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Description
Math comes alive in this outdoor activity that takes key concepts like patterns and measurement from the classroom to the forest. An adventure in discovery awaits as students interact with nature and apply new mathematics learning in an authentic and meaningful context. Essential skills are reinforced as students participate in a series of short activities where they will:
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Estimate heights of trees.
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Identify shapes and patterns in nature.
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Practice counting and recording data by conducting surveys of flowers.
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Measure and calculate the age of a tree.
General Assessment
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This unique outdoor lesson supports mathematics outcomes related to estimation, number recognition, counting, patterns, symmetry and measurement while providing a meaningful nature experience that reinforces science skills like observation. As they explore, students will also be able to examine plants and animals they find and develop an increased awareness of the habitat values of forests.
The activities in this resource could be the precursor to an integrated teaching unit where a class uses Math, Science, English Language Arts and Visual Art skills to prepare a forest survey of their study site which highlights all of the interesting features of the area. This survey could be used to educate peers about the benefits of trees while promoting forest conservation in the local community.
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- Developing and affirming identity contributes to well-being and understandings of self and one another.
- Engaging with various forms of communication and expression allows us to represent and interpret our understandings of the world in multiple ways.
- Exploring connections strengthens our understandings of relationships to help us make meaning of the world.
- Organizing and representing quantitative information develops additive and multiplicative thinking to make meaningful connections and support problem solving.
- Visualizing and describing spatial relationships through geometry enhances interpretations of the physical world
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- Exploring connections strengthens our understandings of relationships to help us make meaning of the world
- Organizing and representing quantitative information develops additive and multiplicative thinking to make meaningful connections and support problem solving
- Visualizing and describing spatial relationships through geometry enhances interpretations of the physical world
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- Numbers represent quantities that can be decomposed into smaller parts.
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- Numbers represent quantities that can be decomposed into smaller parts.
- Objects have attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.
- One-to-one correspondence and a sense of 5 and 10 are essential for fluency with numbers
- Repeating elements in patterns can be identified
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- Science: Plants and animals have observable features
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- Concrete graphs help us to compare and interpret data and show one-to-one correspondence.
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- Objects and shapes have attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.
- Repeating elements in patterns can be identified
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- Science 1: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment
- Science 1:Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape
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- Step 3Select a subject
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- Numbers to 100 represent quantities that can be decomposed into 10s and 1s
- Objects and shapes have attributes that can be described, measured, and compare
- The regular change in increasing patterns can be identified and used to make generalizations
Themes Addressed
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Ecosystems (1)
- Appreciating the Natural World
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Land Use & Natural Resources (1)
- Forests
