mgr Sylwia Jasiewicz – Maths teacher
Zespół Szkół – Gimnazjum
im. ks. dr. Stanisława Czartoryskiego
Maków Podhalański
ul. Wolności 53
Malopolska
Poland
Tel. 0-48-33-8773-890
e-mail: marsyl11@interia.pl
Four dimensions of citizenship in the
project
Pupils’ description of the projects
Pupils’ presentations
Pedagogical dimension
Outside the classroom
In the classroom
Each group worked
The pupils better understand their own
under the direction of
needs, dreams and their attitude to
the teachers. The
life. They also better understand their
groups were getting
own and the other people’s values of
information from
life. They are able to see the most
other people e. g. the
important things to do in their lives.
hygienist, the firemen,
Each group worked under the
the parents, the
direction of the teachers. The groups
citizens and from
were getting information from other
other pupils etc.
people e. g. the hygienist, the firemen,
the parents, the citizens and from
other pupils etc.
Social dimension
In the classroom
Cooperation between groups was going
well. There were pupils in each project
who were more or less conspicuous and
more or less involved in an action.
Involvement of the whole class was the
success of that project. The pupils were
very active while getting information
and materials connected with each
presentation.
The friendly atmosphere between the
pupils in the classroom was very helpful
in carrying the project out. It was very
noticeable during the presentations. In
that time each group had its own “Five
minutes” to show the project. The
listeners were very active, they were
asking the questions all the time. They
respected other classmates opinions.
Outside the classroom
Involvement of
pupils, teachers
and parents. They
survey among
pupils from the
whole school.
Political dimension
In the classroom
The sense of learning
surroundings and leading
the everyday life.
Popularizing the healthy
lifestyle and the knowledge
of the monuments and also
popularizing the new
technology. The knowledge
of the rights and duties
while working in the groups.
Using democratic values
such as choosing ideas and
the ways of presenting the
projects.
Outside the classroom
Promotions of cultural heritage
(symmetry in monuments).
Presentations of history,
discoveries and the people’s
achievements (clocks,
symmetries, buildings,
energy).
Value / Ethical dimension
In the classroom
Learning the team – work rules,
a sense of fair-play, honesty in
obtaining information,
scrupulous transferring the
data and the knowledge.
Accuracy of the prepared
tasks (albums, posters,
presentations) was also
significant for the project.
Honesty in presenting
the information collected
from other people. The tasks
were always done on time.
Outside the classroom
Honesty in presenting the
information collected from
other people. The tasks were
always done on time.
Pupils’ description of the school
projects made within
the project ACTIVE
The clocks
The symmetry in our surrounding
How to save energy?
The bedroom of teenager’s dream
Our task was to do the multimedia presentation and to do the special
clocks from different ages.
DIVIDING OF WORK
Our group of four persons was working for two months. The group
had a lot of meetings in which the pupils were preparing the spatial
clocks and the multimedia presentation. The work was divided between
four pupils, each of them had to do a part of the final project.
The work was divided as fallows: the sand-glass, the multimedia
presentation, the candle clock, the sun – dial
FINAL PRODUCTS
Our project called „The ways of measuring the time” taught us how
to work in groups and how to organize work. While we were engaged
upon the presentation we learnt a lot about the ways of measuring the
time and also about the clocks. The information we collected was from
the Internet, the teachers and the encyclopedic dictionaries.
Our group was given the task to present symmetry in our surrounding. We
were supposed to gather everything what is connected with symmetry.
We live in a society. The key to the success is then a good cooperation with
other members of the society. How is it possible that we avoided any quarrels despite
the differences between us? Maybe because we were flexible enough. It is impossible
to focus on all the ideas which appear so we had to decide which were the most
valuable. Good society is united despite the fact that it is created by people with
different beliefs, thoughts and values.
Cultural heritage (especially buildings) can be treated like a source of
symmetry. At the beginning of our project we were not fully conscious of it.
In our presentation we used a computer and much more traditional
instruments and tools, like: paper, pencil, scissors and felt – pens.
Economy is a word widely used nowadays but not everybody knows that its
rules can really lead the world. We discovered with pleasure after adding all costs of
the project that they are quite low. That is because we tried to use many things we
brought from our houses.
We also discovered that working can be really “profitable”, as our project
scored highly and in fact got the first place.
In our project we included a lot of information abort
energy saving, energy saving measures, future sources of getting
energy.
We pointed out that in every house we can save energy
by wise usage such facilities like TV set, computer, washing
machine, fridge, iron or hair – drier.
We presented the ways of planning a house and its
conveniences taking into consideration energy saving lamps and
their reasonable setting.
We carried out the survey amongst the students about
the devices at home which use the most and the least amount of
energy. Fortunately, we weren’t alone as our teachers helped us
a lot. Thanks to them we prepared an album and a slide show.
We hope that our work and its results will be of some help in the
future.
The topic was very pleasant to realise especially we created a very
good and cooperative team.
We even could manage without any help of our teachers.
First, we carried out the survey about popular decorations, furniture
and colours in students’ bedrooms. We were answered with full
descriptions what helped us with getting important and very
detailed information.
Thanks to the survey we could to make a three –
dimension model of the “ideal” teenager’s bedroom. Then we had
the most difficult part of the work – we counted the cost of the
project.
Unfortunately, we are not very good at maths so it took us
quite a long time. Finally, we put everything in a computer and we
worked out parts of our project graphically.
Each group worked under the direction of the
teachers who were specialized in different subjects:
• mgr Agnieszka Barzycka Maths
• mgr Katarzyna Biedrawa Art
• mgr Joanna Pasierbek Chemistry
• mgr inż. Roman Kisielewski Phisics
• mgr Agnieszka Frączek History
• Helena Kutek Crafts
• mgr Łucja Czarniak Biology
• mgr Danuta Pilsyk Maths & Computer Studies
The pupils’ projects and presentations:
The clocks
The highest buildings in Makow Podhalanski
The symmetry in our surrounding
The obesity
How to save energy?
The bedroom of teenager’s dream
The historical atlas
The multimedia
presentation:
„The clocks”
The presentation of an
album
„The highest buildings in
Makow Podhalanski”
The presentation of
project:
„The symmetry in our
surrounding”
In the background:
The multimedia
presentation
The
presentation of
the large –
scale
illustrations
and the
materials made
by the group
working with
symmetries.
The multimedia
presentation:
„The obesity ”
One of the
didactic
materials made
in the group
„Obesity”
The presentation
of an album
„How to save energy?”
The
presentation
of project:
„The bedroom of teenager’s dream”
The
presentation of
an album:
„The historical
atlas”
The conference
of the jury on
the projects
The
announcement of
the verdict
The jury has awarded the first prize for the group working
on the project „Symmetries”