At the mathematics workshops at UP PEF, we celebrated the International Day of Mathematics and the Number Pi.
The children got to know the number Pi with the help of music pipes, while moving, building towers, playing a board game, … we ended the meeting with the realization that the number Pi is almost magical and we had the pleasure of getting to know it and playing with it.
The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is a worldwide celebration. Each year on March 14 all countries will be invited to participate through activities for both students and the general public in schools, museums, libraries and other spaces. March 14 was chosen as the date for the IDM because it was already celebrated in many countries as Pi Day, based on the fact that some countries write it as 3/14 and the mathematical constant Pi is approximately 3.14. The International Day of Mathematics project is led by the International Mathematical Union with the support of numerous international and regional organizations from all over the world. It was proclamated by UNESCO on the 40th session of the General Conference, November 26, 2019. The first celebration was held on March 14, 2020.
This year, we will celebrate the International Day of Mathematics at Elementary School Sveti Matej, Viškovo. The celebration of the International Day of Mathematics was organized as part of the project SciMaG – Science&Math educational games from preschool to university, and the organizers and performers of the activity are Center of Technical Culture Rijeka, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Rijeka, Elementary School Sveti Matej Viškovo, Prva sušačka hrvatska gimnazija Rijeka.
The activities are:
Join the celebration of the International Day of Mathematics and publish your activities at https://www.idm314.org/. At the same address, you can see how IDM is celebrated in the world.
As a part of the manifestation “Dani e-učenja” which was held in Rijeka, Croatia on February 29th, 2024 we presented the SciMaG project and activities we are developing as a part of the project.
On the manifestation Rijeka tehnologije 2024, which was held from January 29th until February 2nd, 2024 we held Mathematical games and puzzles, game [ai] explore!, mathematical escape from virtual room Math escape, and our new game Race of the disobedient robots.
We are happy to announce our second project meeting and education titled Threshold concepts which will be held in Koper, Slovenia from the 5th to the 7th of February, 2024
On December 21st, 2023 we held the workshop Secrets of Cryptography for a group of gifted children in Elementary school “Milan Brozović” Kastav.
On December 19th, 2023 we held two workshops: for students of the Teacher Study and students of the undergraduate study Early and Preschool Education of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula.
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Rijeka organized the Evening of Mathematics on December 7th, 2023. Among other activities, a Math escape: mathematical escape from the virtual room and [ai] explore! games were held.
As a part of the SciMaG project, from November 13th until November 15th, 2023 first project meeting and education: Educational games and tools for creating games was held in Rijeka, Croatia. The lecturers were Bojan Crnković, Vedrana Mikulić Crnković, Ivona Traunkar (Faculty of Mathematics, University of Rijeka), Martina Holenko Dlab (Faculty of Informatics and Digital Technologies University of Rijeka) and Loris Rašpolić (Technical Culture Center Rijeka).
Conference presentation “Digital transformation of future educators teacher training” by Bojan Crnković, Vedrana Mikulić Crnković and Ivona Traunkar was presented at the CARNet user conference which was held from 8. – 10. 11. 2023.
