Christmas videoconference / Świąteczna wideokonferencja

Fractal Christmas Cards

A fractal is a pattern that repeats at different scales, and examples are all around us.

In between painting the Mona Lisa and designing flying machines, Leonardo Da Vinci occasionally got outside and looked up every now and again. Because he was Da Vinci, the moment he did, he discovered a new natural law. This one was about trees, and after five hundred years, scientists are still trying to figure out why the law worked in the first place.

Leonardo Da Vinci was the first to accurately describe trees' branching rules. He created sketches of trees in a page of his notebook based on the rule that daughter branches and twigs have the same combined cross-sectional area as the branch from which they originated.

A nice idea to introduce pupils to fractals by allowing them to create xmas cards. Students made a 3-dimensional fractal cutout card by repeating a simple process of cutting and folding. They could turn their cutout into a fractal popup greeting card, decorate it artistically. And when we're done, it looks like a Christmas tree. Which makes it a most excellent holiday card! 

Christmas wishes from Poland

Timeline of the Leonardo’s da Vinci

A timeline of the Leonardo’s da Vinci life was designed collaboratively using an online application.

The aim of the activity was to collaborate effectively using different online applications in order to achieve a common goal. Every partner designed a part of Leo’s lifespan and, like pieces of puzzles, the final product was a team work effort relying on all partners’ contribution.

Italian partner designed the early period and First Florentine period, 1452-1482

Spanish partner prepared the main information about the First Milanese period, 1482–1499.

Belgian partner worked on the Second Florentine period, 1500–1508.

Polish partner designed the Second Milanese period, 1508–1515.

Romanian partner worked on the old age period, 1515 to 1519.

Christmas traditions in Poland

O naszym projekcie

The school corners was designed and located in a visible place to be easily seen.  The five European partners involved, the mobilities during the 2 years of the project implementation and its main objectives were clearly presented.