Mathematics for Data Management Links

Resources from StatCan to help incorporate Canadian data in teaching the MDM4U Mathematics of Data Management, MAP4C (Mathematics Apprenticeship) and other Grade 7–12 Mathematics courses.

Updated November 10, 2005

1. Resources on the MDM4U Teacher Support site. Look under Resources and Assistance for specific help with using Statistics Canada resources.
   • brocku.ca/cmt/mdm4u/intro.htm
   • brocku.ca/cmt/mdm4u/resr/index.html
   • brocku.ca/cmt/mdm4u/assist.html
2. Sequenced StatCan lessons and data sets for building skills for teaching the MDM4U course on the
   • The Ontario teacherweb site for math resources using Canadian data
   • Vlearning (in English) and
   • École virtuelle sites (in French)
3. StatCan Resources in the official Ontario Course Profile for MDM4U. This course profile provides 3 recommended E-STAT activities (activities 1.2, 1.3 and 5.2).


4. Data and other resources on the Ontario Fathom CD-ROM. Location: The Statistics Canada Data folder under Fathom/Sample Documents
   1. Aggregate data activities using E-STAT:
      1. Parabola Power - using CANSIM data
      2. Linear Languages - using Census data
   2. Micro data files, documentation and activities:
      1. Ontario Youth survey (from the National Longitudinal Survey on Children and Youth)
      2. Technology use Survey (from the General Social Survey cycle 14)
5. Data and MDM4U teaching resources on the StatCan site, the Key Curriculum Press site, and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board site.
   1. 12 data files from the 1991 Census in CSV and Fathom format
   2. Ontario Youth Survey and related activity (from the National Longitudinal Survey on Children and Youth).
   3. Technology Use Survey and related activity (PDF) (from the General Social Survey cycle 14).
   4. Baby boom dataset and quadratic activity (for Grade 10 math) and many more interesting datasets.
6. Math teaching resources and over 40 math lesson plans on the Statistics Canada website.
   1. Statistics: Power from Data! — an online statistics resource book with activities and Canadian examples - available on our Teachers' page.
   2. Census at School in-class survey project for grade 4-12.
   3. Hundreds of blank STC questionnaires and descriptions of over 350 StatCan surveys.
   4. mdm4u@statcan.ca is an email for teachers wanting help in finding Statistics Canada data for projects. infostats@statcan.ca  is an email for students wanting help in finding Statistics Canada data for projects.
7. Grade 7–12 Math Resources on the ENO website from Statistics Canada geared to the Ontario curriculum. Look under curriculum links / StatCan


8. Grade 7-11 lessons for using E-STAT on the teacherweb site


9. Grade 4-12 Census at school project additional resources


10. Resources for teaching MAP4C — courtesy of Listowel District Secondary School