There is geometry in the humming of the strings and there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As we have been seing in the different entries, geometry is a theme that can be worked properly in a transdisciplinary way with all our students. In this new entry, and as a new suggestion on how to work, I invite you to think off Geometry and the relation with the ROAD SAFETY. We can work in an inductive way, cause this theme allow us to transmit the information to the students working with the  VISUAL THINKING , an strategy I totally recommend you to use with your students, who will be totally able to interiorize it. ACTIVITY PROPOSAL: As I have stated before, try to make students think. Show them this picture and ask them where are there geometrical figures, and what they think each piece represents.  Which polygons can you see on the picture? After doing that, we can provide them with tools such as this chart that will make them establish relations between the geometrical figures and their meaning in road safety. To conclude, I also invite y...

How are you doing? This new post is going to open you a window with lots of interesting elements to use in the classroom.  Have you ever heard about BYOD methodology? Bring your own device (BYOD) - which is also called bring your own technology (BYOT) or bring your own computer (BYOPC) - referes to the opportunnity of permmiting students to bring their personal devices (laptos, tablets and smart phones) to the classroom, in order to work with them. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Working like this, we will include the ICT tools and we will be able to work on mathematics and, specifically geometry, in an interactive way. As we want our students to learn as much as practice, and we want to involve them in the process, we have to make sure that they enjoy and they experience what they are learning. In order to do that, I am going to give you a list of resources to work on geometry. DO YOU REMEMBER THE ENTRY - GAMIFICATION? Maybe some of you have not read it yet, do not...

How are you today?  Have you already read the previous entries? ... Do not worry, you can do it whenever you want. Music and Art have a really strong relation with the Geometry, the topic that concern us in this blog and it will be interesting for you, I am sure. Today, and as something new... I am going to tell you some information about the  ROLE OF THE TEACHER  in the development of Geometry and also, about  Geometry in the reality. According to Freudenthal (1983),  ¿Cómo crear contextos adecuados para poder enseñar matematizando?… necesitamos problemas matemáticos que tengan un contexto significativo para los estudiantes” In this quote we can see how important the development of a significative learning is. In order to do that and as a way to be good teachers in geometry, we can relate it to the real surroundings. In this entry I provide you with tools that will make easier to explain students geometry. To do that, I am ...

Hello everybody!  Here we have a new entry, which is the last one of my trilogy under the name "Geometry & .... ". After talking about  Geometry & art , but also about  Geometry & music,  today we are going to describe the impact that geometry has in the landscapes around us. As teachers, we should encourage our students to understand the reality through this geometrical perspective. Something really close to them, as it is the city, should be used as a potential resource. Maths are around us. Angles, polyhedrons and so on are elements that we can build up in our minds. Taking a look on the different walking paths, the streets and the buildings, the pupils will be able to rediscover their city from a new perspective, the  GEOMETRICAL ONE.  In this entry, I just want to show you an evolution on the cities' construction along the history, a really interesting content that can be applied at schools to teach both social sience and history...

In the last entry we talked about geometry & music. Did you find it interesting? I hope so! The following entry will show another vision of the geometry. As I told you on the introduction, I pretend to provide you with different resources and tools to work the geometry with the students in a motivating way and making it real to them, so they will be totally engaged. Can you imagine with is the area we are going to work on today?... Geometry seen from the Artistic Expression.  From the past to our current times, mathematics and arts have been really related. The simmetry, proportions and the geometry are concepts specially important in arts. If we observe a sculpture, a draw or the architecture we can see that the artists have a mathematic view.    🔺  Do not forget that most of the important mathematicians were artists, and viceversa.  I am offering you a new possibility. Appart from studying geometry in a transdisciplinary way next to music...