Mathematical Melodies
The power of music to affect memory is quite intriguing.
- Introduction: Why did we develop Mathematical Melodies
- Meet Alison Hambleton, Curriculum Support Developer
- Download the 2011 Melodies, Lesson Plans and Lyrics
- Download the 2012 Melodies, Lesson Plans and Lyrics
Performance Pieces
Thought-provoking, playful recordings produced by project coordinator Gary Rasberry, that can be used in many ways for edutainment purposes!
- Early Morning Calculus
- Late Night Calculus (Part 1)
- Late Night Calculus (Part 2)
- The Intuitive Calculus Dogs Use
- It’s All About the Math
- Math is Always, Always Friendly
- Math is Never, Ever Friendly
- Math/Music Pedagogical Loops: A Teacher Resource
The Musicians
(left to right) Graeme Thompson, Lisa Fenwick, Bruce Campeau, Gary Rasberry, Ruth Jean Charles, Freeyon Chung, Paul Hanash
Songs on YouTube
Double Parabola
What Does It Mean
To The Number Family Tree
Downloads
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Curriculum Link |
Divison (K-3: Primary) (4-6: Junior) (7-9: Intermediate) |
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Counting Common Cents |
Melanie Paton Sara Da Silva Anna Smol Morgan Evraire Steven Meece Gary Rasberry |
Number Sense and Numeration |
Primary |
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Ten Little Rabbits |
Melanie Paton Sara Da Silva Anna Smol Morgan Evraire Steven Meece Gary Rasberry |
Number Sense and Numeration
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Primary |
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Math Rounds |
Melanie Paton Sara Da Silva |
Patterning and Algebra |
Junior Intermediate |
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At School (A Poem) |
Melanie Paton |
Number Sense and Numeration |
Junior Intermediate |
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Problem Solving: 1,2,3,4 |
Anna Smol |
All curriculum strands |
Junior Intermediate |
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Time is Telling |
Anna Smol |
Measurement |
Primary Junior |
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Shape Nets |
Anna Smol |
Geometry and Spatial Sense |
Junior Intermediate |
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Somewhere in the World Right Now |
Gary Rasberry |
Measurement |
Junior Intermediate |
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Nate the Fraction |
Melanie Paton |
Number Sense and Numeration |
Primary Junior |
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Something about the Shapes (Lady Gaga) |
Melanie Paton |
Geometry and Spatial Sense |
Primary Junior |
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Skip Countin' |
Melanie Paton Sara Da Silva |
Patterning and Algebra |
Primary Junior |
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A Mathematical World |
Morgan Evraire |
All curriculum strands |
Junior |
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Chomp! Chomp! Chomp |
Morgan Evraire |
Number Sense and Numeration |
Primary |
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The Shapes I Spy |
Morgan Evraire |
Geometry and Spatial Sense |
Primary Junior |
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Fraggle Count Down |
Sara Da Silva |
Number Sense and Numeration |
Primary |
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Sara's Angles |
Sara Da Silva |
Geometry and Spatial Sense |
Junior |
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Place Value |
Steven Meece |
Number Sense and Numeration |
Junior |
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Triangle Point |
Steven Meece |
Geometry and Spatial Sense |
Junior Intermediate |
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Song Title |
Singer/Song-Writer |
Curriculum Link |
Divison (K-3: Primary) (4-6: Junior) (7-9: Intermediate) |
mp3
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Lyrics
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Teaching Notes
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Mister Fibonacci |
Gary Rasberry |
Fibonacci Numbers |
Junior/Intermediate |
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Times 11 |
Gary Rasberry |
Multiplication by 11 Patterns in the Multiples of 11 |
Junior/Intermediate |
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What’s the Radius? |
Gary Rasberry |
Defining and Measuring the Radius of a Circle |
Junior/Intermediate |
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Zero: A Poem About Nothing |
Gary Rasberry reading a poem by Lorna Crozer |
The Importance of Zero as a Number |
Junior/Intermediate |
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Measuring the World |
Graeme Thompson |
Standard Measurement Systems Unit Conversions |
Junior/Intermediate |
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Life as Math |
Freeyon Chung |
Math in the World Around Us |
Primary/Junior/Intermediate |
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What would life be like? |
Paul Hanash |
Geometry |
Primary/Junior |
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Numbers are Connected |
Ruth Jean Charles |
Number Sense |
Primary |
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Even Odd Numbers |
Graeme Thompson |
Number Sense |
Primary/Junior |
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Counting on Numbers |
Lisa Fenwick |
Skip Counting by 2, 5 & 10 |
Primary |
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Groups |
Ruth Jean Charles |
Multiplication by Grouping |
Primary/Junior |
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Number Fanatics |
Graeme Thompson |
Numbers in the World Around Us |
Primary/Junior |
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Tick, Tock |
Lisa Fenwick |
Telling Time and Elapsed Time |
Primary/Junior |
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Transformation Nation |
Lisa Fenwick |
Transformational Geometry |
Primary/Junior |
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A Square |
Ruth Jean Charles |
Characteristics of a Square |
Primary/Junior/Intermediate |
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What does it mean? |
Freeyon Chung |
Mean, Median, Mode |
Junior/Intermediate |
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What math can be |
Bruce Campeau |
Math in the World Around Us |
Junior/Intermediate |
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1, 2, 3, 4 |
Bruce Campeau |
Basic Computations |
Junior/Intermediate |
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Polynomial Testimonial |
Bruce Campeau |
Order of Operations, Variables |
Intermediate |
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Polynomial Rap |
Bruce Campeau |
Order of Operations, Variables |
Intermediate |
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Chinese Numerology |
Bruce Campeau |
Superstitions and Social Meaning of Numbers |
Intermediate |
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Turn Baby Turn |
Lisa Fenwick |
Reflections |
Junior |
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Math is All Around |
Paul Hanash |
Math Vocabulary |
Junior/Intermediate |
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The Numbers Family Tree |
Freeyon Chung |
Number Systems (Counting, Real, Integers, Imaginary) |
Junior/Intermediate |
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Tools of Life |
Freeyon Chung |
Mathematical Instruments (e.g., protractor, compass, calculator) |
Junior/Intermediate |
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