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Section 5.3, p. 171
Stories From Different Cultures
Stories change over time as they are told and retold by different people. To find examples of stories from different cultures with math in them visit the links below.


Surlalune Fairy Tales

( http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goldilocks/history.html )
Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinder Page

( http://www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/fairytales.htm )
McCoy Fairy Tales

( http://www.stetson.edu/~mmmccoy/fairytales.html )
FAIRY TALE MATH

( http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathArithmetic2up.htm )
Section 5.4, p. 177

The Game of Piggy

( http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1258&part=index&refpage=topten )
Section 5.4, p. 178
The Game of Lahal
A guessing game called Lahal involves six-player teams that hide sets of bones in their hands. To learn more about this game, played by Aboriginal people on the west coast of Canada follow the links below.


The Game of Lahal

( http://secwepemc.sd73.bc.ca/sec_village/sec_lahal.html )
Simplified version of Lahal online

( http://secwepemc.sd73.bc.ca/sec_village/Lahal_game.html )
Section 5.5, p. 189
Probability Experiments
Computers are used in many different ways to study probabilities. For links to various probability experiments follow the links below.


Shodor Interactivate: Adjustable Spinner Activity

( http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/spinner/ )
Probability Simulations

( http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/resource/prob/ )







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