Description: Come learn where to get data on professional athletes (height, weight, speed, etc.) that will lead to interesting student discussions. Learn how to put large amounts of data into lists and make visual representations for students to analyze, compare and discuss measures of center and spread.
Description: Participants will experience strategies that empower students to see mathematics through the lens of relationship building at a global level. Using shared activities, you will be guided to engage […]
Description: Participants will learn why it’s important to acknowledge diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism, & create equitable conditions in the classroom. As they unpack the aforementioned terms, participants will engage in hands-on […]
Description: Participants will be challenged to reflect on and think deeply about unconscious biases and how those biases influence our teaching, classroom environment, and interactions with families and the community. […]
Description: Fizz Buzz is a beautiful, low-floor high ceiling coding task that all learners can be successful with! Our coding solution is a portable, offline programming solution, overcoming access issues for students without devices or high-speed internet. Our solution provides a grades 7-10 menu-driven solution that bridges the elementary block coding solutions with more sophisticated […]
Description: This session will focus on the importance of low floor and high ceiling math tasks. These tasks will be accessible to all students in a classroom while giving the freedom and flexibility for students to explore mathematics. Our goal is to engage all our students and make them feel that they can achieve deep […]
Description: On a daily basis educators are challenged to meet the needs of all learners in their classrooms. Understanding differentiated instruction in regards to equality vs equity can assist all […]
Description: With the pandemic, educational inequity has been magnified. How can we do our part, as mathematics teachers, to provide equity in the mathematics classroom? This introductory equity session will […]
Description: Working from a strength or “asset-based” mindset increases equitable outcomes for our mathematicians. This session will identify language that creates a deficit mindset for our students and teachers, and […]