Delta-K,  Teaching Ideas,  Volume 52, Issue 1

Aboriginal Hand Games and Probability

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 52 Issue 1, December 2014

22 – 23

Aboriginal Hand Games and Probability

Jessica Shaw and Maxine Elter

The purpose of this lesson is to integrate the tradition and culture of Aboriginal hand games with the probability outcomes of Alberta’s Math 8 curriculum. This is meant as a wrap-up project to summarize all understanding in this topic.