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Model approach to Maths
SYEDA FARIDA
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Here’s help to understand theorems.
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Practical work-out: At the Math Lab
Models that simplify theorems, portraits of mathematicians from Archimedes to the 20th Century. All this to simplify math formulae! Director Anian Koshy, whose organisation sets up mathematic labs for schools, says, “according to CBSE rule that was announced three years ago all schools should have math lab.”
Pioneering work
His organisation, Institute of Scientific Research and Training (ISRT), set up the first of its kind Mathematics-Laboratory exhibition at Jubilee Hills Public School recently. Children flocked to the over 170 models at the unique expo. “We make the models out of wood. They are very useful and each one helps understand a theorem,” he says.
So here you saw triangles and squares to help out with the theorem that says: in a right angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides a.k.a Pythagoras theorem that enables one to measure the third side of a right-angled triangle.
As for the lab, if there are ones for biology--microscopic specimens, longitudinal section of stems and more frozen in Canada balsam, or species preserved in bottles filled with formalin, all this to know the nomenclature better, the math lab should do the same for folks with fear of numbers. This time with blocks to help with the complex formulae.
And so reach out for the model that will virtually talk to you.
For details contact www.isrt.in
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