In a community-based modeling tasks, students explore issues in their local community by building awareness, using mathematics to make decision and taking action.
The resources in this section will help you implement community-based modeling tasks in your local community. Each example will provide planning slides, student handouts, viewing guides for video and annotated student work. Please login to view videos.
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Primary-Grade Tasks
Library Diversity (Gr 2)
Upper-Grade Tasks
Food Waste (Gr 4)
Planning Resources
Community Tasks for Grades K-5
Community-based Modeling Prompts
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Food Waste (Lesson Story)
Lesson Resources
Student Handout
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Student Work
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Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice how the teacher honors student thinking and ideas
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Video
Food Waste (Grade 4)
Modeling Competencies
Lesson Resources
Student Handout
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Student Work
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Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice how the teacher honors student thinking and ideas
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Video
Library Diversity (Grades 1- 2)
Lesson Resources
Student Handout
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Student Work
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Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice how the teacher honors student thinking and ideas
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Video
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