Approaching Maths Equations Creatively | 创造性地走近数学方程

Mathematics is considered one of the most difficult subjects to learn according to some, but with the advance in technology and individual teachers' approach to the subject, it has the potential to be one of the most enjoyable subjects. Sharee Hebert, YCIS Beijing Secondary Mathematics Teacher, considers it fundamental for students to incorporate their methods to lessons which is what she did during a lesson on "Equations of Lines and Inequalities" from the Functions unit of the IGCSE course.

有些人认为数学是最难学的学科之一，但随着科技的进步和个别教师对这门学科的研究，数学有可能成为最令人愉快的科目之一。北京耀中中学部数学教师Sharee Hebert认为学生把他们的方法融入到课程中是最基本的，这正是她在IGCSE课程的函数单元中“一次方程和不等式”课上所做的。

Project Objective 项目目标

Mrs. Hebert mentions that for this particular lesson for Year 10s, the objective was to have students draw their names using the Desmos free online graphing calculator by the end of the week. Mrs. Hebert and her colleagues "wanted to have a challenge for students that allowed them to show us what they could do at their level." she said. 

Hebert女士提到，这堂10年级的特别课程的目标是让学生在周末之前使用Desmos免费在线几何计算器画出自己的名字。Hebert女士和她的同事们“想要给学生们一个挑战，让他们向我们展示他们在自己的学术水平上能做些什么。”

Resources Used 使用的资源

The lesson was a part of a series of topics being reviewed and was presented on Microsoft Teams, a platform Secondary teachers and students have been consistently using throughout the school semester. To get started on the project however, Mrs. Hebert chose to have students use Desmos due to its resourcefulness and access it allows to the material. 

这节课是一系列主题课程的一部分，中学教师和学生这个学期一直以来都在使用Microsoft Teams这个平台开展课程。然而，为了开始这个项目，Hebert女士选择让学生使用Desmos，因为它更加智能并且可以访问到很多素材。

Student Feedback 学生的反馈 

Although acclimated with the platform, there were other challenges students come across while doing the project.  For Jaskiran Arora, she "was confused at the start and didn't know where to start. But then I started to explore with it and I figured out how it works with lines and equations."  

虽然已经适应了这个平台，但是学生们在参与这个项目的时候也遇到了其他的挑战。对于Jaskiran Arora来说，她“一开始就很困惑，不知道从哪里开始。但后来我开始探索，我明白了直线和方程的原理。”  

The positives did nevertheless make it worthwhile, with students anticipating to have similar projects in future. "I enjoyed every part of this activity! It was brilliant that math and art could be joined together! I strongly believe that this activity was very meaningful to me. It will be great if we have this kind of activity again!" said Yumin.

尽管如此，学生们还是希望将来能有类似的项目。“我喜欢这个活动的每一部分！数学和艺术能结合在一起真是太棒了!我坚信这次活动对我来说是非常有意义的。如果我们能再次有这样的活动，那就太好了!”Yumin说道。

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