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Online Playful Math:
Engaging students in virtual math

Explore the math and science learned in Indigenous land-based experiences

Using daily quick image math challenges to engage students

Inquiry

Inquiry-based learning is a dynamic and emergent process that builds on students’ knowledge about the world.

Math

Inquiry gives teachers an opportunity to explore mathematical ideas with children while developing computational skills and conceptual understanding.

Science

The journey toward scientific literacy begins with instilling a sense of wonder and sparking students’ natural curiosity.

Offline Coding in Kindergarten

Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Kindergarten Teacher Carol Stephenson introduces her class to coding on a grid.

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Make a tornado in a jar to demonstrate centripetal

Make a tornado in a jar to demonstrate centripetal forces! This experiment demonstrates how the combination of air pressure, water pressure and gravity can create a powerful vortex. Ask students where else these centre-pulling forces exist. Link in bio!

ALT TEXT: Jar with orange liquid and mini tornado inside against a pink brick background. Text in beige semi-circle reads "Tornado in a Jar #WonderWednesday"

#lessoninajar #teacherresource #sciencelesson #weatherexploration #tornadoexperiment #jarexperiments #learningthroughinquiry #teacherlearning #experimentathome #virtuallearningresource

Challenge students to "scale-up" by creating a maz

Challenge students to "scale-up" by creating a maze! Have student draw a maze they can recreate outside. Provide students with chalk and take them outside to create their life-sized version! Encourage students use directional language to guide each other through the maze!

#chalkmaze #springactivities #teacherresource #mathoutdoors

FREE WEBINAR - @ambsandy and Erin Sperling share h

FREE WEBINAR - @ambsandy and Erin Sperling share how Indigenous ways of knowing can be integrated in the study of scientific methods through storytelling. Hear how reciprocity plays an important part of the work they do. Register today through the link in our bio!
#IndigenousMathSci

ALT TEXT: Yellow Background with Image of Amber Sandy against wooden wall and Erin Sterling in front of a tree. Text reads: Indigenous ways of knowing in Math and Science: A Webinar Series Bringing Indigenous Knowledge into Science Education Through Reciprocity with Educators Amber Sandy and Erin Sperling. FREE! Register Thurs. April 29th 7 PM EST | 4 PM PST.

Develop your students' ability to recognize quanti

Develop your students' ability to recognize quantities with accuracy and speed with in our How Many Dots lesson. Encourage students to use visual patterns and arrangements to determine the number of dots they see. Lesson plan link in bio.

ALT TEXT: Purple background with multi-coloured circles. Text in beige-semi-circle reads "How many dots do you see? #MondayMathChallenge"

#mathinquiry #learningexploration #teacherresource #lessonplan #mathlesson #elementarylesson #inquirybasedlearning

This classic tool gets students thinking about the

This classic tool gets students thinking about the solar system! Have students build a sundial. Before heading outside, discuss the math/science related to the position of the sun/earth. Have students predict the movement of the shadow. Link in bio for more!

ALT TEXT: Sundial made from rocks and sticks showing the time as 4 o clock. Text in beige semi-circle reads "Building a Sundial #InquiryInspirationFriday"

#teacherideas #timeexploration #learningabouttime #time #sundial #mathlearning #inquirybasedlearning #naturelearning #learningoutdoors #outdooreducation

Our April webinar features @ambsandy and Erin Ster

Our April webinar features @ambsandy and Erin Sterling! Hear how Indigenous ways of knowing can be integrated in the study of the scientific methods through storytelling, as well as the role reciprocity plays as the foundation for success. Link in bio.
#IndigenousMathSci

ALT TEXT: Yellow Background with Image of Amber Sandy against wooden wall and Erin Sterling in front of a tree. Blue mat with Text reads: Indigenous ways of knowing in Math and Science: A Webinar Series Bringing Indigenous Knowledge into Science Education Through Reciprocity with Educators Amber Sandy and Erin Sperling. FREE! Webinar April 29th 7 PM EST.

#sciencewebinar #freepd #freelearning #webinar #rpk2021
#inquirybasedlearning #freewebinar #teacherresources

Recreate a natural phenomena for your students rig

Recreate a natural phenomena for your students right in the classroom! Ask students where they think rain comes from to spark curiosity. Then demonstrate how clouds release water using the "rain cloud in a jar experiment"

ALT TEXT: Jar with foam on top and blue paint dropping through with clouds and tree in the background. White semi-circle with text "Rain Cloud in a Jar #WonderWednesday"

#rainexploration #inquirybasedlearning #jarexperiments #weather #grade1 #grade5 #grade2 #teacherideas #learningthroughinquiry #wonderwednesday

Challenge students to find all existing angles in

Challenge students to find all existing angles in their names! Have students write their names in large box letters on graph paper. Provide students with a protractor and ask them to measure every angle they see! #MondayMathChallenge

ALT: AMES written on graph paper with angles written at the vertices of the letters. Beige semi-circle with text that reads Finding Angles in our Names #MondayMathChallenge

#angles #anglefun #geometrylesson #geometry #elementarylesson #mathlesson #elementarymath #mathfun #exploringnames #culturallyrelaventpedagogy #crp

“The birch gives itself to the people in order t

“The birch gives itself to the people in order to travel, cook, collect and heal” - Marlo Beaucage during our March webinar on the math/science that emerges from Indigenous land-based experiences.
Did you miss it? Watch Marlo and Nancy O'Donnell on our site here - link in bio.

ALT TEXT: yellow background with screenshot of Webinar with 4 women smiling and a youtube play button. Text reads Ondaadan Gikino’amaadiwin Aki - Learning from the land with Marlo Beaucage and Nancy O’Donnell.

Experience the greenhouse effect! Plant the same s

Experience the greenhouse effect! Plant the same seed in two different pots and enclose one of the pots ing a plastic bottle! Ask students to predict which plant will grow faster and explain why. As the plants grow, test their hypotheses by measuring the height of the plants.

ALT TEXT: Potted Plant inside a plastic bottle creating a greenhouse effect. Text in beige semi-circle reads "Making a Greenhouse" #InquiryInpirationFriday

FREE 1-HR WEBINAR LIVE NOW: Learning from Land: On

FREE 1-HR WEBINAR LIVE NOW: Learning from Land: Ondaadan Gikino'amaadiwin Aki! Link below. If you have a question for Marlo Beaucage, Nancy O’Donnell or any of our moderators, ask here or on YouTube. Link in bio!

Ask students, "Where does all the snow go in the s

Ask students, "Where does all the snow go in the spring?" Discuss the importance of rivers and streams guiding excess water to ponds, lakes & oceans to prevent flooding. On a digital or physical map, have students follow a river to discover its endpoint! #InquiryInspirationFriday

ALT TEXT: snow melting into a river surrounded by trees and a bridge in the background. Text reads “Where does the snow go in the spring?”

#winterexploration #rainyday #waterexploration #snowtorain #snowmelting #seasonchanging #spring

When Jane Tom began using quick image math challen

When Jane Tom began using quick image math challenges at the start of each day, she saw how excited her students were to engage in math. In our latest blog, we explore how these challenges are an effective way to introduce math concepts to students. Check out the link in our bio #mathteacher

ALT TEXT: children sitting at desks with hands raised, white semi-circle reads Daily Quick Image Math Challenges new blog post.

#educatorresource #mathgames #mathlessonideas #classroomchallenge #mathchallenge

Considered one of the world’s most prestigious c

Considered one of the world’s most prestigious cytogeneticists, #BarbaraMcClintock and her discovery of the “jumping gene” led to the first time a woman won an unshared Nobel Prize! Learn more about her biological contributions: http://bit.ly/3cK3W3w #WomenInSTEAM

ALT TEXT: white text on black background.

#womeninstem #learningthroughinquiry #inspiringwomen

Join us March 29th @ 7 pm for a FREE Webinar: Lear

Join us March 29th @ 7 pm for a FREE Webinar: Learning from Land. Educators Marlo Beaucage and Nancy O’Donnell share how Indigenous land-based teachings provide rich learning experiences for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Register through the link in our bio!

#rpkwebinar21 #indsci #indigenousmath #indigenousscience #learningfromland

"Where did the water come from? How did it get on

"Where did the water come from? How did it get on the earth?” Educator Zoe Donoahue from @JackmanICS emphasizes the importance of selecting a strong question to begin an inquiry! More on exploring water and inquiry through the link in our bio! #WorldWaterDay

ALT TEXT: glass of splashing water in front of a sunset. Text in pink semi-circle reads #Worldwaterday

#waterexploration #nature #naturalcuriosity #inquirybasedlearning #stem #sciencelessons

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