Over the last five weeks, mathematicians in Alveare have been inquiring into the concept of time. the big question that we have been exploring is
"How do people use time to organise their environment?"
Our mathematicians were first asked a series of questions on telling the time and then designed a timetable for their perfect day, to find out what they already knew.
Our workshops were then planned based on a short toolbox on skills used to measure and tell the time, as well as a broader inquiry focus. Students learnt about the cycle of a 24 hour day; the connections between seconds, minutes and hours; how the world is split into different time zones; how we divide our days into am and pm and the differnet inventions used to measure time.
This week for our final workshop all mathematicians were given a task to demonstrate their understanding:
Design and build a model showing your understanding of time. They were asked to demonstrate their understanding of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc. or they create a whole new way of orgainising and measuring time.
Below are some examples. Enjoy!
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| Saskia's model of a sundial |
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| Mia showed her understanding by calculating how many hours are in 25 years. |
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| From design to 3D model |
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| Edie and partner building a model of a clock out of planks |
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| Noah using planks to represent the days in a year |
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| Seb and Tom using lego to represent the days of a week |
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| Giving each other some feedback on their designs |
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| Olivia using planks to build the outside of a clock. |
