Road Safety

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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 you to use digital and interactive resources as a video could be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKTFXMSO-kA

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