STEM4U

This is a ppt presentation that you can show students on pi day (march 14th). It explains many of the reasons why the number is important and goes through some history of the calculation of its digits.

This is a hands on project where students simulate predator-prey relationships in an ecosystem of their choice. It's very engaging and it's typically done in groups of 2 or 3 students over the course of about 3 classes. This project involves a wonderful blend of art, literacy, numeracy, and science. Students get to be creative in designing their ecosystem. They get to do simulate the ecosystem in a board game type way. They record quantitative information and display it visually in a graph, and

This is a great project to introduce students to graphing data. They create a survey question of their own, ask 30 people, draw a graph by hand or with a computer that includes a title, axis labels and scales. Then they can present the findings of their survey to the class. The marking is done by peer and self assessment. Its a nice activity to put the student's learning in their own hands and help them remember how to make good graphs.