Coast Salish baskets

Mar 26, 2024 · 1 min read

Suggested grade levels: 5-12

Coast Salish baskets hold significant importance within Indigenous communities, serving multifunctional roles in storage, transportation, trade, and ceremonial contexts. In this notebook, students will learn about and explore the patterns (motifs) in these woven baskets and will be introduced to the mathematical and coding formulas required to create these patterns.

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Building tomorrow’s digital leaders
Developing data science tools for Canadian K12 classrooms