SCIENCE PROJECTS WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE CLASSROOM LAB 8

Brussels , 17th of October 2015

The Sierpinski carpetIt is a famous fractal first described in 1916, by the polish mathematician Waclaw Sierpinski (1882 - 1969) (based on previous work by his PhD student Stefan Mazurkievicz).

Source Wikipedia

4th iteration (first carpet)May 30th, 2014. With green and purple stickers

64 children of 4 and 5 years old of School Francisco de Goya, Almeria

5th iteration, Toledo (Spain)September 2014

512 pupils of 6-14 years old, from 8 schools

6th iteration, Barcelona October 2014

4096 students, from 64 schools around the world

7th iteration, Almería (Spain), May 13th, 2016

URUGUAYUNITED STATES

UNITED KINDOGMTURKEY

TUNISSIATHAILAND

SWITZERLANDSPAIN

SLOVENIASERBIA

ROMANIAPORTUGAL

POLANDPAKISTAN

MONTENEGROLATVIA

ITALYIRELAND

HUNGARYHOLAND

GREECEGERMANY

FRANCEFINLANDETHIOPIAENGLAND

CZECH REPUBLICCROATIA

COREA DEL SURCHILE

CANADABULGARIA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINABOLIVIA

ARGENTINA

0 50 100 150 200 250

URUGUAY; 8UNITED STATES; 8UNITED KINDOGM; 8

TURKEY; 64TUNISSIA; 8

THAILAND; 1SWITZERLAND; 3

SPAIN; 204SLOVENIA; 15

SERBIA; 94ROMANIA; 64

PORTUGAL; 1POLAND; 40

PAKISTAN; 8MONTENEGRO; 1

LATVIA; 3ITALY; 4

IRELAND; 2HUNGARY; 1HOLAND; 2

GREECE; 10GERMANY; 21

FRANCE; 1FINLAND; 1ETHIOPIA; 1ENGLAND; 2CZECH REPUBLIC; 2

CROATIA; 4COREA DEL SUR; 1CHILE; 1CANADA; 1BULGARIA; 1BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; 1BOLIVIA; 1ARGENTINA; 1 Nr of booked carpets by countries

(updated October 15, 2015)

Calendar of big Events See full list at

https://www.facebook.com/sierpinskicarpetproject/events

• 6th iteration Germany, February 13, 2016.• 6th iteration Catalonia, Spain, February 20, 2016.• 6th iteration Romania, February 27, 2016.• 6th iteration Poland, April 2, 2016.• Others (??)• 7th iteration, Almería, May 13th, 2016.

The video of final event will be presented at the International Congress of Mathematics Education, Hamburg, July 2016.

“It was really cool to participate in an international math project. It is easy to explain, nice to show, the perfect outreach activity!” (Switzerland)

“That is both educating and joyful activity that enables countries and cultures come together on a common point, that is a great experiment for us.” (Turkey)

“Very interesting idea that wake imagination and interest for math. Pupils that don't like math have made their part of carpet easily and were very proud and happy.” (Serbia)

Some personal opinions from evaluation

More informationVIDEO PRESENTATION

We have a dream

OFFICIAL WEBPAGEhttps://topologia.wordpress.com/sierpinski-carpet-project/

E-TWINNINGhttp://twinspace.etwinning.net/363/pages/page/199

FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/sierpinskicarpetproject

Activities inside the project

https://sway.com/DzBenOp1G8jo79E2