Folder Notes: A collection of resources, from the new learnalberta website, to support the new math curriculum.
This resource focuses on assessment practices and includes information on the types of classroom assessment; the purpose of classroom assessment; the assessment process; and assessment strategies and tools.
This Web site provides a library of interactive, Web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (Kindergarten to Grade 12 emphasis). The resources are organized into the following topics: Number and Operations; Algebra; Geometry; Measurement; and Data Analysis and Probability.
This resource highlights current research on learning mathematics. Topics include: mathematical proficiency; number sense; computational fluency; mathematical reasoning; mathematical conversation; metacognition; learning styles; and math anxiety.
This resource assists teachers with planning for instruction. Topics addressed include: creating an effective mathematics environment; creating meaningful activities; understanding the progression of mathematical understanding; models in the mathematics classroom; developing algebraic reasoning; integrating problem solving; using technology in the mathematics classroom; and differentiating instruction. A list of recommended resources is also provided.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcome 5—Number. Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Adding and Subtracting Positive Fractions and Mixed Numbers.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcome 6—Number. Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Addition and Subtraction of Integers.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcomes 1, 2—Patterns and Relations (Patterns). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Understanding of Patterns and Linear Relations; and, Sample Activities for Teaching Connections among Linear Relations, Tables of Values and Graphs.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcome 2—Shape and Space (Measurement). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching the Formulas for the Areas of Parallelograms, Triangles and Circles.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcome 6—Statistics and Probability (Chance and Uncertainty). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Theoretical and Experimental Probability of Two Independent Events.
This interactive mathematics resource allows students to explore tessellations as well as the transformations of line symmetry, rotation symmetry and translation within a tessellated pattern. The resource includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a renovation game.
This multimedia mathematics resource shows how DJs use math to produce records. Using an interactive activity, students solve algebra problems based on various scenarios of a DJ's expenses and revenues and then calculate overall profit. A print activity is provided.
This multimedia mathematics resource deals with integers and temperature measurement. A video explains how math plays a role in building and maintaining ice rinks. Using an interactive activity, students explore temperature changes over a 24-hour period. An integers print activity is included.
The amounts of red, blue, or green colours used in digital photography can be explored in this interactive mathematics resource by determining 3-term ratios in equivalent forms. The resource includes print activities, solutions, and learning strategies.
This interactive mathematics resource explores the meaning of positive and negative exponents. Students can complete patterns of base 10 exponents in different forms and then view the powers in a real world context. The resource also includes print activities, solutions, and learning strategies.
This interactive mathematics resource allows the user to explore and interpret word problems by evaluating expressions and solving equations in a variety of different contexts. This resource includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a board game.
This interactive mathematics resource allows students to explore and interpret Alberta provincial election results from 1905 to 2004 using a pictograph, line graph, bar graph, circle graph, or data table. The resource includes print activities, solutions, and learning strategies.
This interactive mathematics resource allows students to explore the pictorial, symbolic, and concrete representations of fractions. Proper and improper fractions, as well as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions are also investigated. The resource includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a Smoothie Machine game.
Fractions are explored in this multimedia mathematics resource. A video illustrates how math is used every day in hotels and restaurants. Using an interactive activity, students explore improper, mixed, and equivalent fractions by using measuring cups to obtain a target fraction. A fractions print activity is included.
This multimedia mathematics resource shows how math is used at the Calgary Zoo to calculate how much it costs to feed the animals. An interactive activity allows students to change variables in linear equations to create unique ways of obtaining the same solution. A print activity is provided.
This interactive mathematics resource allows students to explore and interpret the mean, median and mode of a created data set. The resource includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and an Aztec museum game.
Central tendencies are explored in this multimedia mathematics resource. A video illustrates how math is used by emergency response planners to save lives. Using an interactive component, students explore and predict changes as new emergency response times are added to a set of times with known means and medians. A central tendency print activity is included.
This interactive mathematics resource allows the user to explore the order of operations (brackets, exponents, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction). The resource also includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a math game.
This interactive mathematics resource allows the user to explore vertically opposite, corresponding, and alternate angles formed by parallel lines and a transversal. The resource also includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a math game.
This interactive mathematics resource allows students to explore number patterns. Users manipulate an animated squirrel as they determine terms in a sequence. Pictorial representations and algebraic expressions are generated for each pattern examined. The resource also includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a math game.
This multimedia mathematics resource illustrates how math is used to develop and analyze dance routines. An interactive component helps students explore random number patterns and predict the next terms in a sequence. A print activity is included.
This interactive mathematics resource allows the user to explore the outcomes resulting from tossing a coin, rolling a die, and using a spinner to perform single and double event probabilities. The resource includes print activities, solutions, learning strategies, and a board game.
This multimedia mathematics resource examines probability. A video illustrates how math is used to evaluate the danger of avalanches in the mountains of Alberta. An interactive component allows students to compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, as well as explore the Monte Carlo method. A probability print activity is also included.
This multimedia mathematics resource deals with similarity and congruence. A video illustrates how these math concepts are used in the construction of road signs. An interactive component allows students to drag, rotate, flip, and resize triangles to determine if they are congruent or similar to another given triangle. A print activity is included.
This multimedia mathematics resource demonstrates how circles can be found all around us. An interactive activity allows students to explore the value of pi by investigating the relationship between circumference and diameter. A print activity is provided.
This multimedia mathematics resource features a video that shows examples of transformations (flips, slides, and rotations) found all around West Edmonton Mall. Using an interactive component, students explore and predict transformations by viewing animations of translations, rotations, and reflections. A transformations print activity is included.
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This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcome 1—Shape and Space (Measurement). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Understanding of Circles.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 7 Specific Outcome 3—Patterns and Relations (Variables and Equations). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching an Understanding of Preservation of Equality.