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Community Networking to Tap into Students' Funds of Knowledge
Community Networking to Tap into Students' Funds of Knowledge
This website offers a variety of tools to boost students’ math and science skills.
This Autodesk Construction Cloud blog post provides a wealth of information about construction careers, requirements for entering the field, and more.
This YouTube channel includes several videos designed to increase parent engagement with their child's mathematics education.
The Michigan Society of Professional Engineers supports MATHCounts and is a possible source of contacts for Michigan's professional engineering community.
This is the site for Michigan's premiere construction career exploration event, which includes the use of heavy equipment!
This webpage includes resources identified by MDE as promising to improve and develop family engagement.
The Michigan Math Circle welcomes high school and middle school students to the Michigan Ann Arbor campus on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8 for lectures on and discussions about mathematics; some meetings are held virtually.
The Mathematical Association of Michigan sponsors the Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition; it is also a potential source of contacts to Michigan's professional mathematicians' community.
On this site, teachers will find a selection of fully resourced lessons with a 'mathematical art' theme. The activities in these lessons will help to reinforce many important mathematical skills such as accurate measuring and constructing, visual problem solving, and strategic forward planning. Each resource is accompanied by brief instructions and photos of students' work.
This history of mathematics contains biographies of nearly 3000 mathematicians plus supporting material.
Worth a trip to New York, the National Museum of Mathematics works to nurture a deeper understanding and appreciation of math.
This site provides An easy-to-use summary of major mathematicians and developments in mathematical thought over the centuries.
This website from Stanford University supports the work of Jo Boaler and Cathy Humphries as they work with parents, students, and teachers to change mathematics learning for the better.
This highly readable book presents research findings through practical ideas that can be used in classrooms and homes. It includes information on common core standards, a growth mindset, and a range of advice for teachers and parents to give to their students to improve their mathematical experiences.
This book from NCTM contains lessons (23 in a launch-summary-explore structure) which explain how to teach mathematics for self- and community-empowerment, using mathematics as a tool for exploring, understanding, and responding to issues of social injustice.
This poster illustrates connections between Career Readiness and Disciplinary Literacy approaches at the classroom level, with suggestions about tapping into students' Areas of Interest within instruction.
The webpage includes several videos, podcasts, and articles that draw distinct connections between music and math.
From the AMS, Benjamin Braun explains in this blog post that "[m]athematics is the result of human curiosity and our desire to explain, predict, and explore observed and imagined phenomena....Yet a common sadness is felt by those who love mathematics, as we witness people's wonder and curiosity stilled by strong cultural and social forces...."
Looking for mathematicians in your community? Mathematicians now go way beyond professors, actuaries, teachers, and accountants. Check out all the careers, and use local community contacts to find people who might work with students.
TODOS advocates for equity and high-quality mathematics education for all students, especially Latina/o students. TODOS has created position statements, resources, and professional learning. TODOS is one resource to begin building networks between mathematics education at school and local parents and communities.
This site includes a collection of artifacts and examples of mathematical patterns expressed in a number of ways from varied cultures encouraging users to connect the artifacts/patterns to the underlying mathematics.
Similar to 2013, former president of NCTM Diane J. Briars provided suggestions for engaging parents and families.
In 2013, former president of NCTM provided a brief summary of possible ways to reach out to parents. While many examples are at the elementary level, the strategies and tools transfer to grades 6-12.
The toolkit is designed to address engagement in diverse communities. The toolkit has 4 parts, all available as PDFs.
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