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Learning through Puzzles

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 Hello again! Today I want to show you how something that even adults get to enjoy, since many of them are now addicted to do as many as possible and that’s is: the Escape Rooms. With the bonus that it is completely free to implement in classes and I want to show you that, even though link it to geometry seems impossible, I am glad to make you see how wrong you are.  Let's take a look at the following video to understand better which appreach we are going to have towards this tool that we are talking about today: Imagine this: your classroom turns into a mysterious world filled with clues, locked boxes, secret codes, and... geometry! W here students solve puzzles based on angles, shapes, and spatial reasoning to ‘‘escape’’ the room. It is not just a game, it is meaningful and they learn by doing.  Geometry can be very abstract for young learners. But when you transform a math lesson into a game, a story-based challenge, the concepts become more  visual, tactile and m...

When Poetry Meets Geometry

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 Hello and welcome back! Today we have a topic for those that say that mathematics are not their thing. For those that prefer language over mathematics. Well I am afraid to see that you are not able to scape for them, no matter how much you try.  And that is because we can find them, and more specifically in this case, geometry even in poems. If poetry is the art of bending words, then geometry is the poetry of bending lines. At first glance, they might seem like distant cousins who only meet at family reunions, but let’s dig deeper and change that view of them. Sonnets:  A 14-Line Polygon First, let’s take a look at this poem written by Francisco de Quevedo that was recopilated in ‘El Parnaso español’ in 1648 (p. 435): Es hielo abrasador, es fuego helado, es herida que duele y no se siente, es un soñado bien, un mal presente, es un breve descanso muy cansado. Es un descuido que nos da cuidado, un cobarde, con nombre de valiente, un andar solitario entre la gente, un amar...

Get to know me!!

 Hello everyone! Welcome to G30M37R14, the blog where I will be sharing with all of you interesting facts related to arithmetic that catch my attention. If I had to sum up this blog in one word, I would choose ORIGINALITY .   "Why?" you may be wondering. Well, for a simple reason—I will try to cover as many areas as possible to make it as diverse as I can, ensuring that there is information to spark everyone’s curiosity.   In case you don’t know me, let me introduce myself. My name is Eva , and every week I will be here with you for each new post, learning together. I am currently in my third year of a Bilingual Primary Education and English Studies Double Degree. Now that I’m in my third year, I can confidently say that, even though the schedule is not the most convenient—since it means attending university both in the morning and afternoon—I love what I’m studying. I am very happy with my decision, even if that means staying at university from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., walking ...