Geometrical figures with the body!

Hi everyone! J Today I am going to talk about an activity we have done last year here in the university. This activity was carried out in the subject of Didactics in Physical Education, which shows that geometry can be an interdisciplinary subject.

In the task, two groups are formed. Therefore, these teams will be composed of 12 students more or less. All the members of the groups will cooperate between them and work together to reach a common aim. Thus, the cooperative methodology will be used.

In the activity, the teacher will say out loud the name of a geometrical figure or an object with the shape of a geometrical figure and each group will have to represent this figure with their bodies. For example, if we tell children to represent the traffic sign which means “forbidden”, they have to represent a circle and a rectangle inside.

It is clear that this task activates students’ motivation because they work together, move and check how geometry is present in daily life. Moreover, they use their body expression so it is related with Physical Education (interdisciplinary). As I really liked doing this activity, I take for granted that the students will love it too. So try it!