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The Robertson Program for Inquiry-Based Teaching in Mathematics and Science

Making playful, engaging math and science accessible to all teachers and students.

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December 17, 2024

Teaching Fractions through Baking: A lesson for primary/junior students

This three-part, hands-on lesson uses baking to teach students how to understand, compare, and work with fractions. Students measure ingredients, double and triple recipes to practice adding and multiplying fractions, and identify and compare fractions in their own recipes.

Online Playful Math: Strengthening Fraction Skills Through Play
November 15, 2024

Online Playful Math: Strengthening Fraction Skills Through Play

Number lines make explicit and build upon pre-existing spatial-numeric intuitions, support children’s growing understanding of ratio, proportion and scaling, and help students to construct and internalize a “mental number line” that continues to develop in complexity from kindergarten through university mathematics and beyond.