Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking, Grades 3-5

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!