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Pottery Look for manifestations of geometric congruences, discover them and use them. |
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 World of Work  Becoming a(n)... Archeologist/ restorer  Context The workplace in this task is an archeologist's atelier, where broken pottery is restored. The task focuses on designing missing fragment(s.) Its geometrical properties (shape and pattern) are explored with geometrical knowledge and computer tools. Role Students adopt the role of a mathematician who helps the archeologist to restore broken pottery, by exploring the geometrical shapes and patterns of the missing fragments. Activity Students are guided to explore and use computer tools (Geogebra, Paint) to design the missing fragment. Product The product is a restoration plan and a computer design of missing pottery fragments. |
Abstract Science and mathematics play an important role in archeology, for example in restoring ancient artefacts – e.g. in glueing broken pieces of a ceramic plate together, and filling in the gaps with pieces of appropriate form , ensuring that the pattern is restored as well. In this task students explore various geometry-tools for creating a model of a broken plate and they suggest ways of restoring the original. Documents
ImagesCopyright/Creative Commons Mascil partner: BG  Materials are published under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.    |
Inquiry Learning Inquiry Learning Dimensions - Exploring situations - Planning Investigations - Experimenting systematically ✓ - Interpreting and evaluating ✓ - Communicating results Discipline - Mathematics ✓ - Biology - Physics - Chemistry - Engineering Target group - Primary Education - Lower Secondary Education ✓ - Upper Secondary Education Age range 11-15 Duration 100 min. |
