E.L.I.O.T._2nd group_ Learning Units 14 SCHOOL PARTNERS | Page 24

E.L.I.O.T. - ENHANCING LITERACY BASIC SKILLS AND FIGHTING DROPOUT WITH
CROSS-CURRICULAR THEATRICAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
ID Number: 2016-1-IT02-KA219-024165
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1 st hour: Revision of the definition and properties of proportions.
Introduction: The teacher asks, gets answers and discusses the basic theory
concerning Proportions, similarity of shapes, Thales’s theorem and its applications on
triangles
Development:
The students
 Have a short review of the theory concerned
 Draw triangles on the blackboard and apply Thales’s theorem on them
 talk about similar shapes they meet in their everyday life
 pin pictures of similar shapes and fractals on a board
 work on pc with Geogebra, making “experiments” with graphs of analogous
amounts – function f(x)=ax
Result: The students will be familiar with applying Thales’ s theorem and its applications
on triangles
Tools: Blackboard, PC, pictures.
Assess: The teacher first of all writes the key-words on the blackboard and dialogues
with the students. After that, they work with Geogebra program on pc. For homework,
the students prepare a Geogebra file with the graph of a formula from physics or math
referring to analogous amounts.
2 nd hour: Golden section and number Phi (Φ) in real life, architecture and in arts
Introduction: The teacher gives a revision of the terms Golden section, golden number
(Phi) and Golden Rectangles. Then he shows a picture of an ancient Greek statue, and
one of a Da Vinci’s portrait painting and discusses with the students why there is a
sense of “harmony, beauty and balance”
Development: The students
 search in internet for applications of Golden section’s proportion in nature,
architecture, paintings, sculpture, music
 pin pictures of their previous research on a board making a gallery (ex. Da Vinci’s
paintings as Mona Lisa, the Last supper, the Vitrouvian man, statues of famous
sculptures, for example Polyclitus’ s work)
 search for advertising logos that use the golden number Phi
Assess: The students try to sketch a human body following The Phi’s law (Golden
section’s proportions on human body) (as a homework)
3 rd and 4 th hour: Presenting the book “Who killed Mr X”, by Thodoris Andriopoulos