Maths Riddles

(Sept 2011/Feb 2012)

Target language:

Description:

Contest about Maths riddles (11/13 years old)

Work's steps:

From September to Autumn holidays

 - Creation of a Powerpoint presentation :From the classroom photo, creation of zones to associate each pupil and his own picture (beware : size 640x480) and a paragraph to introduce oneself written by each pupils. Each of them will make his own presentation.

- Acrostics : Each pupil will also use the letters of his firste name to tell about his personality in Engliah (each letter corresponds to an english word)

- Logo contest : In September, we ask volonteers among our pupils. We ask them to do a handmade logo (without using the computer). Then we scan and upload their works on the twinspace. Pupils will have to vote their favourite one (Romanian pupils vote a French logo, and French pupils vote a Romainai logo). We publish both winners on the twinspace, inside the gallery (with a little gift for both students).

From November to Winter holidays

 

- Riddle n° 1 (France) : November
- Christmas cards
- Riddle n°2 (Romania) : December/January
- Communication between pupils using the forums of the twinspace
- The winners receive a diploma and a gift

Expected results:

- Having fun with Maths and English

- Improvement in the communication between the pupils, in French, English and in Mathematics
- to do Mathematics differently (enhancing the play aspect of the work)
- to create links between several subjects
- to show pupils how universal the mathematical language is
- to encourage debates between pupils about mathematical problems

The partners:
FRANCE - ROMANIA

Teachers foundators :

Crina-Aurelia BERCOVICI (Romania) & Carole TERPEREAU (France)
  

Award:     eTwinning European Quality Label in October 2012