Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking

Prepare Your Students to Become Global Citizens!

Students in grades 3–5 are undergoing significant cognitive growth and beginning to understand what fairness and equity mean in a diverse and interconnected world. Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking presents carefully crafted tasks that nurture multi-disciplinary literacies, including ecological and cultural literacies.

From climate change to systemic injustices, the need for multidisciplinary problem-solving skills has never been greater. The innovative tasks in this series bridge the gap between traditional siloed education and the real-world problems we encounter daily. By emphasizing mathematical modeling, data analysis, and cross-disciplinary thinking, they empower students to tackle complex issues and become global citizens ready to shape a brighter future.

• Investigating Life in a Square: Area, Data, and Healthy Ecosystems
• Developing Climate Literacy to Save Speedy the Tortoise
• Everyone Counts: Examining Issues of Fairness in Creating Voting Districts
• My Shirt Comes from Where? How Clothes Travel
• Food, Families, and Fractions: Reflecting on Nutrition and Access

Empower your students to become transformational thinkers to shape their communities and tackle global challenges head on!