Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2025 Newsletter
Math with Fun eTwinning Project by Anamaria Corina Golumbeanu
“ Math with Fun” is an eTwinning project( https:// schooleducation. ec. europa. eu / en / etwinning / proj ects / math-fun-9 / twinspace) initiated by me and Hilal Bozern, Özel Dünya Koleji, Türkiye, with partners from Greece, Italy, Spain and Türkiye. Students from the secondary school cycle( 12-15 years old) participated in this project.
This project aimed at integrated activities with subjects from Art, Astronomy, Design and Technology, Environmental Education, Computer Science / ICT and Mathematics. The goal was to develop key competences with a focus on cultural awareness and expression, digital competences, mathematics and sciences, personal and social development and learning how to learn. In this project, we aimed to make mathematics fun for students. Thus, we aimed to:- understand the basic concepts of mathematics;- learn to use web 2.0 tools;- develop critical thinking and creativity;- work in interdisciplinary teams;- develop teamwork skills.
The project was carried out in a public TwinSpace with a public e-book as the final product. We cooperated on WhatsApp. We shared our activities on the
school blogs. Our final e-book can be used as a resource in lessons.
The first activity in the project was About us. In this activity, the students got used to the Padlet application, on which each of them briefly introduced themselves. It was a first activity that united students with each other. In this activity, I gave them full rights and my trust in their work.
The second activity was Space and Climate Change. In this activity, students learned about the connection between astronomy and the study of climate change, about the role of artificial satellites in monitoring the Earth. Then, students were guided to create posters and work collaboratively in a presentation in Canva. Students worked together in this way, respecting each other.
The third activity was dedicated to the celebration of International Mathematics Week. Aspects from this activity were shared on the eTwinning TwinBoard. On this occasion, students discovered the basics of numeracy through a game. Through this game,“ Exploding Dots”, students can deepen the various basics of numeracy in a fun and practical way.
An activity dedicated to the European Coding Week followed. In this activity, students used free coding applications with Scratch blocks. The elements of elementary geometry were applied in the creation of snowflakes through intuitive programming elements. The activity was motivated by obtaining a diploma at the
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