geography. I recently provided them with an opportunity to produce games in classroom of Social Sciences. There’s a lot to like about Kahoot: it’s free, capable of working on tablets, smartphones, and computers, and (as your students will surely agree), it’s a super engaging, user-friendly way to check for understanding. Used it in classroom!

(Jorge is playing Kahoot with his classmates of Geography 

about Natural Environments in Spain and Castilla-La Mancha. Good job!)

10 amazing women in science history you really should know about

FAMOUS WOMEN IN STEM

Another experiment about Pi

Today in 4ESO we have experienced how to calculate pi weighting.

The idea is to calculate the ratio between the volume(weight) of a cylinder and a prism which share the height and knowing that the base of the cylinder is inscribed in the square base of the prism.

Students of 1st course prepared the material, you can see photos below.

But we found a problem, the cardboard is not rigid enough, thanks to our French partner we have plastic models made in a 3D printer, using those models we have very accurate results for pi such as 3.13, 3,08 and 3,15.

It has been a lovely experience of collaboration between two different levels , subjects (technology and mathematics) and teachers. We will repeat soon!!!

Second Erasmus + mobility (Rétimo)

Last week the second mobility of the Erasmus+project "Maths is around us" ocurred. We went to Rethymno between January 26th and 31st, the topic in this ocasion was Mathematics and Arts.

Students have developed part of the activities in their countries and shared them in twinspace, for instance Spanish students share photos of symmetrical objects and work tesellations and fractal with Geogebra.

In Rethymno we worked in several workshops such as camera obscura,  t-shirts with our tesellations, receive information about symmetry (Romanian team prepared that) and went for a mathematical walk.

We also visited three museums, Knossos palace and learn more about Greek culture.

It was a great experience!!!!

Next meeting is in Hellín, we are eager to receive our partners.

CREATE COMICS IN CLASSROOM. (Friday, 24th January 2020)

We can create comics in classroom; it is online and free for Teachers and Students. I usually use Bitstrips online in Facebook to create my digital units, but here you have ten online sites to create online in classroom or at home to develop your lesson. Enjoy it!

ArtisanCam not only allows you to create online comics, but it is also a very complete art site that allows users to learn about the different art forms, all with a very simple interface for anyone with internet access.

http://www.artisancam.org.uk/

MBC is the perfect place to create your own comic strips. This site offers you a large number of characters with different aspects and the possibility of writing your own texts and exploring different possibilities.

https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

SuperHero Squad is a site designed to entertain and educate children using the Super Hero Squad library of Marvel characters, including Iron Man, Wolverine, Thor and Hulk.

https://www.marvelhq.com/

Using the new Click-n-Drag Comics technology, Pixton offers anyone interested the possibility of creating excellent comics on the web, including from fully customized characters to dynamic panels.

https://www.pixton.com/for-fun#video

Strip Generator has a very interesting editor that allows you to create black and white comic strips for those who don't know how to draw. With a very simple drag and drop system you can choose backgrounds, characters and much more.

http://stripgenerator.com/

A magazine of our Erasmus+ project

You can read it  here

A mag created with Madmagz.

SURVEY (FEELINGS ABOUT MATH), INPHOGRAPHICS

You can see the inphographic in this link https://create.piktochart.com/output/43373578-statistics-survey