individual work office

1. 2o Geniko Lykeio Neas
Ionias Magnisias,
Volos, Greece
Motivation Rules Education
No.2020-1-PL01-KA229-081841
WORK OFFICE SELF LEARNING ACTIVITY
1. Math meets Ecology
Students work in the forest combining Math with Ecology
Objectives:
● Objectives:
- practise percentages
-recognize types of trees,
-recognise types of forest,
- detect human intervention in forests
● results (knowledge, skills, attitude):
-practise percentages,
-enhance their inquiry skills,
-encourage collaboration,
-encourage communication,
-promote creativity,
-bring forward the conceptual understanding of percentages in Mathematics and use
them to represent research data.
In this activity:
✔ students will study, which are the dominant trees that exist in the part of the forest we
chose to study. Identification of forest types is done as follows: If a certain tree
category dominates e.g. conifers, then we have coniferous forest and respectively, if
the dominant trees belong to two categories (e.g. conifers and broad-leaves), then the
forest under study is mixed. We name a mixed forest, eg a fir and beech forest (we
mention the tree species that is found in a higher percentage (%) in its area first.
✔ Students count the trees in their allocated sector one by one. We determine that a
trunk larger than 10cm is a tree; anything less is a bush and is not counted. When
students finish this task they return to the check point to sum the total number of trees
they counted. Then, they scatter again. They use visual prompts to identify the tree
types. Using chart 1 below,in teams, they register the types of trees found in the forest
area. Then they meet at the check point to combine their findings.
✔ When they have the total number of trees they find the percentage each tree type
covers in the designated forest area. Students calculate the percentage among trees.

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Volos, Greece
✔ Students scour their sectors in the designated forest area. They search for traces of
human intervention in the forest. They detect them, they record them, photograph
them or they collect and observe their characteristics.
SUBJECTS
● Math, Chemistry, Geography, Foreign Languages, Biology, Physics
21st CENTURY COMPETENCES
Collaboration X
Information, media and technology X
Communication X
Leadership & Responsibility
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving X
Initiative & Self-direction X
Creativity & Innovation X
Social & Cross-cultural
KEY COMPETENCES
Communicative, linguistic and audiovisual competence X

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Ionias Magnisias,
Volos, Greece
Digital competence X
Mathematical competence X
Social and civic competence
Interaction with the physical world competence X
Learning to learn competence X
Personal initiative and entrepreneurship competence
WORKING METHODS
observation, co-operative learning, experiencial learning, calculating, hands-on learning,
autonomous-student-based learning, making connections of knowledge and real life
situations, ICT, inquiry based learning
FORMS OF WORK
● Work in small groups of 4
CURRICULAR MATERIALS AND OTHER DIDACTIC RESOURCES
Visuals of trees: photos
Printed charts for students to record their findings
Google form to evaluate the activity in the end
ICT tools for students to present the findings of their research (powerpoint, google
slides, canva, prezi etc)

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Ionias Magnisias,
Volos, Greece
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