POST 10: JUMPING GEOMETRY
Hello!
Today I come with an exercise to work geometry outdoors, while having fun!
Yes, we can learn geometry while we jump and yes, we can also have fun.
To prepare the activity, we have to create a circuit in the floor, all with geometrical figures. Here is a photo where you can see an example:
Students can be the ones who draw the figures. If these figures are in different colors, it's more difficult because the students can't associate the figure with a concrete color. The more figures in the floor, the longer will be the activity.
All geometrical figures can be drawn: triangles, circles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons... but we can also draw 3D figures as spheres, cubes, tetrahedroms, cones...
Once the figures are drawn, several games can be proposed:
- All the students are in the same side of the circuit and they have to arrive to the other side jumping in the figure the teacher says.
- They have to jump all over the circuit and they have to change every time the teacher says a different figure.
- Each student have to pass for a specific figure, which will be different for each one.
- The student have to jump where he wants and he has to say out loud the name of the figure he jump into.
This is a very good way to motivate the students, to learn geometry in an active way and to make students have fun at the same time. There are only benefits!
Today I come with an exercise to work geometry outdoors, while having fun!
Yes, we can learn geometry while we jump and yes, we can also have fun.
To prepare the activity, we have to create a circuit in the floor, all with geometrical figures. Here is a photo where you can see an example:
Students can be the ones who draw the figures. If these figures are in different colors, it's more difficult because the students can't associate the figure with a concrete color. The more figures in the floor, the longer will be the activity.
All geometrical figures can be drawn: triangles, circles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons... but we can also draw 3D figures as spheres, cubes, tetrahedroms, cones...
Once the figures are drawn, several games can be proposed:
- All the students are in the same side of the circuit and they have to arrive to the other side jumping in the figure the teacher says.
- They have to jump all over the circuit and they have to change every time the teacher says a different figure.
- Each student have to pass for a specific figure, which will be different for each one.
- The student have to jump where he wants and he has to say out loud the name of the figure he jump into.
This is a very good way to motivate the students, to learn geometry in an active way and to make students have fun at the same time. There are only benefits!