MODEL WORKSHOP

I have been looking for different way of teaching geometry in primary education classes and i have discovered a very interesting way of doing that. As you can see in the following video students have created a scale model using geometric shapes.

From my point of view it is a very useful project to work in class due to all the benefits it has, for example it works with their creativity and it could be used working by group. If we continue thinking  how to improve the contents of this activity, for example we can do it using recyclable materia, among other things. Even more, I reckon that it could be adapted in each level, increasing or decreasing their difficulty and the contents.

For example, if we are in the first years of primary education we can use this type of project to let them know de different geometrical shapes. However, if they are student of the higher levels of primary education we can let them to apply measures, to observe perspectives and to make the activity more complex.

For those reason I think it is a very interesting way of introduce student to the geometrical world around us, letting them to be aware about the importance and the functional purpose of the subject.