ELEMENTARY Math
- "Small Numbers" animated math videos pose questions of inquiry to students
- Indigenous Patterns in the classroom: sample patterns and templates for head/wrist bands that can be downloaded to use with coloured tiles
- Interesting pithouse math ideas: pages 4-22 (be selective about what you show your students. some of this is too advanced for younger elementary students)
- Look at geometry of the pow wow arbour at the TIB (pg 3) as well as the structure of the TRU House of Learning - while under construction
- Raising a teepee -using basic math vocabulary with video links for various stages
- Several NEW Aboriginal math resources are available through the HGEC covering a variety of topics: patterns, graphing, probability
- Do an experiment weighing and drying fruit/berries in the classroom - calculate weight difference to discover why food was dried and transported from the hunting/gathering/fishing sites
- Pithouse math for intermediates using angles…construct a miniature pithouse (also Science Gr. 3)
- Statistics from fish runs and percentage of fish protein in diets over the past 150 years - graphing these trends, etc. - Noreen has a book on these numbers
- Many Math Ideas including Patterns & Relationships, Numbers, Shape & Space, Statistics & Probability
- Still more Aboriginal Perspectives on Math ideas
- Show Me Your Math -cross curricular inquiry projects that draw on community culture
- Some great math ideas which incorporate Aboriginal content: Rectangular Prisms using a Haida Legend
- Have students think about math in traditional Aboriginal fishing practices using geometry!
- Radius, diameter, and circumference in fish basket traps
- First Nations games of chance and problem solving with video clips
- Canada Census Lesson Plans with Aboriginal data
- More statistics on Aboriginal populations
- Integrating Aboriginal Culture With Math K-12 -from SD 70
- Family Math Ideas
- Aboriginal Math Games
- NEW Aboriginal content elementary Math teacher guides with templates and activities - available through Noreen
- MoneySmart - a Unit which helps students to consider wants and needs -and teaches them to consider the value and cost of new acquisitions
- Math Pickle (K-12 Teacher website) - as recommended by Dr. Melania Alvarez
- Great ideas and lots of free printables at PreKinders.com website - as recommended by Dr.Melania Alvarez