MathCityMap goes to South Africa
This week, we had the opportunity to present MathCityMap at a teacher training at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa. Matthias Ludwig followed the invitation of Prof. Dr. Marc Schäfer (chair of […]
[Read the article]MathCityMap at the ICTMT 13 in Lyon
The MathCityMap project was presented at the ICTMT conference in Lyon (3 – 6 July 2017) by Iwan Gurjanow. The focus of the performance was on the MCM app and […]
[Read the article]Task of the Week: Flower Box
The present Task of the Week is about polygons and geometrical figures. In particular, the prism with a hexagonal base surface plays a role. The task can be found in […]
[Read the article]Task of the Week: Red or Green?
The present Task of the Week leads to Münster and contains a question from the probability calculation. Task: Red or Green? (Task number: 428) The city of Münster is trying […]
[Read the article]Task of the Week: Stone
This week’s Task of the Week addresses, in particular, the modeling competence of the students. It is a question of approximating the weight of a stone as closely as possible […]
[Read the article]MCM Trails in Kappeln
At the invitation of Stiftung Rechnen and EuroScience, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig spent two days in Kappeln in Schleswig-Holstein at the Baltic Sea to create MCM Mathtrails for a […]
[Read the article]Task of the Week: Alte Münz
In the present Task of the Week, the Roman numerals are looked at more closely, a spelling for the natural numbers which arose in Roman antiquity. Particularly on old buildings, […]
[Read the article]Task of the Week: Number of Windows
While during the past few weeks we often presented tasks which can be solved from secondary level, the present Task of the Week shows that the MathCityMap project can already be […]
[Read the article]Task of the Week: Pavilion
The present task of the week is about a geometric question. It involves the area calculation of the roof surface of the illustrated pavilion. Task: Pavilion (task number: 665) Determine the […]
[Read the article]MCM at WDR
After our presentation in Münster at the beginning of the week, the WDR created a short video about our MCM app. A student tested the trail in Münster and did quite well. […]
[Read the article]