IntermediatePrimarySecondary
Interview with Megan Zeni: How to incorporate outdoor time in your teaching and learning
September 30, 2023
Author: Susan Gerofsky Photos from https://meganzeni.com Megan Zeni is a teacher in nature and a tireless outdoor play advocate. She is a whole systems thinker who offers mentorship and leadership with pedagogical applications of outdoor play and learning in the elementary school context. Megan also offers professional learning for educators who locate their curriculum in school […]
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Data & ProbabilityNumbers & OperationsPrimary
Waltes: a Mi’kmaw Game of Chance and Luck
August 29, 2023
Waltes A Mikmaw Game Of Chance And Luck
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GeometryPrimary
Fun with Paper Folding and Learning Math
November 7, 2022
Fun with Paper Folding and Learning Math
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GeometryPrimary
Tricky Triangles
November 7, 2022
Tricky Triangles- Paper-cut activity that examines the relationships of angles of triangles and other polygons
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GeometryIntermediatePrimarySecondary
Teetering Toothpick Towers
November 7, 2022
Teetering Toothpick Towers- Creative building challenge to design the tallest toothpick tower
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IntermediatePrimarySecondary
Play to Win with a Game of Nim
November 7, 2022
Play to Win with a Game of Nim Using Math to Find a Winning Strategy
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IntermediatePrimarySecondary
Tricky Tens
November 7, 2022
Play to Win with a Game of Nim Using Math to Find a Winning Strategy
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IntermediatePrimarySecondary
Logic Puzzle: Try to Solve and Make Your Own Puzzles
November 7, 2022
Logic Puzzles: Try to Solve and Make Your Own Puzzles
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IntermediatePrimarySecondary
Transforming Toothpicks: Transform One Configuration to Another!
November 7, 2022
Transforming Toothpicks
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Primary
Lego and Math: Use Lego Blocks to Explore Multiplication, Division and Factors
November 7, 2022
Lego and Math
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Number SenseSecondary
Noggin Joggin’: Math Puzzles Game Show Each question gives your brain a little workout!
November 7, 2022
Noggin Joggin’: Math Puzzles Game Show Each question gives your brain a little workout!
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Number SenseNumbers & OperationsPatterns & Algebra
Tik Tok Inspired Dance Party: Will Mathematicians Make the New Viral Dance Trend?
October 28, 2022
Tik Tok Inspired Dance Party- Will Mathematicians Make The Next Viral Dance Trend
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Patterns & AlgebraPrimarySecondary
Outside Listening: Mapping Soundscapes
September 28, 2022
Author: Cynthia Nicol In May the hummingbirds arrive on Haida Gwaii. One afternoon my good friend and I sat out on her deck and were entertained for hours by the hummingbirds. We counted 17 hummingbirds sipping the nectar from two feeders stationed on the deck corners. Listen … can you hear their calls? Can you hear the beating/buzzing sounds of […]
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GeometryUncategorized
Fractals in Plants 1
September 19, 2022
Author: Katherina von Bulow I went outside fractal-hunting today. I was looking at plants, and here are a few of my findings: A camelia flower, its petals […]
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GeometryUncategorized
Fractals: What is the shape of a cloud?
September 19, 2022
Author: Katherina von Bulow Cloud photos credit to: Susan Gerofsky Here’s a lovely thing to do together, especially on a day when the sky is blue and those fluffy cumulus clouds are moving around in the wind. Try looking up (or better yet, lying on your back in the grass) and watching the clouds. You might […]
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GeometryPatterns & AlgebraPrimarySecondary
MATH IS FOR THE BIRDS! Part 2
August 17, 2022
This video is taken near Vancouver by Pacificnorthwestkate. The flight velocity and direction of one bird affects 7 around it which multiplies throughout the group.Like the movement of schools of fish, murmuration is an example of scale free behaviour correlations. No matter how large the flock of birds is, the action of each bird will […]
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Numbers & OperationsPrimary
MATH IS FOR THE BIRDS! Part 1
August 17, 2022
Black Capped Chickadee An Invitation to Urban Birdwatching Author, activity designer and photographer: Amanda Fritzlan Sitting on the back steps of my home in East Vancouver earlier this week, I was visited by four different kinds of birds. I identified them using a guide to birds in Vancouver. European Starling Bushtit House Finches The house […]
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GeometryPrimary
Math is for the Plant 2
August 5, 2022
Author: Qiaochu (Joy) Xu Let’s see what happened in the last two weeks since we water plant the scraps! Which plant burgeons first in your small garden? What shape does lettuce grow into? What is the earliest evidence of plant growing? Which plant grows faster than you expected? Can you graph the growing patterns? […]
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Geometry
Math is for the Plants 1
August 5, 2022
Author: Qiaochu (Joy) Xu It’s always exciting to check out how much the plants grown over a night/week, and I believe it would be so interesting to track and graph their growth! Think about what plants do you want to grow…? Here are some vegetables that you could easily grow from kitchen scraps: Avocado, hot pepper, lemon […]
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GeometryIntermediatePrimarySecondary
Adventure of Paper Cutting
March 18, 2021
by Qiaochu (Joy) Xu and Michelle Li Theme: Creating a series of papercraft through paper cutting Goal: Appreciate the beauty of patterns and symmetry while creating crafts Materials: colored paper, scissors, coloring materials, and these handouts printed Curricular Competencies: Model mathematics in contextualized experiences (Grade 3) Use reasoning to explore and make connections […]
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Data & ProbabilityIntermediateSecondary
The Card Game You Can’t Lose
March 18, 2021
*(except when you do) This is a game you can play quite easily with a standard deck of cards, and if you know the right strategy for it, you almost never lose. The game is played by two players. The players will only consider the colour of the cards and predict a sequence of three […]
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GeometryPrimary
What Shapes Can You Make?
March 18, 2021
Sukhwinder and Evelyn Theme: Shape Exploration Level: Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Goal: To develop geometry sense in early childhood Objectives: To inspire the natural curiosity of children towards geometrical ideas of mathematics. To inspire the interest of the students to explore their imagination in the different arrangement of geometrical shapes. Materials: Two square sheets, scissors, clay […]
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3-Act TaskNumbers & OperationsPrimary
Summer Math
March 17, 2021
Act 1 (Video) Act 2 (Pictures) Act 3 (Video) Summer Math Teacher Notes by Lana and Kim
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3-Act TaskGeometryIntermediateNumbers & Operations
The Bike Park
March 8, 2021
Bike Park Task – Justin Bisson Act 1 – Pictures of Bike_Skate parks
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3-Act TaskGeometrySecondary
Bringing New Life to Wood
March 6, 2021
3 Act Video 3 Act Math Task TEACHER NOTES (Hsu & Reis) 3 Act Math Task STUDENT WORKSHEET (Hsu & Reis)
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3-Act TaskNumbers & OperationsSecondary
Local Animal Shelter
March 4, 2021
Andrea and Jessica_Animal Shelter 3 Act Task Local Animal Shelter 3 Act Task Teacher Notes Local Animal Shelter 3 Act Task Worksheet
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GeometryPatterns & Algebra
Outside Listening: Mapping Soundscapes
July 26, 2020
In May the hummingbirds arrive on Haida Gwaii. One afternoon my good friend and I sat out on her deck and were entertained for hours by the hummingbirds. We counted 17 hummingbirds sipping the nectar from two feeders stationed on the deck corners. Listen … can you hear their calls? Can you hear the […]
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