{"id":158,"date":"2020-10-23T14:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps518\/?p=158"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:55:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:55:51","slug":"maths-week-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps518\/2020\/10\/23\/maths-week-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-158-1\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143929\/intro.mov?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143929\/intro.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143929\/intro.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hi, it&#8217;s the new blog squad for 6.24 here. It\u2019s Sophie , Emma &amp; Noor. This week&#8217;s blog is about our fun maths week activities and our mathematician.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Our Mathematician<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our mathematician is \u2026 Rene Descartes. We learnt about the Cartesian coordinates system and how he created them whilst looking up at his ceiling\u00a0 in his nice warm bed watching a fly. If you want to listen to Rene telling you more ,watch the video below !<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-158-2\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143130\/rene-chatter-pix.mov?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143130\/rene-chatter-pix.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143130\/rene-chatter-pix.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><b>How Rene Descartes created the Cartesian Coordinates system \u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we already told you how Rene spotted the fly now we&#8217;re going to tell you how the Cartesian Coordinates system was made . Rene had a square tiled\u00a0 ceiling. He\u00a0 wanted to figure out how he could describe the fly&#8217;s exact location. So\u00a0 he used Geometry and Area to figure out where the fly\u00a0 was going . Now this\u00a0 type of coordinate is called the Cartesian Coordinates &#8211; there is an example of what this would have looked like in our maths week showcase video.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-158-3\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143653\/scratch-fly.mov?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143653\/scratch-fly.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23143653\/scratch-fly.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Planning Our Skyscrapers<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For maths week we made skyscrapers out of paper and paper straws.We started by planning our sky scrapers on a square grid,and then drew a larger, scaled up grid on a bigger piece of paper. We then copied the skyscraper blueprints from the smaller grid onto the bigger grid.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-158-4\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23144529\/IMG_0822.TRIM_.mov?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23144529\/IMG_0822.TRIM_.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps518\/uploads\/sites\/18045\/2020\/10\/23144529\/IMG_0822.TRIM_.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><b>Building our skyscrapers<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We started by getting 50 straws for each group,then we used tape and string to stick out structures together.We then watched a video about different structures and we found out triangles are the strongest shape because they distribute the weight all throughout the shape.After we had finished we thought our skyscrapers\u00a0 looked like skeletons so we covered them in coloured paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The end,thank you for reading our blog see you sooooooon&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, it&#8217;s the new blog squad for 6.24 here. 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