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University of Regina: Math Central: Games From Aboriginal People
Many Aboriginal games can easily be incorporated into your classroom mathematics programs. The Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program provides teachers with this list of Aboriginal games categorized by their math content.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Manipulatives for the Upper Elementary (Gr. 4 6)
Many teachers find it more challenging to incorporate the use of manipulatives into their mathematics programs at the upper elementary or middle school grades. Activities using manipulatives are provided for grades four, five, and six...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Sample Problems for Grades 1 5
The Saskatoon Board of Education gives samples of math word problems for pairs or small groups of students. At each grade level three types of problems are provided: translation, process, and realistic.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Under the Sea: Grade 1 and 2
Teach your grade one and two students math, science, and research skills, through this Under the Sea unit. Curriculum objectives are included with each lesson, as well as debriefing questions for the end of the study. An extensive...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Atlatl Lessons Grades 4 12
What is an atlatl? Learn how this Aztec dart throwing tool can be used to teach students such things as distance, radius, and linear and angular velocity. Curriculum strands are provided for each of the many lesson plans for students...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Measurement: An Elementary Resource List
University of Regina senior education mathematics students compiled this this in-depth resource list for elementary and middle school grades. The resources are categorized according to: supporting program materials, print resources,...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Surface Area to Volume Ratio
Students will investigate the relationship between surface area and volume and their application to the inner workings of real life organisms.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Tantalizing Tessellations!
For this unit, students will be taught several techniques for creating tessellations and will respond to their learning in their Math journals.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Map of First Nations Peoples Pre Contact Culture Areas
A color coded map of North America which contains the regions inhabited by different aboriginal nations.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple
Learn about the greatest common divisor, the least common multiple, and the Euclidean Algorithm. This resource gives a description of each of these concepts, accompanied by several examples.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Intelli Gum: A Success Story
Introduce polynomial operations to your middle school students using the highly engaging story of ?IntelliGum?. This one-of-a-kind gum, when chewed regularly, and in appropriate quantities, will make you smarter. As part of this creative...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics
This collection of five middle school math lessons covers the topic of plane geometry, specifically the concept of slope. The first lesson introduces students to plotting points on a Cartesian grid using a Geoboard. Lesson two moves them...
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University of Regina: Math Central: m.c.escher: Mathematics and Visual Arts
This cross-curricular middle school unit integrates mathematics and visual art. Through the study of the M.C. Escher?s work, students explore tiling from both a mathematical and artistic point of view. Points for discussion and...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math
Learn about performance assessment and how you can use it in your middle school mathematics classroom. Get a description of performance stations in math and how they can be used for performance assessment. Links to collections of...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 6
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade six math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 7
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade seven math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 8
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade eight math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina: Math Central: Performance Stations in Math: Grade 9
The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade nine math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...
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University of Regina: Math Central: The Binomial Theorem and the Principle of Inclusion & Exclusion p.i.e.
Get an explanation of the Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion and work through a proof using the Binomial Theorem. This resource concludes with two examples.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics With a Human Face
Here you can download posters with profiles of mathematicians in a wide variety of careers.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Careers Poster [Pdf]
This is a downloadable poster called "Mathematicians @ Work". It has photos and quotes from a number of Canadian mathematicians. In .pdf format.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Quandaries and Queries at Math Central
Students can post a question about Math here and someone at the university will reply. There is an extensive list of questions that have been asked and answered already, arranged in alphabetical order by topic.
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University of Regina: Math Central: Games From the Aboriginal People of North America
This site explains many aboriginal games and how they can fit into a Math program.
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Univeristy of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics Glossary: Middle Years
The definitions included in this Math dictionary for the middle grades are based on the Saskatchewan curriculum.