Pedagogical sequences
The pedagogical sequences are designed to bring the VisitMath experience directly into classrooms, complementing the tours and providing a structured and engaging framework for teachers.
Coding
- Topic: Algorithms
- Learning objectives: Know the different ways of coding and learn to decode
- Age group: 12-16 years
- Estimated duration: 45 min
- Activities: Encrypt and decrypt
- Related Visits: Paris
Area, perimeter and volume
- Topic: Geometry
- Learning objectives: Understand the concepts of area, perimeter, and volume Apply formulas for calculating area, perimeter, and volume
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 1 hour
- Activities: Calculate area, perimeter and volume for real-life situations
- Related Visits: Paris, Mons, Namur, Tournai, Gand, Agrinio, Athens, Tourcoing/Roubaix, Amiens, Warsaw, Warsaw Old Town, Beaumont de Lomagne, Montauban, Agen, Toulouse
Arithmetic Sequence and Geometric Sequence
- Topic: Number Sequences
- Learning objectives: Application of number sequences in practical calculations
- Age group: 14-18 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Using number sequences for financial calculations
- Related Visits: Warsaw, Lille, Amiens, Lucca, Agen
Cartesian coordinate system
- Topic: Calculus
- Learning objectives: Being able to represent the positions of real objects on the Cartesian plane, interpret graphs and study geometric loci.
- Age group: 14-16 years
- Estimated duration: 1 hour
- Activities: Place the points in the Cartesian plane; determine the position of an object; recognize the characteristics of points that are symmetrical with respect to the axes and the origin.
- Related Visits: Lucca
Centre of Mass
- Topic: Geometry
- Learning objectives: Understand the concept of Centre of mass
- Age group: 13-18 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Being able to calculate the Centre of mass using formulas
- Related Visits: Agrinio
Equation with 1 or 2 variables
- Topic: Algebra
- Learning objectives: Know how to report points in a Cartesian coordinate system, solution of equations in two variables. Know how to solve maximum/minimum problems with quadratic functions. Know how to obtain the equations of conics from data and vice versa.
- Age group: 14-18 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Search for special points of ellipses and parabolas obtained from real situations
- Related Visits: Pisa, Lucca
Fractions
- Topic: Algebra
- Learning objectives: Basic operations around fractions
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Use of fractions to calculate shares, prices or times
- Related Visits: Beaumont de Lomagne, Namur, Paris, Tourcoing/Roubaix
Functions
- Topic: Calculus
- Learning objectives: Algebra
- Age group: 10-16 years (to be adapted in each country)
- Estimated duration: 1 hour
- Activities: Calculating functions in real life
- Related Visits: Warsaw Royal Route, Pisa, Athens
Golden ratio – Fibonacci sequence
- Topic: Mathematics and Geometry
- Learning objectives: Understand the concept of the golden ratio and the Fibonacci sequence
- Age group: 10-16 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Being able to calculate the Golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence
- Related Visits: Athens
Negative numbers
- Topic: Arithmetic
- Learning objectives: Order of grandeur of negative numbers & basic operations around them
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Showing the depth of an object, the amount of debt of a person
- Related Visits: All
Proportions
- Topic: Geometry
- Learning objectives: Understand the concept of proportions Solve proportion problems using ratios
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Applying proportions to real-life situations
- Related Visits: Agrinio, Athens, Tourcoing/Roubaix, Warsaw
Pythagorean theorem
- Topic: Geometry
- Learning objectives: Use the Pythagorean theorem in different ways
- Age group: 12-16 years
- Estimated duration: 45 min
- Activities: Discover Pythagoras and the applications of his theorem
- Related Visits: Montauban, Agen
Statistics and probabilities
- Topic: Statistics
- Learning objectives: Basic vocabulary of statistics and probabilities
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 1 hour
- Activities: Being able to estimate the outcome of a random operation
- Related Visits: Amiens, Lille, Lucca, Pisa
Symmetry
- Topic: Geometry
- Learning objectives: Drawing symmetry, recognising different types of symmetries
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 1 hour
- Activities: Recognising different types of symmetries
- Related Visits: Paris, Tournai, Tourcoing/Roubaix, Warsaw Old Town, Montauban
Tangent
- Topic: Trigonometry
- Learning objectives: Application of trigonometric functions in practical tasks
- Age group: 14-18 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Use of trigonometric functions to solve practical tasks
- Related Visits: Warsaw, Agrinio, Athens, Lille, Pisa
Thales’ theorem
- Topic: Geometry
- Learning objectives: Using Thales' theorem in different ways
- Age group: 12-16 years
- Estimated duration: 45 mins
- Activities: Discover Thales and applications of his theorem
- Related Visits: Agen, Montauban
Time
- Topic: Algebra
- Learning objectives: Understand the concept of time and its different units Apply mathematical skills to solve real-life time- related problems
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Time and schedule calculations
- Related Visits: Mons, Namur, Tournai, Gand, Agrinio, Amiens, Boulogne sur Mer, Warsaw, Beaumont de Lomagne, Agen, Toulouse
Unit conversion
- Topic: Arithmetic
- Learning objectives: Metric system conversion, square and cubic meters, conversion of different units
- Age group: 10-14 years
- Estimated duration: 2 hours
- Activities: Converting older units to more recent ones
- Related Visits: Agrinio, Boulogne S/ Mer, Gand, Lille, Montauban, Namur, Paris, Tournai
Vectors
- Topic: Vectors
- Learning objectives: Know the characteristics of a vector and how it works. Know how to use vectors and make calculations
- Age group: 12-16 years
- Estimated duration: 45 min
- Activities: Concrete use of vectors
- Related Visits: Toulouse
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(Project code: 2022-1-FR01-KA220-SCH-000090275)