Our try to visit the Bella Bella Community School didn't work out. On December 7, 2011, at 10:45am, a Math Catcher team, Alejandro Erickson, Jessica Humchitt, and Veselin Jungic, left Vancouver, B.C., and arrived to Port Hardy, B.C., one our later. It was a beautiful
sunny day in Port Hardy, but there was a patch of tick fog
over the Bella Bella airport and the flight to Bella Bella had to be delayed. Around 3:00pm we
boarded the plane again and left for Bella Bella. We were told that the
fog was still covering the airport but that the pilot would try to land, if
possible. Well, he tried, but the fog was too tick and he turned the
plane back to Port Hardy. The team arrived back to Vancouver around 6:00pm. The Sliammon
version of the second Small Number story has been included in the
Sliammon language segment of the First Voices website: http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Sliammon/story
Oshele from the Sliammon
Nation, describes the project in the following way, "This is not a traditional Sliammon story but one
that could be told in any First Nations communty. The story appealed to
us because of it descriptive language and presented a challenge to
translate. The story also has a math focus and we hope to encourage
teachers to use it."
News Archive
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
The Halq'eméylem version of the animated movie "Small Number and the Old Canoe" has been completed and posted on the website. This was possible thanks to Siyamiyateliyot, Kwelaxtelot, Kwosel, and Andy Gavel. |
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
An article about the Math Catcher Project titled Small Number: Breaking the Pattern and written by Veselin Jungic and Mark MacLean was published in the December 2011 issue of the Notes of the Canadian Mathematical Society, the Society's official newsletter. To access the aricle click here and follow the link for the section Education Notes. |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
Veselin Jungic has been invited to present about the "Math Catcher: Mathematics Through Aboriginal Storytelling" to the First Naton School Association Board on February 3, 2012. |
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
Math Catcher will visit Bella Bella in Spring 2012. |
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
The SFU News Aboriginal Peoples supplement No. 2 contains a few articles about activities originated by the Math Catcher Project and people that have been involved in the Project. The Project description is given in an article on Page 2 and a note about the Aboriginal Students in Math and Science Workshop is on Page 3. Dr. Eldon Yellowhorne, who translates and narrated the Blackfoot version of the Small Number Counts to 100 story, is portrayed on Page 1 and Ms. Jessica Humchitt, a volunteer in the Math Catcher Program, is portrayed on Page 2. |
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
Ms. Laurie Ebenal, District Administrator for Aboriginal Education, has invited the Math Catcher Project to visit schools in Schcool District No. 43 - Coquitlam. Ms. Terri-Mae Galligos, a resource teacher, will assist in organization of the program in ‘pilot’ schools. |
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
Math Catcher Program has been invitied to visit Bella Bella. On December 7, 2011, Veselin Jungic will meet a group of teachers from the Bella Bella Comunity School to talk about the Math Catcher Project and about promoting and teaching mathematics in general. On December 8, 2011, Jessica Humchitt, Alejandro Erickson, and Veselin Jungic will meet with students for the Math Catcher's activities. |
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
In the SFU EDUC 320 (Instructional Psychology) class students did a specific context assignment paired with watching the film "Small Number and the Old Canoe." Alissa Bick Ehrenkranz, the course instructor, writes, "Although this purposing of art may horrify you, I am hoping that it demonstrates to my students a quest to engage education in creativity where ever the opportunity presents. I hope to see more Small Number adventures in the future."
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
John McDonaugh, ABE Instructor, College of the Rockies, writes,"I want to thank you and the team that organized the Aboriginal Students in Math and Science workshop yesterday. There were some great presentations and it was nice to network with others in the province."
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 |
The Aboriginal Students in Math and Science: Situations and Solutions workshop was held on November 8, 2011, in the IRMACS Centre. More than seventy participans from all levels of the British Columbia education system spent one day talking about various issues related to teaching and promoting mathematics to Aboriginal learners. The worksop included the world premiere of the animated movie Small Number and Old Canoe in the Squamish language. |
