Community-Based+Mathematics+Project

1. Interviewing an elder in your community about the math that occurs in traditional activities such as basket-making, games (such as waltes), beadwork etc. 2. Creating a powerpoint slide presentation showing pictures of places in or around your community that demonstrate aspects of math 3. Creating a video showing how mathematics is used within your community. You can also see the following website for other ideas: http://yukon-ed-show-me-your-math.wikispaces.com/ 4. Other – come up with something all your own – you might want to run the idea by me first. 5. A unique project of your own creation! (Feel free to ask for feedback before beginning.)
 * Community based mathematics** – Math is all around us, in every community, and it exhibits itself in many ways. This project involves you finding examples of mathematics that occurs every day in your community and also coincides with curriculum outcomes. There are many ways you could present this project such as:

Please be creative in your ideas and presentation, explicit in showing the math that is depicted within your project, and link to the New Brunswick mathematics curriculum by stating specific outcomes in a child-friendly manner.