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Barcelona's Big Church
These 11 short sequences, shot in and around Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, each display a different aspect of mathematics for pupils to explore, investigate and discuss.
Each sequence poses a question intended to stimulate mathematical discussion rather than to elicit a correct answer to a computation.
The programme is intended to be used in sections, stopping and replaying the video to analyse the information.
It can be shown to pupils on a whiteboard where the pictures can be annotated, or worked on by pupils individually, or in groups on PCs or laptops.
The mathematical content rewards repeated viewing and provides a rich source of mathematical imagery.
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Facebookjkent07 on 04 December 2007
Thought i'd put a timeline in there --- 1:30 Timeline (8 towers built, 10 to go, took 125 years!) --- 2:45 tou ...
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- Published: 30 August 2007
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DCSF: Standards Site: About Secondary The secondary national strategy for school improvement
ATM: Improving Learning in Mathematics Enthusiastic ATM review of the new Improving Learning of Mathematics pack from the DCSF
Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia More information on Barcelona's big church, La Sagrada Familia
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Contents4 December 2007 - 21:49Thought i'd put a timeline in there
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1:30 Timeline (8 towers built, 10 to go, took 125 years!)
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2:45 tour (45m, 90m, 60m high, 45000 people, 120x90m site, tallest tower 170m, how does it compare?)
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3:45 models (original plans burnt, column every 2 weeks, 1:25 scale, then scale 1:1 to do moulds, 7cm snail on model, Sanctus 4cm wide - how wide each letter).
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5:30 columns (49.8m high, diam 1.4m, 2 squares --> 2sq+ 2 pentagons --> circle, how pentagon --> hexagon column)
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6:42 lift (how fast is lift travelling? but no scale, changing timescale!)
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7:20 hyperboloids (roof - circle and straight lines - construct using straight lines)
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8:20 3d to 2d (3d modelling software, introduce equations to computer to design columns, but 2d drawings to workers, reference origin, how identify vertical plane locations?)
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10:00 helix (how high staircase, and how long if pulled out)
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10:25 puzzle (relationship between numbers in number square (1,14,14,4,11,7,6,9,8,10,10,5,13,2,3,15)
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10:45 proportions (45m wide, 90m long, what other proportions are used in architecture/building?)
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12:00 Shapes (describe following shapes)
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13:05 and finally (gaudi used geometry, geometry is in maths, used everyday)
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Re : Supporting information13 December 2007 - 11:30If you look in the 'Resources' section of each of our World of Maths Programmes, you'll find 'Information for Teachers' with just the kind of annotated synopsis you're looking for, with extra details about each sequence and how teachers might use them with their pupils.
Peter Evans - Series Producer - Glasshead TV
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