The Robertson Program
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Collaborating with educators and researchers to create inquiry-based math and science resources. Part of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, U of T.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2019
From the Robertson Program, we would like to wish everyone a safe and relaxing summer break! Check out our site over the summer to find new activities to prepare for the next school year!
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Students order proper and improper fractions from least to greatest using a deck of cards in this interactive barrier game. Easy to implement during the last couple days of school!
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Students challenge one another as they use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to create equations that are equivalent to a target number in this paired card game. An easy game that can be implemented for the last week of school!
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Check out our latest set of monthly math challenges for primary and junior students to keep them engaged during the last week of school!.
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Students analyze a class-generated list of historical figures to explore patterns of representation, and discuss the social factors that reveal issues of power, racial and gender inequality.
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Students compare the areas of hexagons by fitting two dimensional pattern blocks, such as parallelograms and trapezoids to cover the figure in this team activity.
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In this group activity, children learn to describe how a sound makes them feel and identify different qualities of a sound and patterns of vibrations.
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RT @OISEAlumFriends: Check out this easy math-inquiry activity for students and the kids in your life — by OISE’s @robertsonprog! 🍪🔢.
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Students learn to sort, classify, and display a variety of concrete objects, and begin to explore the concept of probability in everyday contexts using beads and pipe cleaners.
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Sticks and stones can make two and three-dimensional shapes that students can use to explore geometry in this outdoor class activity.
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Students explore the factors that influence one’s ability to access food in remote areas by estimating and calculating transactions and sales tax.
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In this fraction-focused twist on Sudoku, students use equivalent fractions—as well as improper and mixed numbers—to complete the board. Students must reason about fraction size and equivalence while applying logic to solve the puzzle.
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Using the four basic operations, players take turns asking opponents for cards that will create a whole number up to and including 50.
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RT @msbhatcher: Pentomino Battleship! After learning about reading locations on a grid we played pentomino battleship to practice our new s….
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In this small group activity, students work together to build 21 unique structures out of 3, 4, and 5 unifix cubes.
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In this fun whole class activity, students play bingo to learn about the Egyptian number system.
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Students describe, sort, classify, and compare two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional figures using magnetic pattern blocks and a cookie sheet.
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Students learn to read and compare fractions, including halves and tenths, by looking at favourite recipes they bring from home in this small group activity.
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In this group activity, students use probability language to predict the likelihood of sinking a ball into the basketball net at increasing distances.
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Using Mahjong tiles, students practice their patterning skills by creating various sets to win the game.
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