Maths is a good way to overcome language barriers through its unique language of signs and symbols, which are known all over the world. The project is about exchanging materials about students themselves, their school, city and country. The materials will be presented in the language agreed with the partner school, which will develop students’ language competences. Then they will use the received information to make mathematical problems in form of crosswords, rebuses. They will compare the cost of living in the UK and Romania.

• Subjects: Art, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Citizenship, Cross Curricular, Design and Technology, Environmental Education, Foreign Languages, Geography, Health Studies, Home economics, Informatics / ICT, Mathematics / Geometry, Media Education, Music
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 10 - 14
• Tools to be used: e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings)
• Aims: To share information about our countries, our students life, our history of mathematics, to compare the cost of living in... read moreTo share information about our countries, our students life, our history of mathematics, to compare the cost of living in Romania and UK. hide
• Work process: Benefits for teachers: - improving their abilities to use ICT; learning about the ways of work with students in the educational... read moreBenefits for teachers: - improving their abilities to use ICT; learning about the ways of work with students in the educational system of the partner country; exchanging experience and materials with teachers from partner schools Benefits for schools: - enriching educational offer; enriching traditional methods of cooperation; putting into practice a new form of promoting your school The students share information in English and they’ll compare the cost of living in our countries using graphs in Excel. The teachers will design some kind of questionnaire which the pupils could fill out. hide
• Expected results: The students will make graphs and PowerPoint presentation about the cost of living in our countries. They will present information... read moreThe students will make graphs and PowerPoint presentation about the cost of living in our countries. They will present information about their life, their school, town, country in PowerPoint presentation. They will complete the questionnaire made by teachers hide

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