Drying Salmon - Kit: Journeys into Proportional and Pre-Algebraic Thinking (Math in a Cultural Context)

Type

Book

Authors

Adams, Barbara L.

Lipka, Jerry

ISBN 10

1550593307

ISBN 13

9781550593303

Tags

Native American Studies, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Social Sciences

Description

This sixth and seventh grade module explores pre-algebraic and proportional thinking using the unique system of body measures that a Yup’ik elder used when hanging her salmon to dry. Students transform their own measurements into mathematical symbols as a way to investigate variables, relationships, proportions and algebraic thinking.

Includes one teacher resource, three posters, and one CD-ROM.

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