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Here we start collecting and listing ideas for motivating activities e.g.  for lessons in which another teacher has to be replaced or for afternoon clubs or .... These materials can be used beyound  the curriculum and beyond topics that are taught actually in maths, art, technology, computer science  or other subjects.

The following examples are related to seasons or actual dates and events. Most of these ideas have been just tried out by partners in this project.

We would like to encourage all to find from time to time an extra hour to do some motivating stuff with GeoGebra - perhaps at home, too.

 

Activities that had been just realised (in the light of recent events): 

• Flower ISSUU BOOK (IT)
• ​Tribute to Steven Hawking (+ 14th march 2018) : Learning unit "spirals" (IT, RO, GER)
• PI-Day 3-14: see work GeoGebra Book (RO, GER)
• Easter period: Egg art - using the GeoGebra "egg tool" to create egg art - done in a recent project (FR, LV, SP, GER)
• Flower Power in spring  - using Geogebra "flower tool" to create "flower paintings" 
• Wishcards for Christmas and the New Year - some examples
• World football championship 2018:modeling flags: worksheet (GER) and results in a Geogebra Book (RO, GER, FR) 
• World football championship 2018: modeling lines and curves of e.g. stadions, landscape in Russia (see example from 2014 (GER)
  traditional Latvian ornaments

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• Model, simulation of real life -> see pages with a lot of ideas (DE,  CZ, FR, LV, RO, SP, Canary Islands)
• Collection of leaves of tree with the use of Bezier tool 

construction by Fynn (GER)

• Caleidoscopes (GER)
• Essay Maths through Arts (RO&GER) - Work presented at the International Contest "Symbols in the Universe of Knowledge" - May 2018, appreciated with Honorable Mention.

​More ideas:

• Model of a fidget spinner - see the video from Nanna Filt Christensen 
• perspective drawing by hand in art lessons can inspire to do the same in math lessons
• Classroom decoration with pictures and rotation - see idea from Jenny Silverman
• Old mechanical linkages - see ideas by google search
• Inspirational are the videos:  "Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant "- Part 1 of 3-  Part 2 of 3- Part 3 of 3- by Vi Hart:Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3,Part 3 of 3
• Constructing ancient symbols or elements of decorationMay-be a trip to one of these countries can be a reason for having an extra-hour with GeoGebra. The links lead to examples foun by google search. E.g. 
  • Romanian jewellery
  • ancient symbols of Latvia 
  • pattern of old tiles in Germany
  • old Italian tiles
  • antique German jewellery
  • antique arabic tiles and mosaics in Spain.

​GeoGebra 3D? 

We will think about using GeoGebra 3D (or Desmos) and its impact to math, art, technology - next schoolyear.