Presentation of the workshop "Manipulative geometric games in the classrooms" by Sierpinski Carpet project - Spain, held during the 8th Science Projects Workshop in the Future Classroom Lab, Brussels, 16-18 October 2015

1. SCIENCE PROJECTS WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE CLASSROOM LAB 8
Brussels , 17th of October 2015

2. The Sierpinski carpet
It 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).

3. Source Wikipedia

4. 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

5. 5th iteration, Toledo (Spain)
September 2014
512 pupils of 6-14 years old, from 8 schools

6. 6th iteration, Barcelona
October 2014
4096 students, from 64 schools around the world

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

8. URUGUAY, 8
UNITED STATES, 8
UNITED KINDOGM, 8
TURKEY, 64
TUNISSIA, 8
THAILAND, 1
SWITZERLAND, 3
SPAIN, 204
SLOVENIA, 15
SERBIA, 94
ROMANIA, 64
PORTUGAL, 1
POLAND, 40
PAKISTAN, 8
MONTENEGRO, 1
LATVIA, 3
ITALY, 4
IRELAND, 2
HUNGARY, 1
HOLAND, 2
GREECE, 10
GERMANY, 21
FRANCE, 1
FINLAND, 1
ETHIOPIA, 1
ENGLAND, 2
CZECH REPUBLIC, 2
CROATIA, 4
COREA DEL SUR, 1
CHILE, 1
CANADA, 1
BULGARIA, 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 1
BOLIVIA, 1
ARGENTINA, 1
URUGUAY
UNITED STATES
UNITED KINDOGM
TURKEY
TUNISSIA
THAILAND
SWITZERLAND
SPAIN
SLOVENIA
SERBIA
ROMANIA
PORTUGAL
POLAND
PAKISTAN
MONTENEGRO
LATVIA
ITALY
IRELAND
HUNGARY
HOLAND
GREECE
GERMANY
FRANCE
FINLAND
ETHIOPIA
ENGLAND
CZECH REPUBLIC
CROATIA
COREA DEL SUR
CHILE
CANADA
BULGARIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BOLIVIA
ARGENTINA
0 50 100 150 200
Nr of booked carpets by countries
(updated October 15, 2015)

12. 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.

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

14. “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

15. More information
VIDEO PRESENTATION
We have a dream
OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
https://topologia.wordpress.com/sierpinski-carpet-project/
E-TWINNING
http://twinspace.etwinning.net/363/pages/page/199
FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/sierpinskicarpetproject

16. Activities inside the project
https://sway.com/DzBenOp1G8jo79E2