activities
Combining pop culture with numerical literacy
I thought I’d share one of my new favourite websites: GraphJam
What could be more fun than making a pie chart, bar graph or map? This site encourages readers to download templates for maps, graphs, charts, venn diagrams etc. and create your own visual representations of song lyrics, popular sayings or whatever’s on your mind
like this:
or [...]
Algebra equation tool online
Sorry for a few days sans posts, and sorry that you’ll probably see a few more of them as Joe and I prepare to set sail for the Caribbean where internet access costs will be extremely prohibitive!
So, I’ll leave you with something that should keep you and your kids entertained for about a week or [...]
Forensic Science Summer Camps at OUIT
Swimming and hiking not for your child this summer? Send her to the scene of the crime!
From TheStar.com | Special | Camp gives students a feel for crime scene investigations:
In Oshawa, UOIT has opened its CSI house to students with a summer camp running over the next three years to stimulate interest in the [...]