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Indigenous Garden Project
July 31, 2024
This project merged math and Indigenous knowledge through a permaculture garden design. Students applied measurement concepts while exploring their land and culture.
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Problems with a Purpose
July 31, 2024
The CEMC’s “Problems with Purpose” offers real-world math challenges, including Cree language puzzles, for grades 4-12.
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Building a Community of Inquiry through Indigenous Storywork Principles
July 31, 2024
Annie Simard, Sandra Fox, along with other teachers integrated Indigenous stories into math instruction. Guided by Indigenous Storywork, they created engaging math experiences.
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A Fomly Adventure: A decolonizing redesign of Foundations of Mathematics 12
July 31, 2024
Conventional teaching methods like lectures and tests have been replaced with collaboration and personalization through projects around ecotourism, and traditional root gardens.
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Indigenizing Minecraft through a Numeracy (STEAM) Lens
July 30, 2024
embark on a historical journey to a coastal village where students collaborate with Elders to learn sustainable winter preparation. Armed with this ancestral knowledge, students are tasked with designing their own thriving community
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Place-Based Math Meets Indigenous Storywork
July 30, 2024
Jess Kyle’s project merged Indigenous Storywork and place-based math. By incorporating Sto:lo stories and territory story mats, students explored math through their surroundings, guided by their own curiosity.
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What Is The Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Cedar Trees?
July 30, 2024
Inspired by What is the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses? Students explore their environments mathematically, culminating in a story as the finished product.
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Estimating Tree Heights
July 30, 2024
Nikki demonstrates how ethnomathematics connects math to culture and everyday life. By incorporating Indigenous knowledge, she enhances student engagement and understanding. An included “Estimating Tree Height” activity brings learning outdoors.
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Bridging Worlds – Bringing Math to the Powwow
July 29, 2024
This lesson uses Powwow data to teach mean, median, mode, and range through circle graphs. Students explore data collection and central tendency.
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Hello Humpback
July 11, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “Hello Humpback” written by Roy Henry Vickers, students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning number concepts.
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If Instead of a Person
July 10, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “If Instead of a Person” written by Courtney Defriend students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about number concepts and computational fluency.
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Jingle Dancer
July 8, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “Jingle Dancer” written by Cynthia Leitich Smith, students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about number concepts and practicing computational fluency.
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The Girl and the Wolf
July 8, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “The Girl and the Wolf” written by Katherena Vermette, students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about addition, subtraction and measurement concepts.
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Peace Dancer
July 6, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “Peace Dancer” by Roy Henry Vickers, students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about properties of objects and shapes, equations and transformations.
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What’s the most beautiful thing you know about horses?
July 6, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “What’s the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses” written by Richard Van Camp students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about patterns, fractions, and measurement.
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Cloudwalker
July 6, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “Cloudwalker” by Richard Van Camp students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about number concepts, and change in quantity.
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Cloudwalker
July 6, 2024
This lesson blends Indigenous stories and math. By exploring “Cloudwalker” by Richard Van Camp students connect with Indigenous Storywork and First Peoples’ Principles of Learning while learning about patterns, and number concepts.
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Pit House Project
September 19, 2023
In this hands-on project, students explore Secwepemc culture and learn how functionality affects the structure of a pit house.
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Storying the Land through Mathematics and Storywork
September 19, 2023
This essay, written by Dahlia Benedikt examines how six 14-year-olds and two facilitators explored how stories shape how we understand our environment and how mathematics could be used to understand the past and present activities and stories of High Park.
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MMIWG on Unit for 2D-3D, Review Graphs, and Finance
September 18, 2023
This resource features a five-day integrated lesson on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) from a mathematical perspective and social justice lens.
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Learning Michif & Cree through Elementary Math
September 18, 2023
Learn Michif and Cree through this printable counting 1-10 activity book
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Math Can Have Meaning
September 16, 2023
In this activity students engage in a 3-Act-task surround Indigenous Storywork utilizing the Okanagan Legend “How Turtle Set the Animal Free”.
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Exploring Elapsed Time Through Indigenous Story
September 16, 2023
Students explore elapsed time through Indigenous Storywork principles and the book “The First Salmon Run” by Rhonda Girard.
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Clam Garden of the Coastal First Peoples: Sinusoidal Modelling
September 16, 2023
Allison Higinbotham’s lesson combines Indigenous knowledge and perspectives with mathematical inquiry to explore the history and ecological significance of clam gardens.
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Math is All Around Us!
September 16, 2023
The authors in this resource demonstrate innovative ways to incorporate beading and cedar weaving into their algebra classrooms.
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Opening the Basket Stó:lō Sitel Curriculum
September 16, 2023
This presentation showcases how three educators integrated Surrey Schools’ Opening the Basket Sto:lo Sitel curriculum into grades 1-4 math. Through hands-on activities like measuring fish and creating maps, students explored math concepts while learning about Indigenous culture. Indigenous Storywork guided the entire process.
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Beadwork + Mathwork
October 27, 2022
Allison Gardner’s resource integrates beading into grades 4-8 math through a First Peoples Principles of Learning lens. Using the Medicine Wheel as a starting point, students explore math concepts while learning about beadwork. The resource includes detailed lesson plans and references to relevant texts.
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Supernatural Wasco and Proportion
October 27, 2022
Leighann Rodger’s seven-session lessons blend Haida Supernatural Beings with math. Students explore fractions and proportions by creating models of the supernatural being Wasco.
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Desmos Art Project
October 27, 2022
This math lab uses Desmos to reinforce linear patterns, tables, and graphing. Students recreate art inspired by Kiki DesJarlais. A step-by-step guide and self-assessment are included.
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Mathematics and Journeys Toward Reconciliation
October 27, 2022
This website was created by Sta’os’ta’on (Carol Bob) to share educational resources for K-12 educators to help implement the Truth and Reconciliations Calls to Action 62 and 63.
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Using Seasonal Rounds to Teach Mathematics
October 27, 2022
Discover how seasonal rounds can transform early math learning. Jessica Naziel shares practical strategies for teaching number sense, fractions, and measurement through nature-based activities.
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The Paper Drum Project
October 27, 2022
Megan Hanna’s Paper Drum Project merges math and culture, as students explore geometry and measurement while learning about Indigenous drumming traditions.
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Exploring Math and Stories through Geometric Beading
October 27, 2022
Stan Manu’s presentation explores the convergence of beadwork, math, and Indigenous knowledge. A five-session project culminated in a community “hyper-blanket,” demonstrating the power of collaborative learning.
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Non-linear Storytelling through Rotational Symmetry
October 27, 2022
Janelle Findlay’s lesson explores rotational symmetry through the lens of Coast Salish artist Susan Point’s storm sewer cover design. Students create their own symmetrical art while considering the storytelling potential of their designs.
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Squamish Weaving and Mathematics
October 27, 2022
Emily Gresham shares her experience from learning and collaborating with Anjeanette Dawson, a Squamish Weaver. Emily details seven outcomes she saw within her grade 6/7 classroom and school community when introducing Squamish weaving.
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Exploring Ecosystems and Mathematics
October 27, 2022
David Barnum shares how his Grade 3 students developed a deep connection to their environment through observation and journaling, aligning with First Peoples principles of learning.
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Coast Salish Weaving, Coding and Numeracy
October 27, 2022
Jess Kyle merges numeracy and Coast Salish weaving through coding, and exploring the role of non-Indigenous educators in teaching Indigenous knowledge.
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SENĆOŦEN Number Card Project
October 27, 2022
Sara Salemink presents a SENĆOŦEN number card project that blends language, art, and math for kindergarten students.
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Cedar Math Inquiry
October 27, 2022
Melody Watson presents the “Cedar Math Inquiry,” a whole-school initiative that merges math with First Peoples’ perspectives through forest exploration, measurement, weaving, and bentwood box creation.
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Indigenous Math Connections
October 27, 2022
David Sufrin explores the integration of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics in the BC curriculum. Through projects like Yupik kayak design and igloo building, he demonstrates how to connect cultural teachings with math learning.
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Outdoor Math – Noticing Water
October 24, 2022
Noticing Water is a project blending science, culture, and math through the lens of Indigenous Storywork. Using math as a tool, it aims to deepen students’ connection to local waterways by giving water a voice.
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Rethinking Learning Environments: Community as Classroom
February 11, 2020
David Burnum’s TEDTalk on Rethinking Learning Environments explores “Community as a Classroom Framework” which is inspired by Gillian Kydd’s research.
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Living Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education with/in Indigenous Communities
February 11, 2020
This book explores how to create inclusive classrooms for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students worldwide. By prioritizing community, land-based learning, and Indigenous perspectives, it offers a framework for culturally responsive education.
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National Centre for Collaboration Indigenous Education NCCIE
February 6, 2020
The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education (NCCIE) is a hub for sharing Indigenous education stories. Explore their mathematics resources to discover programs and materials that bridge Indigenous knowledge and math learning.
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The Journey of a Lesson
February 5, 2020
Dr. Christine Younghusband, Max Sterelyukhin, and Jared Hamilton share their journey as non-indigenous mathematics educators on embedding local Indigenous content, First Peoples Principles of Learning, and Indigenous worldviews into their secondary classrooms utilizing BC’s math curriculum.
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Indigenous Math Connections – David Sufrin
February 5, 2020
David Sufrin highlights how student teachers integrated Aboriginal culture and math through projects like spearfishing and berry picking. These activities involved counting, estimating, graphing, and language development.
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Grade 8 Math Questions
February 5, 2020
Paul Beland created a set of problem-solving questions to follow chapters one through eight in the grade 8 mathematics curriculum.
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Bentwood Boxes
February 5, 2020
Tluuwaay Waadluxan Math Adventures Problem geared towards bentwood boxes.
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Permuted Art
February 5, 2020
Dr. Shawn Desauliners’ Permuted Art offers a unique puzzle experience. Participants can create a striking salmon eye image by sliding and rearranging squares.
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Weaving a Quarter Bag Instructions
February 5, 2020
Anjeanette Dawson shares the instructions for weaving a quarter bag that can be adapted to any grade level.
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Math First Peoples 8/9
February 5, 2020
The Math First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide empowers BC educators to transform math learning through Indigenous perspectives, aiming to boost student success.
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Tluuwaay ‘Waadluxan Mathematical Adventures
February 5, 2020
Tluuwaay ‘Waadluxan Mathematical Adventures offers fresh perspectives on math through land-based learning.
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Bibliography of Indigenous Math Related Resources
February 5, 2020
This bibliography compiles resources on mathematics education, encompassing theory, pedagogy, curriculum, teacher development, student learning, assessment, policy, and research data
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