Connections with Terry Fox

Making Connections

Making connections to personal life can help in math. Terry Fox lessons for any subject always are great when the school is participating in his fundraiser or walk. Terry Fox was a true hero. In this lesson, students will take a closer look at these numbers and use their prior knowledge to create math equations using actual numbers from this amazing story.

http://www.terryfox.org/SchoolRun/_Library/2012_Intermediate_Lesson_Plans_NATIONAL/N_-_Mathematics_-_Patterning_and_Algebra.pdf

Number Sense and Numeration: Solve multi-step problems arising from real-life contexts and involving whole numbers and decimals, using a variety of tools (e.g., graphs, calculators) and strategies (e.g., estimation, algorithms)

Patterning/Algebra:  Represent linear patterns using a variety of tools  Determine a term, given its term number, in a linear pattern that is represented by a graph or an algebraic equation  Describe different ways in which algebra can be used in real-life situations