Author: Rebecca Bock

New Partner School in Slovakia!

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We are happy to announce Základná škola Nábrežie mládeže 5, Nitra as our new MathCityMap Partner School!

Three trails comprising a total of 19 tasks have already been created and published. They can be found in the portal under the following codes:

 

Teacher Eva Grunnerová reports her experiences:

“The tasks were developed in cooperation with students of our school. They subsequently implemented and solved them together with younger classmates, which helped identify and eliminate shortcomings in the wording of individual assignments.

We consider mathematical walks to be an innovative teaching method that effectively connects theoretical knowledge with its practical application in a real-world environment while also supporting active student learning.”

 

We are thankful for the engagement and are looking forward to continuing working together.

 

The package with the official partner school badge and the MCM measuring instruments is on its way and we are looking forward to receiving more applications from all over the world.

 

All further information on the partner school programme and the requirements for application can be found both in the article on the first MCM partner school and on the homepage of our MaSCE³ project.

New Partner School in Italy!

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We are very pleased to welcome l’Istituto Comprensivo n. 7 “Enzo Drago” in Messina as a new MathCityMap Partner School!

 

Teacher Virginia Ruggeri shares her experiences with MathCityMap:

“At our school, we have successfully developed and trialled various outdoor educational activities based on the MathCityMap platform, aimed at promoting active, hands-on and engaging mathematics learning through exploration of the local area and problem-solving in real-world contexts.

In particular, the following courses have been developed and already tested with students:

 

  • “Math in Action” – Code: 7931657
  • “Calcoli in villa” – Code: 3831314
  • “Matematica in Villa” – Code: 8931302

 

All the courses have been designed with the aim of bringing mathematics to life outdoors, encouraging problem-solving, collaboration and motivation among pupils. The activities have been enthusiastically embraced by pupils from both the school and the local school district.”

 

We are thrilled to welcome l’Istituto Comprensivo n. 7 “Enzo Drago” to the growing network of schools using MathCityMap and look forward to seeing many more exciting trails from Italy in the future!

 

The package with the official partner school badge and the MCM measuring instruments has already been delivered and we are looking forward to receiving more applications from all over the world.

 

All further information on the partner school programme and the requirements for application can be found both in the article on the first MCM partner school and on the homepage of our MaSCE³ project.

 

Peer review and creating a trail

With MathCityMap’s student accounts, you can let your students create their own outdoor activities. In addition to the classic math trail, this offers a unique opportunity to explore mathematical concepts. This step-by-step guide will show you how to improve your activities and combine them into a shared trail.

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Step 1 – Start the peer review

Once your learners have created their assignments in the web portal, you can start the peer review. This means the technical setup of the web portal, allowing your learners to write comments there.

To do this, click on the editing symbol next to your study group and activate peer review.

You can also set a start and end time via the review settings.

Step 2 – Organizing the peer review

Discuss with your learners which small groups will test which tasks. Your learners will then go outside again with their measuring tools.

In addition, they are supported by the Peer Review worksheet (see materials page) in the form of a checklist to give appropriate feedback.

Step 3 – Write comments and incorporate feedback

Once the tasks have been tested, the learners enter their feedback in the web portal.

You can also see your learners’ comments and intervene if necessary.

Then give your learners time to incorporate the class feedback and revise the tasks.

Step 4 – Create the trail

Once everyone has completed this process, you can compile a trail from your learners’ tasks.

This works via the normal trail field.

Student tasks are always displayed as pink pins.

Further Instructions