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"r subjects like math and foreign language, which are traditionally taught in a linear and highly structured context, using more open-ended inquiry-based models can be challenging. Teachers of these subjects may find it hard to break out of linear teaching style because the assumption is that students can't move to more complicated skills before mastering basic ones. But inquiry learning is based on the premise that, with a little bit of structure and guidance, teachers can support students to ask questions that lead them to learn those same important skills - in ways that are meaningful to them."

"The Teacher's Guide to Data Discovery http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/12-593-x/12-593-x2007001-eng.htm was written to support both elementary and secondary teachers in helping students develop basic statistical skills. It provides teachers with specific instructions on: * finding interesting and grade-appropriate Canadian datasets * choosing appropriate graphs for different kinds of data * calculating basic statistical measures, with or without statistical software"

"A fun online Spirograph, great for maths lessons, looking at cogs and cams in D&T and pop culture in art."

"A site with a collection of maths videos designed to get students drawing graphs. Watch the motion of objects or values on scale in the videos and plot the numbers. The videos have the correct answers at the end."