It’s Pi Day!丨在曼校,原来数学还可以这么玩儿……
2021-03-19 18:47:00



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As Pi Day (3.14) was on a Sunday this year, MIS Pi Day took place on Tuesday 16th March. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.  



Pi Day is an annual opportunity for MIS to hold some fun activities to inspire students to fall in love with maths. MIS takes every opportunity for learning in unique ways and Pi Day was one of those ‘outside the classroom’ moments. 



π/Maths T-shirts

把数学穿在身上!


Maths t-shirts were worn with pride, with lots of football, basketball and hockey shirts visible as well as some very creative home-made entries from Year 6 (and π featuring heavily among staff)! 





Maths is Marvellous!

数学真奇妙!


Juniors were able to take their Maths learning to a new level. The whole afternoon was timetabled to provide Maths related activities. 



Each stage of Juniors competed in their clan groups and worked hard on games, puzzles and challenges to earn points for their clan. 



Everyone competed in the Clan Maths Trail, where they had to use measuring, estimating, calculating and counting to answer questions around the school. Following this there was a rotation of activities including, in EYFS Memory Match, Domino Trail, Hand measuring, Number Skittles, Race to infinity and Octon building. 



In Years 3 and 4 students had the chance to use Marshmallows to make 3D shapes; Colour by Calculation; make a Tables Scroll, Number Skittles and Race to infinity. 



Meanwhile in Years 5 and 6 students played Mathopoly, turned detective to solve Murder in the Library, investigated Möbius strips and completed challenges in the Lego room. 




Memorising Pi

最强大脑!


Though Pi π is never-ending and never-repeating, in practice one doesn't actually need many of its digits.  Memorising Pi is not only just for fun, but it also helps children improve their maths. Research has shown that people who have good maths ability have greater memory abilities.  



All Seniors were invited to participate in the memorising event.  After many students attempted to outdo each other, Year 7 Jacques took the prize by managing to recall 189 digits! Congratulations! 



After the points were added up for all the activities it was announced at assembly that, with a whopping 6583 points, Edinburgh were the winners of this year’s event. 



These activities demonstrate that being challenged to solve problems in maths can be fun and rewarding and it is the journey that counts, not the destination. 



Fun Interaction:

趣味互动:


How many decimal places of Pi can you memorise?  

Do you know which number is in the red square?


由于今天的π日(3月14日)在上周日,曼校于是决定推迟到本周二举行数学日活动。π是数学中用来表示常数的符号,该常数是圆的周长与其直径之比,大约为3.14159。



π日是曼校一年一度的数学节,是举办各类和数学有关的有趣活动的最佳时机,我们希望通过这些数学游戏,激发学生们爱上数学。曼校总是能够抓住一切契机,为学生提供独特的学习体验,而数学日就是“课堂外”的学习场景之一。



π/Maths T-shirts

把数学穿在身上!


数学日上,学生们纷纷响应号召,穿起了带有数字的T恤,足球衫、篮球衫、曲棍球衫……各种印有数字的衣服出现在课堂上。甚至六年级的同学还自制了一些创意服饰,其中π的字样在老师的着装中特别受欢迎。





Maths is Marvellous!

数学真奇妙!


小学部门设置了丰富多彩的一整个下午的数学活动,相信他们可以把数学学习提升一个台阶。



小学不同关键阶段的学生们按部落分组,在游戏、奥数和各类挑战项目汇总奋力为自己的部落赢取得分。



每个人都参与其中,他们必须使用测量、估算、计算、计数等数学技巧来回答那些学校环境中的数学问题。此外,他们还轮流进行了一些数学活动,如记忆力比拼、多米诺步道、手动测量、数字游乐、数学竞速和建筑搭建等。



在三年级和四年级,学生有机会用花糖制作3D建筑;通过计算绘制颜色;做滚动表格、数字游乐和数学竞速。



而五年级和六年级的学生则在扮演Mathopoly,化身为侦探在图书馆调查谋杀案,研究莫比乌斯带,并在乐高游戏室完成种种挑战。




Memorising Pi

最强大脑!


π是无限不循环的一个数值,不过实际上我们并不需要利用它小数点后的很多位。但,记忆π不仅仅是为了娱乐,它还能帮助孩子提高数学水平。研究表明,良好的数学能力与记忆力正相关。



所有中学学生被邀请参加π的记忆力挑战大赛。经过无数学生你追我赶之后,七年级的Jacques以记诵小数点后189位的成绩赢得了比赛。恭喜!



所有部落的积分加总后,在集会时公布了最终的成绩,“爱丁堡”部落以6583分的高分赢得了本届赛事的冠军。



数学日的活动设置,都指向利用数学解决问题和挑战,这其中的乐趣和给学生带来的价值感是曼校最为看重的:我们需要“用数学解决问题”的过程,而非将“学会数学”作为终点。



Fun Interaction:

趣味互动:


你能记住π的小数点后多少位?

你知道红框中的数字是多少吗?





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