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From the Sea to Mathematics: The Turkish Team’s Journey into Fishing and Navigation

Can mathematics be found at sea? Can a fishing trip, a boat’s journey, or finding the right direction become a mathematics problem?

The Turkish team of the CREW – Creative and Responsible Environment Warriors project explored exactly these questions while contributing to the “Fishing and Navigation” chapter of our international mathematics workbook.

At first, fishing and navigation may seem far removed from mathematics. However, as our students discovered during the preparation process, the sea is full of numbers, measurements, calculations, and logical decisions. From calculating distances and travel times to estimating quantities and finding directions, mathematical thinking plays an important role in activities connected with the sea.

Working on this chapter gave our students an opportunity to look at mathematics from a different perspective. Instead of beginning with formulas in a textbook, they started with situations that could happen in real life. They explored how mathematical calculations can help people plan a journey, understand distances, estimate resources, and make sensible decisions while fishing or navigating.

The Turkish team worked collaboratively to transform these everyday situations into activities suitable for the mathematics workbook. Students discussed possible scenarios, considered how mathematics could be applied, tested their ideas, and developed tasks that could be both educational and enjoyable. Their work aimed to show that mathematics is not limited to the classroom—it is a practical tool that can help us understand and manage the world around us.

One of the most valuable aspects of the experience was the connection between mathematics, geography, and everyday life. Turkey, surrounded by seas on three sides, provided a particularly meaningful context for exploring fishing and navigation. Our students were able to think about the role that the sea has played in people's lives and how mathematical skills have always been important for those who travel, work, and live around it.

The process also encouraged students to work as a team. They had to explain their ideas to one another, discuss different solutions, check calculations, and think about how other students from the partner countries might understand and solve the activities. In this way, mathematics became not only an academic subject but also a means of communication, cooperation, and international learning.

Being part of the workbook was a valuable experience for the Turkish students because they were not simply solving mathematics problems—they were helping to create learning materials for other young people across Europe. Their contribution became part of a larger collection developed collaboratively by students and teachers from all six partner countries.

The “Fishing and Navigation” chapter is a reminder that mathematics is everywhere. It can be found on a map, in a boat, on the shore, in a fishing net, and in the decisions we make every day.

Through this international project, our Turkish team had the opportunity to bring a piece of Turkey’s maritime identity into the world of mathematics and to share it with our European partners.

From the sea to the classroom, mathematics can take us further than we imagine! 🌊🧭➗





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