Outcomes :
- Students will know about the Roman Numeral System and more importantly appreciate the thought behind it.
- Students start solidifying the idea of their own number system.
- Learn how to work in groups
Why?
When kids design their own number system, they begin to appreciate the creativity of math and start seeing math as a language or an art of communicating their ideas. It builds a mindset of creating and need based problem solving. Also, kids can go out of the box with their ideas which might seem to make little sense in the real life, but which brings out the beauty in the abstractness of mathematics.
Lesson Plan :
This lesson is mostly about the evolution of Roman Number System and sharing ideas in groups.
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