One of the most effective ways to help teachers engage their students is through stories. With our Global Math Stories platform, we compile real-world accounts from schools across the globe to help make learning math fun, interactive and relevant for students, wherever they are.
Global Math Stories World Map
How does it work?
Click on the markers to get links to the stories in English and Spanish or scroll down for an index.
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We’re always looking to connect cultures and classrooms through this page — and we’d love to feature yours!
Our Global Math Story Index
Asia
Bangladesh (Chalanbeel) — The Floating School
Bangladesh (Chittagong) — A Cemetery for Ships
Bangladesh (Sundarbans) — The Honey Harvest
China (Mutianyu) — The Great Wall
China (Xinjiang) — A Prominent Province
Kazakhstan — The Vanishing Sea
India (Ghaziabad) — Sun Society Picnic
India (Kolkata) — Why Not Try a Chai?
Indonesia — Dowry Dealings
Indonesia — Common Threads
Japan — Field of Dreams
Papua New Guinea — The High Life
Philippines (Pasig) — Jollibee: A Taste to Remember
Philippines (Sulu Sea) — A Life at Sea
Russia — A Crater Full of Diamonds
Saudi Arabia — Kites of the Desert
Sri Lanka — A Different Kind of Fishing Pole
United Arab Emirates — The Tallest Building in the World
Thailand — Bubbles and Battles
Europe
Finland — Reindeer Racing
Spain — El Acueducto de Segovia
Switzerland — A Chronology of Chocolate
United Kingdom (Scotland) — Highland Games
Africa
Cameroon — Jaglavak: Battle of the Bugs
Kenya — A Story From Kar Geno
Madagascar — Land of Lemurs
Mauritania — The Iron Ore Express
Morocco — This One Will Get Your Goat
Rwanda — What Are You Doing on Saturday?
Tanzania — Counting ZZZZebras
Central America
Belize — Braving the Cave
Costa Rica (Ostional) — A Turtle’s Pace
Costa Rica (Ujarrás) — The Mysterious Church
Guatemala (Chicabal) — A Legendary Lagoon
Guatemala (Chichicastenango) — Sunday Market
Guatemala (Santa Avelina) — Gardens of Goodness
Haiti — A CAP-tivating Adventure Around Cap-Haitien
Turks and Caicos — Island Adventure
North America
Canada (Ontario) — What Is Curling?
Canada (Québec) — A Traditional Dish or a Dang Mess?
United States (Alaska) — The Greatest Race on Earth
United States (Florida) — Peacocks Proliferate Profusely
United States (Massachusetts) — A Sweet Story
United States (Michigan) — Kwezage’win Two-Sided Dice Game
United States (North Carolina) — The Art of Erosion
United States (Northern California) — California’s Coastal Forests
United States (South Carolina) — The Other Denmark
United States (Texas) — How to Grow a Garden
South America
Argentina — Mates Drinking Mate
Chile — Mummies on Mars
Ecuador — The Teddiecoon
Galápagos Islands — Kaleidoscope of Kiosks
Peru — A Fleece-y Species
Venezuela — Cable Car in the Clouds