Math Trails – Page 2

University of Turin uses MathCityMap

At the invitation of Prof. Dr. Ferdinando Arzarello from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Turin, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig presented the functionality and possibilities of MCM to the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) working group. First, the idea of Math Trails was demonstrated to the colleagues from Piemont, using the example […]

At the invitation of Prof. Dr. Ferdinando Arzarello from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Turin, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig presented the functionality and possibilities of MCM to the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) working group.

First, the idea of Math Trails was demonstrated to the colleagues from Piemont, using the example of their own city. Subsequently, Iwan Gurjanow described the technical possibilities. In a short MCM-Trail, created by the MCM team around the mathematical institute, the participants themselves were able to enter the MCM activity. Thanks to Eugenia Taranto and the collaboration of Virginia Alberti, Sara Labasin and Roberta Ferro, the app and the portal are now also available in Italian. The next morning was used to discover tasks at the Basilica of Superga and then integrate them into the MCM system. The colleagues from Turin were so enthusiastic that from January 2018 onwards a MOOC course on the topic of MCM will be offered by the University of Torino for Italian mathematics teachers. We are looking forward to this cooperation.

The Logo of the Massive Open Online Course of the University of Turin

MathCityMap goes to South Africa

This week, we had the opportunity to present MathCityMap at a teacher training at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa. Matthias Ludwig followed the invitation of Prof. Dr. Marc Schäfer (chair of mathematics education, Rhodes University) and accepted the challenge to present and test MCM in South Africa. The area of Rhodes University offers a variety of objects […]

This week, we had the opportunity to present MathCityMap at a teacher training at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa.

Matthias Ludwig followed the invitation of Prof. Dr. Marc Schäfer (chair of mathematics education, Rhodes University) and accepted the challenge to present and test MCM in South Africa.

The area of Rhodes University offers a variety of objects which are suitable for good MCM tasks. Three routes with 6-7 tasks could be created. On Monday, the theory of outdoor mathematics and the basic idea of MCM were introduced. On Tuesday, almost all of the 50 teachers were able to install the MCM app on their Android smartphones. Some tried it with their Windows phones, but of course it did not work. None of the teachers owned an iPhone! Afterwards, it was time to solve the tasks, but it turned out that many participants were not able to navigate on a map at all. Some had not activated the GPS localization and searched the right direction. Thanks to the support of Clemens and Percy, we found the reason quickly.

It was a pleasure to observe the teachers during solving the tasks, and to see the joy when the MCM app rewarded a 100-point response and a green check. Overall, the concept of “doing mathematics outside” was completely new to the South Africans.

There was also a discussion about units, conversions and modeling. Especially the modeling process is relevant for MCM since one has to translate reality into a mathematical model to solve the tasks numerically.

MCM in Münster at the Aasee

On Tuesday, 23.05.2017, members of the MCM team were invited by the research team of the University of Münster to create a Math Trail in the north of the Aasee. They also informed interested teachers about the basic didactic theories as well as the technical possibilities of the MCM project. 28 teachers and interested people followed the invitation and, according […]

On Tuesday, 23.05.2017, members of the MCM team were invited by the research team of the University of Münster to create a Math Trail in the north of the Aasee. They also informed interested teachers about the basic didactic theories as well as the technical possibilities of the MCM project. 28 teachers and interested people followed the invitation and, according to the theory, tested the app and the tasks of the route Aasee Nord.

Mathtrail Seminar 2017

In this summer semester, students (for becoming a teacher in mathematics) at Goethe University Frankfurt again have the opportunity to take part in the Mathtrail seminar as a special event in order to get to know the advantages of outdoor mathematics. Before the participants will develop their own tasks and trails, they should experience how it […]

In this summer semester, students (for becoming a teacher in mathematics) at Goethe University Frankfurt again have the opportunity to take part in the Mathtrail seminar as a special event in order to get to know the advantages of outdoor mathematics. Before the participants will develop their own tasks and trails, they should experience how it feels to make mathematics outside the classroom. This Thursday , the course took place at the Mainufer near the ECB in order to run the trail in the “Im Schatten der EZB“, which was created and tested a year ago by the Mathtrail seminar, with help of the MCM app.

In the end, everyone agreed that a mathtrail can be a lot of fun and time can fly when one solves the math problem outside the classroom. However, it has also become clear that it is not so easy to develop good tasks, because the boundary between challenge and frustration can already be exceeded through a narrow solution interval.

In the coming weeks, students will be familiar with the MathCityMap system and then implement their own trail. We are curious!

P.S.: The weather was good as always! ?

Workshop

On Thursday, May 18, 2017, an interactive workshop on MathCityMap will be given at the Goethe University campus. Mathematics on the road With this slogan, we presented the project MathCityMap in Frankfurt a year ago in a small teacher training course. Since then, many things have happened: Over 1000 tasks have been created by numerous […]

On Thursday, May 18, 2017, an interactive workshop on MathCityMap will be given at the Goethe University campus.

Mathematics on the road

With this slogan, we presented the project MathCityMap in Frankfurt a year ago in a small teacher training course. Since then, many things have happened:

Over 1000 tasks have been created by numerous enthusiastic “Mathtrailers” worldwide.
MathCityMap is currently available in nine different languages.
Further, exciting research and development results could be achieved in the MCM team.
We have received numerous suggestions from users and implemented them as innovations.

In the workshop, we would like to inform you about MCM and introduce you to the new possibilities offered by MCM. Please bring your smartphone and – if possible – a laptop, because we say: Participation is more than just taking part!

As part of the workshop, you will be able to gain experience with mathematics on the street around the Westend campus. In addition, your own ideas are developed into tasks and immediately tested with the MathCityMap app. Click here to register.

This event is accredited by IQ (Hessen) as LFB.

Time: 18.05.2017 15:00-18:00

Place: House of Finance, Campus Westend, Room “Shanghai” (room 1.28), Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 3, 60323 Frankfurt am Main

MathCityMap in Wetzlar

It is a sunny Saturday morning in an industrial area near Wetzlar. The Mathematics Center Wetzlar invited students of the Q2 to a mathematics competition. The teachers had the opportunity to participate in the “MathCityMap – Mathematics on the Road” workshop and to get to know our project. After a short theoretical introduction to the […]

It is a sunny Saturday morning in an industrial area near Wetzlar. The Mathematics Center Wetzlar invited students of the Q2 to a mathematics competition. The teachers had the opportunity to participate in the “MathCityMap – Mathematics on the Road” workshop and to get to know our project. After a short theoretical introduction to the subject of outdoor mathematics and mathtrails, the participants (with a measuring stick, measuring tape and smartphone) went to solve mathematical questions in the industrial area of Dillfeld. For example, they had to find out the capacity of a tank or determine the slope of a metal ramp. After this, they had the possibility to formulate own tasks for objects in the environment and to create them in the MCM web portal. The result was a new mathtrail consisting of the newly created tasks of the teachers.

We hope that the participants had a lot of fun and some ideas for their own lessons. We are already looking forward to tasks and trails that will follow from this event. At this point, we would like to thank for the invitation to this event!

Are you interested in workshops on outdoor mathematics with MathCityMap? Take a look at our event page.

MathCityMap in Meißen

Being part of the “Day of Mathematics and Natural Sciences” in Saxony, the MathCityMap team held a course on outdoor mathematics with MCM. The “Sächsische Bildungsinstitut” (SBI) invited to this event on 9th March 2017 in Meißen at Schloss Siebeneichen. 24 participants took part in the workshop and were able to solve mathematical problems and questions […]

Being part of the “Day of Mathematics and Natural Sciences” in Saxony, the MathCityMap team held a course on outdoor mathematics with MCM. The “Sächsische Bildungsinstitut” (SBI) invited to this event on 9th March 2017 in Meißen at Schloss Siebeneichen. 24 participants took part in the workshop and were able to solve mathematical problems and questions around the castle. For example, one had to find out how high the tower of the castle is or how many liters of water fit into the pool. In the second part of the course, the teachers were able to search for own mathematical tasks in the environment and to create them in the portal.

We hope that the participants had a lot of fun and got some ideas for their own lessons. We are already looking forward to tasks and trails that will follow from this event.

Are you interested in workshops on outdoor mathematics with MathCityMap? Take a look at our event page.

Height of the Church Tower – The 1000th Task

In February 2017, the 1000th task will be uploaded in the MathCityMap system. The author, Johannes Moos, asks for the height of the church tower in Gernsheim, which can be determined with help of the statue of Peter Schöffer and the given distance between the church and the statue. The task can be solved with help […]

In February 2017, the 1000th task will be uploaded in the MathCityMap system. The author, Johannes Moos, asks for the height of the church tower in Gernsheim, which can be determined with help of the statue of Peter Schöffer and the given distance between the church and the statue. The task can be solved with help of the intercept theorems. It can be found in and transferred to other situations easily. Such tasks are called generic tasks.

Johannes Moss can be pleased with a MathCityMap folding rule which will be delivered soon.