Welcome to the Sidewalk Math Station
Bringing the FUN and PLAY of Sidewalk Chalk to Mathematics!
We encourage you to watch the video below to become more familiar with what Sidewalk Math is and then start EXPLORING with the Nearpod Activites.
Be sure to scroll to the bottom to learn how to enter into our RAFFLE!
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Let's Talk About Mathematics
Dr. Rochy Flint talks to us about alleviating math anxiety and the disengagement learners often have when encourntering a math problem.
Check out how Soborno Isaac uses Sidewalk Math to explain how to Bisect an Angle!
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Why Sidewalk Math?
In her 2012 book, Cultivating Mathematics Identities In and Out of School and In Between, Dr. Erica Walker discusses how
"It is important to consider how people’s mathematics identities might be cultivated in spaces within schools, outside of schools, and in spaces in-between, and how these experiences might contribute to the development of a mathematical identity as well as the development and dissemination of mathematical knowledge"
Sidewalk Math is a unique resource for teachers, students, parents, and communities to bring mathematics to each of these spaces:
IN the classroom with intentional Sidewalk Math lesson plans
OUTSIDE of schools, when students engage with Sidewalk Math at their own front steps, and
IN-BETWEEN when you and I share Sidewalk Math with our communities in parks and public sidewalks.
Don't have access to a sidewalk?
You can also use whiteboards. Even poster paper and markers will work.
Get creative!
Teaching online this Fall?
Collaborate in an online drawing tool.
Create a social media or blog site for students to upload their Sidewalk Math.
Go chalk problems for students to find in the community ... make sure to leave them some chalk too!
Don't Forget to Post YOUR Sidewalk Math to Social Media!
Meet Your Hosts
Dr. Rochy Flint
Lecturer at TC. She is a mathematician in the field of geometric topology and has been a mathematics educator for 20+ years. Founder of MathChavrusa, she is a firm believer in the power of collaboration. Rochy is a Mathemalchemy team member, merging mathematics and arts. In her handbag you will find pineapple and sidewalk chalk. She is the proud mom of 6 awesome kids!
Alyssa MacMahon
Is a former High School Mathematics teacher from Colorado, currently working towards an EdD in Mathematics Education at TC.