Connecting students with their interests, communities, and the world

An Excursion is a sequence of related classroom activities that encourages students to apply the mathematics they are learning to the contexts of their own and others’ lives and communities. Each Excursion has been field tested, and is designed to provide every student the opportunity to:

  • uncover their own unique mathematical strengths, experience, ideas, and interests
  • apply the mathematics they are learning to a new context and pursue mathematical questions that interest them
  • age in new learning about aspects of mathematics in the world
  • learn about people of diverse backgrounds and identities who use mathematics within a variety of fields

Learn more about the goals of these Excursions and the principles that underly them.

Click on the images below to learn more about each of the Excursions that are available for download.

Favorite Food: Grades K-1

Quilts: Grades 1-2

Buildings: Grades 1-2

Languages: Grades 3-5

Quilts: Grades 4-5

Temperature: Grade 5

It was a really great way to get kids that don’t normally participate to participate. Like a lot of these kids that had really cool places that their families were from really wanted to share that information.”

 – Classroom teacher