We thank the Professor Ms. Leoni Dalla, the Director of the library Ms. Galazoudi and all the hospitable staff for the exceptional experience. Of course, we should also mention the enthusiasm and the interest with which our students participated in the activities that were organized. The teachers that accompanied our students were the mathematicians Mr. S. Chasapis and Mr. M. Bisbianos. The students dealt with the Platonic and Archimedean solids, they observed the quality of duality in the Platοnic solids, calculated sides, corners and vertices and made assumptions about the Euler characteristic, as a relation of corners, vertices and sides of the convex solids, created formulations (nets) of solids on the plane, played with different formulations choosing the correct ones, learned about the Platonic solids in nature, the tetrahedron of methane, calculated the angle H-C-H, the dioxide of silicon and the quartz crystals, their natural qualities and their implementation in clock-making, and also the semiprecious stones like amethyst and their cutting. In the end, they were shown the modern applications of mathematics and their new achievements.
Snapshots of the visit and the students? activities:
Picture 1: Professor Leoni Dalla of the Mathematics Department, NKUA, shares with us her experiences from her research in mathematics.
Picture 2: Students explain to their peers their observations during the activities.
Picture 3: Snapshot from our reception in the library by the director Ms. Galazoudi.
Picture 4: Gomboc of the School of Sciences
Picture 5: Our students? smiles led to our following activities
Picture 6: Snapshot of our reception by the Professor Leoni Dalla
Picture 7: Geometric solids in nature
Picture 8: Fluorite in the form of a regular octahedron
Picture 9: Creating our own solids with paper
Picture 10: Professor Leoni Dalla explains to us some of the qualities of the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
Picture 11: Description of the wooden constructions of Mr. Petas.
The presentation used during the visit is also available on the link: https://presswiki.allmath.gr/wpwiki18/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230215-stereaekthesi-presentation.pdf