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 Most links are examples taken from our textbooks. In order to view them, you have to download the software Acrobat Reader (help). The workbooks Discoveries deal with intriguing topics in mathematics and are based on knowledge in mathematics already acquired in elementary school. The workbooks aim at making students fond of mathematics by creating unusual and surprising encounters with it. Daily objects that every child has, such as Dominoes, dice and matches are used as a basis for exploration and discovery of beautiful and exciting mathematical topics. Each workbook presents several topics through an exciting experience that stimulates the students' imagination. In one workbook the students have to discover the magic secret of the die and use it for exploring various towers. In another, they meet creatures that enter into caves and turn into different creatures. In a third workbook they discover a surprising rule that holds in a calendar, etc. In the process of exploring the various mathematical topics, the students themselves have to come up with the strategy of solution. The activities integrate a variety of topics and lead to exploring mathematical concepts in ways different from the usual, routine ways. The activities encourage students to discover rules that apply to different phenomena and to explain their origin. The Discoveries workbooks contain two types of activities: activities for acquiring more profound knowledge, and enriching activities. The profound activities, as their name suggests, deal more profoundly with the topics learned at school; the enriching activities present new contents not included in the school curriculum. The workbooks are intended for group activity, so the students can work with them on their own, without the interference of a teacher, and only at pre-defined points in time does a teacher-student session take place. These topics can also be learned from a distant, through the Internet. |
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