Stories to inspire math + coding!

 

1. SYMMETRY

• PDF for $8
• 28 colour pages. Classroom-tested. With math lesson ideas. And coding connections.
• Symmetry: the more it changes, the more it stays the same.
• Link to a coding platform where students can create, dynamically control, save and share their mathematical art.

Links

• rotations/reflections coding environment: mathsurprise.ca/apps/sym/rotation-reflection
• bumper squares coding environment: mathsurprise.ca/apps/sym/bumper-squares
• bumper triangles coding environment: mathsurprise.ca/apps/sym/bumper-triangles

Story trailer

 

 

2. REPEATING PATTERNS

• PDF for $8
• 28 colour pages. Classroom-tested. With math lesson ideas. And coding connections.
• Hansel and Gretel discover colourful repeating patterns.
• With a coding platform where students can create, dynamically control, save and share their mathematical art.

Links:

• coding environment v1: mathsurprise.ca/apps/patterns/v1
• coding environment v2: mathsurprise.ca/apps/patterns/v2

 

3. ANIMAL (AI) FARM

Classroom-tested in Grades 5-8. Each page has a discussion question, with teacher notes at the end of the story. 36 page book with glossy, full-colour, 8.5 x 11 inch pages.

• PDF for $8
• 36 colour pages. Classroom-tested. With math lesson ideas. And coding connections.
• A re-imagining of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
• Where is AI taking us? What might be the consequences?

Try the coding environment.

• Sets & Subsets: https://mathsurprise.ca/apps/ai/sets

 

 

 

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These stories and coding environments were developed & researched with support from an Ontario Research Fund: Research Excellence grant. More details at eduapps.ca