MATH WEEK Celebration

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE EAST MATH CeWleEbErKation 19th July - 23rd July 2021

Message Welcome to a new school year, Students! We look forward to serving you and making sure you have an enjoyable and successful year. Make this year incredible! We advise our young learners to get involved in as many workshops and extra-curricular activities as possible, to get involved with schoolmates, get motivated so that everyone feels connected to the school. In the process, all of you will gain the school experience, partially. There will be a tremendous amount of opportunities in the next few years. We encourage you to motivate yourself, to be as involved as possible. We hope everyone will have a fantastic four-day Math week. Please don't forget to note down some observations puzzles. Principal Ms. Manila Carvalho

Message Here’s to a great start to the year to all students and teachers with our first online celebration! And I will promise that it will continue in next future months of your school year. It really made the week special and helped provide a big morale boost for the students. This made our students and teachers come closer through online mode. It always amazes me how talented they are and the quality of the performance they always seem to provide the community no matter the odds. I hope that this school year provides you the opportunity to excel, so teaches you how to persevere and the opportunity to shine, so you know how to feel proud. Make it your best year yet! My best wishes to everyone for a forth coming school year! Remember…”The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.” Vice Principal Ms. Priti SSoota

PREFACE With an initiative to honour all the mathematicians, who have made remarkable contributions in different branches of Mathematics and to appreciate its beauty, which expresses everywhere in almost every facet of life - in nature and all around us, Delhi Public School Bangalore EAST celebrated Math week from 19th July to 23rd July 2021 for classes I to XII. Significance of Math Week The main objective behind the celebration was to raise awareness about the importance of mathematics and to encourage young learners to get involved through plethora of activities. This inculcated a positive attitude towards learning thereby enhancing their interest, enthusiasm, reasoning and creative thinking skills. In this week, students were trained through fun filled activities that highlights the development and dissemination of teaching-learning materials (TLM) for Mathematics and research in related areas.

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GRADE 1

With a little creativity we can make math lots of fun! Activities not only encourage the tender minds to think but also boost the confidence of the young learners. It acts as a stimulating factor to nurture various cognitive skills. With an aim to create an interactive and interesting learning of mathematics, a virtual math activity week ‘Fun-Fiesta’ (based on handling data) was organized for students of Grade I. It was a concept based, fun-filled and inspiring activity where students expressed their passion towards math. They were very excited when the Data Handling activity was presented to them in the form of vibrant picture. They were very keen to give the answers through polling and were eagerly waiting for the next questions. During the activity our children had fun learning which energized them and kept their spirits high. To make it more interesting, students were asked to draw their favourite pet animal. Enthusiastic students were bubbling with energy to reveal their creations. Activities were immensely enjoyable and concluded with unforgettable memories and enriching experiences. Not only were the activities profoundly educative, they were also fun to observe and learn from. AdFrom Teachers of Grade 1





GRADE 2

An activity based on finding the sum total value of geometrical shapes was conducted where they solved the numerical representation of shapes by using addition skills. Students also participated in the scenery making activity where they explored their creative minds to portray a scenery by using geometrical shapes. The activity was aimed at enabling the students to enhance their cognitive, reasoning and thinking skills. Students showcased their talent and creative ideas in various innovative ways. The students completed their activity extremely well with great motivation. The happiness and excitement shown by the children while participating in the activities was the best reward for their teacher. Overall, it was a fun filled learning experience for the students From Teachers of Grade 2





GRADE 3

The week started with a Math Assembly, wherein the interesting facts about Mathematics and its role in our daily life were discussed. Children enthusiastically participated, giving their own observations. Some of the outstanding innovations by Indian Mathematicians from ancient to modern times were spoken about as well. An interactive brainstorming session of puzzles and riddles, “MAGIC MATH” was conducted through Entrar platform, where students were seen challenging themselves, having fun learning the trivia associated. Our kids were seen to be taking to those amusing Math concepts. Apart from this, to boost their creativity, an offline activity was given to make a Rangoli Design using only 2D shapes. The kids enjoyed the offline creative activity, with quite a lot of inspiring and fun designs being submitted. All in all, it was a joyful week of teaching and learning for both teachers as well as students. The event was a huge success in generating curiosity among the students about the exciting world, that is Mathematics. This will pave the path for similar events in our school in the coming years. From Teachers of Grade 3





GRADE 4

During the Mathematics week celebration, Math assembly and many creative activities were organized with an aim to sharpen the ability of children about learning different aspects of it and to apply math in everyday life. Our students were very excited and participated enthusiastically in the assembly. They were indulged into unique fun filled online activities like scrabble, puzzle, brain teaser and many more. The joy of this virtual celebration was reflecting on their happy smiles. Offline activity was also given to the children as a part of Mathematics week celebration to develop self-skill for problem solving and for their own spatial awareness. It gives us immense pleasure to see that such engaging and gratifying activities often act as a catalyst for students to explore their interests along with creating priceless moments to cherish. From Teachers of Grade 4





GRADE 5

In grade 5, two activities were conducted and a video related to the applications of Mathematics in the universe was shown A quiz was conducted using Kahoot app in which students were asked to answer 10 questions that were based on general IQ. Each question had to be answered in specific time and the students who answered in less time, their names were shown on the scoreboard. It was full of fun and the students thoroughly it. The students excitedly took part in the activities. They enjoyed playing quiz containing interesting questions and were eager to know the answers and logic behind them. Many students tried to answer quickly so that they can see their names on the score board. The second activity was to make a tangram, in which students had to explore their imagination and form various shapes using the given seven flat polygons. They used different 2 -D shapes like triangle, square, parallelogram, and formed house, bird, airplane, Christmas tree, cat and many more. Students uploaded their work on Padlet provided by the teacher. Children were thrilled to make a tangram and they came up with different shapes. The happiness and excitement shown by the children while participating in these activities was the best reward for the teachers. From Teachers of Grade 5





GRADE 6

The week started with a video presentation of connecting mathematics and its applications in real life situation and at work place. Mathematical concepts are used in games like Rubrics cube, chess, for making animation movies and also in medical field. Students played fun filled activity Kahoot quiz conducted by the math teacher. Questions related to puzzles, patterns and so on, which challenged their reasoning and creative thinking skills. They were very much excited while playing the quiz. Students participated in making of figures using tangram. Tangrams can teach kids about spatial relationships. They may help kids learn geometric terms, and develop stronger problem-solving abilities. They might even help children perform better on tests of basic arithmetic. Students created a lot of shapes using the tangram pieces. Students also presented the life and work of various famous Indian mathematicians, Ramanujan and Aryabhata to name a few, highlighting their invaluable contribution to the fields of mathematics. The purpose of the Math Week was to teach the students about basic mathematics in a simple and playful manner. All the activities were thoroughly enjoyed by the students. The event was successful in intriguing about the exciting world, that is Mathematics. From Teachers of Grade 6



GRADE 7

A fun quiz on the theme of Mathematics was conducted. Students were so excited to play the Kahoot quiz and Tangram activity was conducted to show their creativity by creating seven flat polygons, which are put together to form different shapes. Mathematics is an important lesson for school students. However, mathematics is usually identified as difficult, unenjoyable and boring. School celebrated Math week to motivate the students that mathematics can be fun and it is already there all around us. A video has been shown in the class to show the importance of mathematics. To know the importance of Mathematics in science and technology, how mathematics is essential to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, how it helps in understanding and controlling the spread of epidemics, how it helps to understand the risks of natural hazards and prepare in advance to reduce disaster risk. From Teachers of Grade 7



GRADE 8

Each class was divided into groups of 5 students. Each student was asked to choose any topic on Mathematics and was guided to explore independently. The students coordinated well with their group members, compiled their learnings and created Math Brochures. The topics they researched on varied from architectural monuments, various Math theorems, renowned mathematicians to amusing riddles and puzzles. They also imbibed math concepts, theories and application of Math to real life. Not only the brochures were displayed but were presented wonderfully by the students. Children also had a fun time participating in the fast paced Kahoot quiz. Overall it was an enriching and rewarding experience. The Math week was an experience which took them beyond the classroom and encouraged them to imagine, explore and create. Throughout the week the children were engaged and participated enthusiastically and whole heartedly. From Teachers of Grade 8



GRADE 9

Creating Math newsletters Each section of class IX was divided into groups of five students . Each group created one newsletter with 5 pages so that each student was g given an opportunity to create a page. Children beautifully coordinated with their group members and one from each group took responsibility to compile the work and displayed it brilliantly in PDF form. Newsletters included a variety of contents like “History of Mathematics”, “Fun with Math”, “Tricks and Challenges”, “Know about a mathematician”, etc,. These newsletters were displayed in the class and the contents were discussed. Students were given a chance to speak on the page created by them. It was actually a fruitful knowledge sharing activity. Math Quiz A PPT was presented to the children with a set of mathematical and logical questions. Children answered enthusiastically through polling. We also had interactive discussions for some tricky questions. The Math week gave students a wonderful experience of team work, displaying their innovative ideas and brain power. From Teachers of Grade 9



GRADE 10

WorkShop Grades X - XII Workshop/Seminar Title: concept of pi Resource Person: Dr Diwakaran PROFILE OF THE RESOURCE PERSON: He has done his PhD in philosophy and mathematics from Indian institute of science. Currently, he is a professor in Azim Premji University. The virtual session commenced with a brief introduction of Dr Diwakaran by Swapna Aggarwal. Firstly, Dr Diwakaran threw a question to students to have an open discussion on, ‘what do you know about The enthusiastic students started to share their knowledge and definition of .Various questions come in our mind regarding the concept of like, How did people discover’ this? and how can we convince ourselves about it ? To throw more light on this concept, he started with an experiment by drawing a circle using a compass. He explained that if we take one piece of string and place it on top of the circle, exactly once around. Then straighten out the string; its length will be the circumference of the circle. We can measure the circumference with a ruler/vernier calliper. If we divide the circumference of the circle by the diameter, we will get a approximately 3.14—no matter what size circle we drew! He further supplemented the inquisitiveness of the learners by introducing Archimedes’ method using Geo-Gebra to get value of pi more precisely. Our students were patiently listening and learning the concept. Consistently, chat box was flooded with so many responses and queries of spontaneous learners. The whole workshop was enriching and interesting. Open discussion amongst students and resource person was very fruitful and resulted in depth knowledge of the concept. From Teachers of Grade 10,11 ,12

GRADE 11 & 12

. All the teachers of Mathematics department, would like to thank the Management, Principal Ms. Manila Carvalho, and Vice-Principal Ms. Preeti Ssoota for extending their support and encouragement. We acknowledge all the delegates and the support team who have worked hard to make this event a truly successful one. Heartfelt thanks to Senior mistresses, Coordinators, Teachers, and students. Sincerely Mathematics Team Delhi Public School Bangalore East