Take a geometric photo!

Hi everyone! J During this second entry, I will discuss a personal educational experience I lived through with geometry. I decided to write an entry about it because this experience was extremely interesting and it left me a positive mark. Moreover, I strongly believe that the activity I am going to talk about can be carried out with children from Primary School (especially those who are in the third cycle).

Thus, when I was in the first year of Secondary School, my Math teacher organized a competition in which we had to take a picture related to geometry. In this way, the students would realize the importance of geometry and how we can find geometric figures everywhere.

With regard to the results, some people took pictures of different traffic signs; others took photos of the wheels of the cars and others of coins. In my case, I took a picture of a mosaic which is located in Frigiliana. It was made in honour of the three main religions: Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. I decided to take this photo, because for me, it seemed interesting to show (apart from geometry) the need for different cultures to live together in harmony and tolerance. This mosaic shows a cross, a star and several moons, which are represented through geometric figures.

Personally, I think that this activity is very useful to boost children’s creativity and imagination. I consider that it motivates them, makes them analyse reality in a deeper way and look for geometry in daily life. Moreover, for this task it is necessary to use ICT resources, which is also appealing for them.

In conclusion, I totally recommend this task because I think that it is a good way to learn significantly at the same time that children have a good time.