Stiftung Rechnen – MathCityMap

In the past months of July and August, the MathCityMap team from Frankfurt visited the German city of Zwönitz. Here our team created a total of 17 new trails, which were now officially opened and published!

With the support of Stiftung Rechnen, the town of Zwönitz and its Smart City Zwönitz project, we have created Math.Discoverer trails (Mathe.Entdecker-Pfade) for classes and families in and around the town, which is located in the middle of the Ore Mountains. On the website of Stiftung Rechnen and in a video report by erzTV, you can find more background information about the Math.Discoverer paths and the Smart City Zwönitz project.

The Mathtrails lead through different parts of the Smart City Zwönitz: the city center, past the train station and through the Austelpark, along the Sendigmühle and the Knochenstampfe. The grand opening with school classes trying out the Mathtrails took place on 12.10.2021 in the presence of the mayor of the city of Zwönitz. You can find a flyer with descriptions of the trails here.

Below we list all our created trails in Zwönitz. We wish you a lot of fun and success trying them out!

Title incl. Link	Code	Duration \| Distance
Eröffnungstrail Klasse 5 [Opening Trail – Grade 5]	156358	2h 20 min \| 700 m
Eröffnung Klasse 6 [Opening Trail – Grade 6]	476359	1h 40 min \| 800 m
Innenstadt Familie [City Center for families]	696049	2h 50 min \| 1.300 m
Innenstadt Klasse 3/4 [City Center – Grade 3/4]	496048	2h 40 min \| 1.300 m
Innenstadt Klasse 5-7 [City Center – Grade 5-7]	046050	2h 30 min \| 1.400 m
Innenstadt Klasse 8-10 [City Center – Grade 8-10]	056052	2h 30 min \| 1.000 m
Zwönitz für Familien 3/4 [Zwönitz for families – Grades 3/4]	255938	1h 40 min \| 1.600 m
Zwönitz für Familien 5/6/7 [Zwönitz for families – Grades 5/6/7]	085939	2h 20 min \| 1.600 m
Austelpark Familie [Austelpark for families]	466044	2h 00 min \| 900 m
Austelpark Klasse 3/4 [Austelpark – Grades 3/4]	292265	1h 20 min \| 700 m
Austelpark 5/6/7 [Austelpark – Grades 5/6/7]	026046	2h 10 min \| 800 m
Austelpark 9/10 [Austelpark – Grades 9/10]	296047	2h 00 min \| 900 m
Ziegenberg Familie [Ziegenberg for families]	786039	2h 00 min \| 1.300 m
Ziegenberg Klasse 7/8 [Ziegenberg – Grades 7/8]	896038	2h 00 min \| 1.400 m
Ziegenberg Klasse 9/10 [Ziegenberg – Grades 9/10]	576040	2h 00 min \| 1.300 m
Knochenstampfe Familie [Knochenstampfe for families]	136043	1h 50 min \| 200 m
Knochenstampfe Klasse 5/6 [Knochenstampfe – Grades 5/6]	036042	1h 50 min \| 200 m

Philipp, Simon, Ken and Simone from the MathCityMap team (picture below left) as well as impressions of the city of Zwönitz.

Last October, the MathCityMap team from Frankfurt visited the city of Constance [dt. Konstanz]. At Lake Constance our team is laying out a total of 14 new trails, which will be released today!

With the support of the Stiftung Rechnen and the city of Constance we have created many interesting math trails for classes and families in the beautiful city of Konstanz. The Mathe.Entdecker trails [engl. Discovering.Maths trails] lead around the harbour, along the Rhine promenade, through the city centre or through the Paradise Quarter. In addition, a “border trail” was created on the German-Swiss border. However, the grand opening with school classes trying out the mathtrails had to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic. With the following links you can access the articles of Stiftung Rechnen and Marketing und Tourismus Konstanz GmbH about our new math trails.

In the following we list all our created trails in Konstanz. We wish you a lot of fun and success!

Titel incl. Link	Code	Duration\| Distance
Konstanz Innenstadttrail [Around the City of Constance]	672257	2h 10 min \| 1.400 m
Konstanz Hafentrail [Around the Harbour of Constance]	022256	2h 20 min \| 1.100 m
Konstanz Grenztrail [Along the Swiss-German Border]	492255	2h 10 min \| 1.700 m
Ein Nachmittag in Konstanz [An Afternoon in Constance]	352258	4h 20 min \| 3.400 m
Mathe für Entdecker – Klasse 3/4 [Discovering Maths – Grade 3/4]	472261	1h 30 min \| 1.000 m
Konstanz Familie – Klasse 3/4 [Families in Constance – Grade 3/4]	452260	2h 50 min \| 3.400 m
Mathe am Rhein – Klasse 5/6 [Maths along the Rhine – Grade 3/4]	472262	2h 20 min \| 2.200 m
Quer durch Konstanz – Klasse 5/6 [Across Constance – Grade 5/6]	092264	2h 10 min \| 1.500 m
Konstanz Familie – Klasse 5/6 [Families in Constance – Grade 5/6]	562263	3h 00 min \| 3.300 m
Mathe im Paradies – Klasse 7/8 [Maths in Paradise – Grade 7/8]	292265	1h 40 min \| 1.300 m
Quer durch Konstanz – Klasse 7/8 [Across Constance – Grade 7/8]	072277	2h 10 min \| 1.500 m
Mathe am Rhein – Klasse 7/8 [Maths along the Rhine – Grade 7/8]	192276	1h 50 min \| 700 m
Mathe am Rhein – Klasse 9/10 [Maths along the Rhine – Grade 9/10]	132259	2h 10 min \| 1.400 m
Mathe im Paradies – Klasse 9/10 [Maths in Paradise – Grade 9/10]	132267	2h 40 min \| 1.900 m

Iwan, Simone, Gregor and Simon from the MathCityMap team (picture top right) and our team with officials from the city of Konstanz (bottom left).

MATHE.ENDTECKER (Math Explorer) is a program funded by Stiftung Rechnen in cooperation with Goethe University. MathCityMap gives the technical, didactical and pedagogic basis for this special program.

Through the opening of these trails at Stuttgart’s exchange through Patrick Dewayne (Ambassador of Stiftung Rechnen), Dr. Oliver Hans (head of Stuttgart’s exchange) and Prof. Dr. Matthias Ludwig (Goethe University, working group MATIS I), MCM reached a new level in terms of dissemination and cooperation with Stiftung Rechnen and further partners.

Dr. Oliver Hans, Prof. Dr. Matthias Ludwig, Patrick Dewayne, (c) Philipp Tonn

On Thursday, 12.04., students from 11. grade of a commericial high school in Schorndorf were able to test one of the four trails. The feedback was positive, especially the connection of being outside, acting independently, doing mathematics and using mobile devices was mentioned. It is planned to created further trails in Schorndorf with help of MathCityMap.

Students of Johann-Philipp-Palm school in Schorndorf

The MCM team from Frankfurt is looking forward for further tasks.

Ceremonial cutting off the tape in front of the sculpture “thinker” close to Stuttgart’s exchange. From left to right:Patrick Dewayne, Prof. Dr. Matthias Ludwig, Oliver Hans. Students of Johann-Philipp-Palm school Schorndorf.

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Mathe.Entdecker: Experiencing Zwönitz mathematically.

Mathe.Entdecker: Calculating in Constance

Trails around Stuttgart’s Exchange