<p>Week 1: July 1 to 5, 2013 NUMERACY - Grades 7 to 10 Seeing the world around us through the lenses of mathematics </p><p>In what ways could I use mathematics in the world around me? AT HOME Canada Day inspires the making of souvenirs to Download GSP Version 5.05 celebrate our national holiday, such as flags, hats, t- at shirts, banners, pens, magnets, and key chains. http://www.keycurriculum.com  What items are sold the most? How do you know? /gsp/download</p><p> Find out the kinds of items, which stores sell for Canada Sketchpad tutorials Day. Which items are more popular? How do you know? http://www.keycurriculum.com Did you collect data from different websites, flyers or /resources/sketchpad- going to stores, like convenience stores, Shopper’s Drug resources/sketchpad- Mart, Canadian Tire or Loblaws? How did you organize tutorials the data? GSP kaleidoscope https://sites.google.com/site/ USING TECHNOLOGY wcodavisgeometry/about- People celebrate Canada Day with fireworks and me/gsp-activity-8- festive decorations. Create your own Canada Day constructing-a-kaleidoscope decorations. Using Geometer’s Sketchpad (GSP). Download GSP 5.05. Canadian Tire  Use the Sketchpad tutorial to practice using the software. http://www.canadiantire.ca/A ST/browse/3/HouseHome.jsp  Construct a Kaleidoscope using GSP. See URL. ?locale=en  Design your own decorations (e.g., a patterned banner, waving Canadian flags) for Canada Day using the GSP. Loblaws How is your design different/same to the kaleidoscope? http://www.loblaws.ca/en_CA. html</p><p>Canada Day in Toronto IN THE COMMUNITY http://toronto.about.com/od/ There are many free, outdoor fireworks displays in eventsattractions/a/canadada the City of Toronto, such as Mel Lastman Square, y.htm Downsview Park, Centennial Park, to name a few. See the “Canada Day in Toronto” website for more CITY NEWS Toronto festivities around Toronto. http://www.citynews.ca/2013  How many people attend fireworks in any of these places? /06/05/event-canada-day- About 1000, 10 000, 100 000? How do you know? Did long-weekend-2013-in-and- you use the area of the park, estimate the number of around-toronto/ people per square metre, or simply count people? Explain your thinking. 680 News Canada Day Fireworks http://www.680news.com/201 3/05/20/victoria-day-2013- whats-open-and-closed- fireworks-events/</p>