Students of IES Bernat de Sarrià perform a mathematical gymkhana through the streets and squares of the Old Town

For two days, the streets and squares of the Old Town of Benidorm become a test circuit for the 1st and 2nd ESO students of the IES Bernat de Sarrià who participate in the mathematical gymkhana organized by the educational centre. An activity that serves students to review the mathematical and calculus knowledge they have learned in the last stretch of the school year, but also to discover passages and anecdotes from the history of Benidorm.

Throughout this morning, and with a tablet, a notebook and a meter per group, fifty students from both courses have faced around a dozen tests designed by the teaching staff, in which they have had to calculate the areas and volumes of some elements of the public road.

The mathematical operations have been combined with episodes from the recent and not-so-recent past of Benidorm such as the arrival of electricity, the appearance of bikinis on the beaches, pirate raids, the birth of the Castle or the history behind its cannons. . Tomorrow, Thursday, the 16th, another fifty students will take over.

The Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage, directed by Ana Pellicer, has collaborated with this educational initiative by giving the participants backpacks from the Library, bookmarks and notebooks from  Boca del Calvari Museum.