Math Catcher - Simon Fraser University
WEBThe Math Catcher Outreach program aims to promote mathematics and scholarship in general by encouraging elementary and high school students to recognize how math is used in everyday life and how it forms the basis for many of our daily decisions and life-long choices. The storytelling, pictures, models, problem solving, resources, and hands-on ...
The Stories/Movies - Math Catcher - Simon Fraser University
WEBThe first story, Small Number Counts to 100 was inspired by narration from Ms. Rina Sinclair of the Siksika Nation.The story can be shown to elementary school students as a counting practice/puzzle or as a pattern recognition problem. For high school students it can be a way to introduce arithmetic progressions, modular addition, or an idea of number systems with a base different than 10.
Meet Small Number - Math Catcher - Simon Fraser University
WEBMeet Small Number. The main character in our animations thus far is a boy called Small Number. He is a bright, playful kid, with the ability to recognize patterns and calculate quickly. Other characters introduced so far are Big Circle, Small Number’s best friend, Perfect Number, Small Number’s sister, and Small Number’s parents and ...
About - Math Catcher - Simon Fraser University
WEBAbout. The Math Catcher Outreach Program is a science outreach initiative at Simon Fraser University run by SFU faculty and staff members and students who volunteer their time towards the program. Math Catcher aims to tackle the stigma surrounding mathematics among Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth through a series of initiatives.
Small Number Counts to 100 - Math Catcher - Simon Fraser …
WEBSmall Number Counts to 100. Written by Veselin Jungic & Mark MacLean Illustrated by Simon Roy The first story, Small Number Counts to 100 was inspired by narration from Ms. Rina Sinclair of the Siksika Nation.The story can be shown to elementary school students as a counting practice/puzzle or as a pattern recognition problem.
Small Number and the Old Canoe - Simon Fraser University
WEBSmall Number is a five year-old boy who gets into a lot of mischief. He lives with his Grandma and Grandpa, who patiently put up with his antics most of the time. Today, Grandpa needs to finish carving a feast dish and decides that Small Number should go out and play with his friends. It is a beautiful, sunny, spring day, and the boys run down ...
Small Number and the Big Tree - Math Catcher - Simon Fraser …
WEBSmall Number and the Big Tree. Written by Veselin Jungic and Mark MacLean. Illustrated by Simon Roy and Jess Pollard. Small Number is a young boy who gets into a lot of mischief. With his sister Perfect Number he visits their Grandma who lives in a small village on their Nation’s traditional territory. English.
Small Number and the Kit Foxes - Simon Fraser University
WEBThe full moon rose over the horizon and lit up the grasslands, which had a light dusting from the winter snow that had fallen the day before. Moonlight streamed in through the front window and lit up the room where Small Number, his sister Perfect Number, and their cousins were sitting around the fireplace talking about the new pair of kit foxes that had been settled that day near the rocks ...
Small Number and the Skateboard Park - Simon Fraser University
WEBIllustrated by Simon Roy. Small Number is a young boy who gets into a lot of mischief. He lives in a big city with his mother and his older sister Perfect Number. Every Sunday afternoon, Small Number does his math homework. When he has trouble with math, he usually asks his sister for help. But this Sunday he has a geometry problem that looks ...
Workshops - Math Catcher - Simon Fraser University
WEBIndigenizing University Mathematcis - 2021 CMS Winter Meeting: December 7, 2021: Math Catcher Festival: Learning Math Through Storytelling - 2021 NGIE
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