SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (K-12)

Math, Elementary Grade Band

Huexotzinco Codex Math Lesson (grades 3–8).  This is not one of the lessons produced by our summer institutes, but it is a wonderful, culturally-infused math lesson produced for the Library of Congress that involves learning to read Aztec (or better, Nahua) number glyphs. These glyphs appear on a manuscript from 1531. Working with them helps students become familiar with the vigesimal numbering system (which may help them better understand our decimal system, in contrast).

• Lesson Overview
• Pages from the Codex
• Codex Overview (1-page Handout)
• Primary Source Analysis Tool
• The Nahua Numbering System
• Printable Math Worksheets
• Fillable Online Worksheets
• Worksheet Answer Key

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High School Science

• Michael Pena (2014)
  • “Iceman Evidence” (Word)
  • “NEH Curricular Project: Nature and the Development of Culture” (Word)
  • “NEH Curricular Project Links and Resources” (Word)
  • “NEH Ethnobiology option A” (PPT)
  • “NEH Ethnobiology option B” (PPT)
  • “Research Project: Culture and the Living World” (PPT)

• Stephanie Tietz (2010)
  • “Incorporating Mesoamerican Content Into the Biology Curriculum”
    • Lesson Plans (Word)
    • “Artificial Selection: The Journey from Teosinte to Maize” (PPT)
    • “Cochineal: The Red Gold of the Mixtec” (PPT)

• Nancy Tran Le (2011)
  • “Cochineal Dye Chemistry”
    • Unit Information (Word)
    • Video Demonstration (M4V)
    • List of Nestle products that contain Cochineal dye

Middle School Science

• Debbie Frankel (2011)
  • “The Science of Cacao”
    • Cacao Unit Information (Word)
    • The Legend of the Cacao (Word)
    • Oaxaca – Cacao Presentation (PPT)