The "Power of Maths" project will be implemented by 5 primary schools in 5 different countries: in Portugal, Turkey, Lithuania, Italy and Poland. The project is aimed at students aged between 11 and 14 years, i.e. at fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in each partners schools. The main objective of the project is to interest students in mathematics and to motivate them to study this school subject, thus raising the results of external examinations in mathematics among students finishing education in all partner schools. The objectives of the project will be achieved by showing and making students aware of how mathematics is present and needed in their daily lives. Therefore, many related projects will be implemented, including mathematics in cuisine, art, music, architecture, geography and history. These projects will be implemented using modern multimedia programmes, such as: PowToon, LearningApps, Prezi, Kahoot, PowerPoint and Publisher. There will also be a number of activities on the eTwinning and Moodle platform, there will be created the project website and the social profile on Facebook. Actions and results during the project implementation are: - development of lesson scenarios using effective and activating teaching methods - creating games, quizzes, competitions that will be carried out during partner visits. - implementation of the 'Europe in numbers' project, which will present general information and figures on a given partner country before the visit. - implementation of educational projects: 1) Beautiful mathematics - symmetry and asymmetry in art, 2) There is no music without mathematics, 3) Mystery of the golden division, or divine proportion in geometry, aesthetics, architecture, nature, 4) Great mathematicians, 5) Mathematics on vacation, 6) Shapes in nature. - conducting four tests of mathematical competence and detailed analysis of their results and drawing conclusions - project anthem - project logo - glossary of concepts and mathematical theorems in English and the language of partner countries - Easter, Christmas and New Year cards with mathematical elements, - mathematical calendar - spatial structure of the building, characteristic for a partner country - newsletters, information leaflets, information boards, promoting project activities. - publishing a set of all the scenarios using modern teaching methods and making the project's results on the platform. Thanks to these activities, the level of mathematical, logical and abstract thinking will increase. Mathematical games and activities will allow students to play with maths and think positively about it, as well as eliminate students' stress and uncertainty regarding this subject. The project team working in each partner school will be coordinated by the Polish primary school in Piła through electronic communication and conference calls. As part of five international meetings, the project team will be able to exchange examples of good practice in teaching mathematics, it will have the opportunity to enrich not only mathematical but also cultural and social knowledge and raise the level of English language - the working language of the project.
The "Power of Maths" project was carried out by 5 primary schools in 5 different countries: Portugal, Turkey, Lithuania, Italy and Poland. The project has been directed for pupils aged 11 to 14, that is fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at each partner school. The main goal of the project was to interest students in mathematics and motivate them to learn this subject, and thus improve the results of external exams in mathematics among students of partner schools. We achieved our goals by showing and making students aware of how mathematics is present and needed in their daily lives. That is why we have completed many projects related to this task: mathematics in the kitchen, art, music, architecture, geography and history. These projects were implemented with the use of modern multimedia programs, such as: PowToon, LearningApps, Prezi, Kahoot, PowerPoint or Publisher. We also undertook a number of activities on the eTwinning and Moodle platforms and created a project website and a social profile on Facebook. The activities and results during the project implementation are: - developing lesson scenarios with the use of effective and activating teaching methods - creating games, quizzes, competitions that were carried out during partner visits. - implementation of the project "Europe in figures", in which we presented general information and figures about the partner country before the visit. - implementation of educational projects: 1) Beautiful mathematics - symmetry and asymmetry in art, 2) There is no music without mathematics, 3) The secret of the golden ratio, i.e. divinity proportions in geometry, aesthetics, architecture, nature., 4) Great mathematicians, 5) Mathematics on vacation, 6) Shapes in nature. - conducting four tests of mathematical competences, detailed analysis of their results and drawing conclusions - the anthem of the project - project logo - a glossary of mathematical concepts and theorems in English and the language of partner countries - Christmas and New Year cards with mathematical elements, - maths calendar - the spatial structure of the building, specific to a given partner country - newsletters, information leaflets, information boards promoting project activities. - publishing a publication containing a collection of all abstracts using modern teaching methods and making the results of the project available on the platform. These activities helped students raise their level of mathematical, logical and abstract thinking. Maths games and activities allowed students to play with and think positively about mathematics, and eliminated the stress and uncertainty of students with regard to the subject. The project team working in each partner school was coordinated by the Polish primary school in Piła via electronic communication. During four international meetings, including one online meeting, the project team had the opportunity to exchange examples of good practice in teaching mathematics and enrich not only mathematical knowledge, but also cultural and social ones, and raise the level of the English language. All jointly developed methods and interesting ideas were, if possible, disseminated more widely to the entire local community, so that teachers from other schools could use them in own work. We evaluated all project activities, in which we determined the increase in knowledge of project participants, the increase in teachers' competences, and work progress in project, quality of organized partner meetings, commitment of all participants, quality of products and effective communication.