New Partner School in Austria!

We are delighted to welcome HTL Steyr as a new MathCityMap partner school! They started working with our platform last school year and have already created and tested two trails.

Trail 1: Steyr city center (“Styr Innenstadt” – Code 4822049)

The trail was created as part of math class by 11th grade students under the guidance of their teacher. It leads through the historic city center of Steyr and focuses on geometric and everyday questions in public spaces. Two groups of 9th grade students then tested the trail and it was revised based on their feedback.

Trail 2: Trail around HTR Steyr (“Trail um die HTR Steyr” – Code 3728627)

This trail leads around the HTL school building and is located in a traffic-calmed area. It includes tasks from different subject areas, some of them relate to the building structures and outdoor facilities of the school and its surroundings.

Teacher Anja Schneiderbauer reports on her students’ experiences:

“The project was received positively across the board—both by the younger test groups and by the older students who were involved in the creation of the trails. Particular emphasis was placed on the change from the usual lessons and the opportunity to see and apply mathematics in a practical context. My personal fear that it would be more suitable for younger students was completely unfounded. On the contrary, the older students were enthusiastic about being able to apply mathematics outdoors.” 

We look forward to many interesting tasks and trails in Steyr in the future!

The package with the official partner school badge and the MCM measuring instruments is already on the 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.