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We are in Hispanic Heritage Month, and the truth is you don’t hear nearly enough about Hispanics in math. Today’s post sets out to change that. The history of Hispanics in our country can be traced back to at least the 1500s (and obviously for modern day Hispanics with indigenous roots […]

Hispanics Who Have Led The Way in Math

September 17, 2020 in Cultural content / Math / Newsletter tagged Hispanic Heritage Month / Hispanics / Math by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

Math Innovation Network is offering tools and games to educators. Their engaging math tools are ready for in-person, hybrid, or fully remote instruction.

Ready Now Math Distance-Learning Resources

September 1, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Conferences / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Mathematics / Newsletter / Remote Education / rural education / Statistics Education / Teachers / UnConference tagged Educational Games / Educational Resources / Teacher Resources by Christy Hanson

Making Camp Math Games — How do students use Chromebooks when they don't have Internet? We've made educational math apps that run offline

Online Learning Without Internet

August 7, 2020 in 7GenGames / division / Division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Mathematics / multiplication tagged Bilingual / Bilingual Games / Spanish by AnnMaria De Mars

The following 7 Generation Games are Chromebook compatible. MAKING CAMP: OJIBWE (Grades 3-5) In Making Camp: Ojibwe, players practice multiplication and division skills while learning math problem-solving strategies. They’ll also be introduced to Ojibwe history. Earn points by solving math problems and answering social studies questions in the village-building […]

Get 7 Generation Games on Chromebook

June 15, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math by Maria Burns Ortiz

Student on bed with pillow over her head — Your 4th grader feeling unmotivated? These 5-minute lessons are perfect. They combine math and Ojibwe history using a video and a game playable on phone or computers.

Lesson 3: Ojibwe hunting and Multiplication

May 7, 2020 in 10 Minute Lesson / Cultural content / Educational Games / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Foggy road with no traffic in the Canadian Rockies — When we heard schools were closing, our first thought was, "How can we help?" So, we made all of our games, apps and other resources free.

When the world closed down, we asked, “What can we ...

May 4, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Teachers tagged Digital Learning / learning at home by AnnMaria De Mars

Perimeter of a rectangle — This lesson plans includes 2 videos on perimeter, running around the house and 10 math problems.

Finding the perimeter and physical education

April 14, 2020 in Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Third Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

Ojibwe woman from Fish Lake about to jump over some rocks — Fish Lake is a lot more like a video game than anything that plays on Chromebooks AND it gives an in-depth introduction to fractions.

5 Ways Fish Lake helps school from home

April 12, 2020 in Educational Games / fractions / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

AzTech: The Story Begins - book on desk with picture of Mayan god-king — Combining Mayan history and math, learn about distributions and Mayan trading with these two videos. An adventure game, included, kicks off the AzTech Games series. Bilingual Spanish-English

Social Studies Meets Math in Today’s AzTech Games Lesson

April 1, 2020 in Bilingual Education / History / Math / Mathematics / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / video tagged Distributions by AnnMaria De Mars

Fractions problems teacher report from Fish Lake — How do you know what standards are being addressed while students are learning at home? Fish Lake reports break it down easily.

Student Progress Reports for Fish Lake

March 29, 2020 in Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Sixth Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

What happens when division is not exact? — Use our division play list to teach long division and division with remainders. End your lesson by playing Spirit Lake, learning more math along with Dakota history.

Learning Division on YouTube and with Spirit Lake

March 24, 2020 in 10 Minute Lesson / division / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / Teachers tagged division with remainders / long division by AnnMaria De Mars

Division Problem from 7 GenGames Youtube Play list — If you’ve decided that summer came early and your children are going to spend the next however long this quarantine lasts watching stupid YouTube videos where celebrities stuff pickles up their nose, we won’t judge you. However, if you’d like some education to happen, check out this division play list, with animated videos that explain everything from what is a dividend to long division with remainders. All the videos are from one and a half to around three and a half minutes.

Yes, Your Kids Can Learn Division on YouTube

March 22, 2020 in division / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics tagged long division by AnnMaria De Mars