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Math + Dance

Integrating dance and movement in the mathematics classroom

Heather Francis is a dance teaching artist and nationally-recognized math educator whose dance-integrated 8th grade math curriculum took first place in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt creative Classroom Contest. See the videos and a blog post on her experience here. Heather continues to experiment with and train teachers in dance and math integration as a presenter, instructional designer and researcher for the BYU ARTS Partnership.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Creative Classrooms Contest

Dancing Math

Moving Mathematics Materials: Team Members

Moving Mathematics Materials

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Workshop Powerpoint

Urban Breakdancer

Workshop Handout

Moving Mathematics Materials: Services
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Resources

  • Math & Movies - A Padlet created for elementary classroom teacher professional development that explores Media Arts, Math, and Movement.

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  • Dance & Math Lesson Plans - The BYU ARTS Partnership has over 80 arts-integrated lesson plans available in all subjects and six art forms.

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  • Mathdance.org - A big shout out to Dr. Schaffer & Erik Stern who mentored me as I began my journey as an integrated math and dance educator.​

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