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Activity: What can be seen when the NIC does not see? ONLY IN THE DARKNESS YOU CAN SEE THE STARS, December, 2018 ONLY IN THE DARKNESS YOU CAN SEE THE STARS Activity description: There was a workshop among 7th graders where they were studying shining stars in individual constellation and calculating apparent star size. Apparent star size is a quantitative size of a glowing celestial object, i.e. the measure of brightness which it creates on Earth surface. Apparent star shine describes how much the star shines in the sky, not considering the reasons of its strong or weak glow,i.e. distance or real quantity of radiated light. Apparent (observed) glow expresses in, so called apparent star sizes magnitudes-m. There are more methods of determining apparent star size, and we picked Argalander's method. This method uses a sequence of neighboring stars that depend of an instant glow. We've studied star in constellation : Great Bear, Orion, Cepheus and we've tried to determine apparent size of a comet Wirtanen, so called Comet, which is, these days, visible to the naked eye and it's going to be visible on Christmas Day in the evening. Inspiration for this activity comes from the fact that astronomy: -is one of the oldest sciences made from primary human activities and practical needs -has got a long history in Croatia since 12th century and series of discoveries and Getald's discovery of binoculars and Bošković's geometrically determining of comet's path are just some of them -favorite science among children because of practical use and amateurs, still has a special part in discovering and watching celestial phenomena -related to Mathematic Activity Aim: -to connect astronomy and mathematics with Christmas theme -popularization of astronomy and similar sciences Additionally the activity is accompanied by making a short film in English which will be released on transnational meeting in Portugal in May 2019. In purpose of making this kind of a film, the activity is translated in English and leading actors are students who present their knowledge through the activity. For documenting the activity we are going to use multimedia equipment, photo camera, camera, internet, Youtube channel and Adobe Premiere Pro program. The activity is created and accomplished by Math teacher Anita Jukić and Physics teacher Martina Bukvić in cooperation with English teacher Azra Benković.

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Science and culture - Glagolitic script in Mathematics, November, 2018 Did you know that each Glagolitic letter is a mathematical number? FOR EXAMPLE GLAGOLITIC SCRIPT IN MATHEMATICS We did two activities: Description of the 1st activity: There was a Glagolitic inscriptions workshop among 7th graders called Glagolitic script in Mathematics. Through motivation talk about Glagolitic script, students were remembering previously acquired knowledge of an old, Croatian letter. In central part, students were given worksheets filled with Glagolitic letters and they should unriddle which Glagolitic letter represents each Latin letter. To connect Mathematics and Glagolitic script, students were cutting cardboard Glagolitic letters and then made Glagolitic inscription, name of the project Mathematica regina omnium scientarum et. Inscription, made at the end of the workshop, was exposed on school billboard dedicated to the project. Workshop manager: Ivana Strupar, Croatian teacher Activity: Glagolitic script and Mathematics, November, 2018 Description of the 2nd activity: 7th graders have already been familiar with Glagolitc script and letters during so far school education, in elementary school education. During the workshop Glagolitic script and Mathematics, students were discovering, for the first time, that each Glagolitic letter also presents one number so they can also write numbers and solve different mathematical operations. In preamble of the workshop, students reminded themselves what Glagolitic script is, its characteristics and importance for Croatian culture and history. Students were filling in worksheets with information about the Baška Tablet, the most important Croatian Glagolitc monument. Students had to write numeric data of the Baška Tablet in numbers of Glagolic script. In central part of the workshop students were, in pairs, solving Mathematics exercises in Glagolitic script. Works, made during the workshop, were exposed on school billboard dedicated to the project. For the needs of the activity we have made a memo: Workshop manager: Hana Tepeš, Croatian teacher Aims: Croatian Glagolitic script is the oldest letter of Croatian people and big part of its national identity and culture. The aim of this project activity is to connect Croatian inheritance with, seemingly unrelated , Mathematics. Students were discovering correlation of letters and numbers, language and Mathematics, inheritance and science. Also, the aim of this workshop is promotion of Croatian culture inheritance. This way, we want to encourage students to think of the preservation and existence of Croatian Glagolitic script and celebrate, understand and protect its unique value. Additionally the activity is accompanied by making a short film in English which will be released on a transnational meeting in Portugal in May 2019. In purpose of making this kind of a film, the activity is translated in English and leading actors are students who present their knowledge through the activity. For documenting the activity we are going to use multimedia equipment, photocamera, camera, internet, Youtube channel and Adobe Premiere Pro program. The activity is created and accomplished by Croatian teachers Hana Tepeš and Ivana Strupar and Math teacher Anita Jukić in cooperation with English teacher Azra Benković.

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