Math Links for Week Ending Dec 5th, 2025

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The Winter Marbleslides is here
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https://classroom.amplify.com/activity/686fd347372496a99af83645?collections=651ca31cf69ee59aa9e3818a%2C632c77b104648305feffcfda

⛄ Marbleslides: Winter Edition is here!

In this activity, students write equations to capture stars, then the final level switches to transforming points to guide marbles through a snowflake.

❄️ Try it out: https://t.co/t1g5PQlmPA. pic.twitter.com/DQYAfmEre6

— Amplify (@Amplify) December 5, 2025

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A visual representation of the sum of the first few perfect squares (wth manipulatives)
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U
https://themathguy.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-sum-of-first-n-square-numbers.html

I came across a really nice way of visually showing the sum of the first n square numbers. Details in this blog: themathguy.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

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— Mike Jacobs (@mikejacobs.bsky.social) November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM

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My latest podcast, this time with @TheMathGuru as she previews our December Webinar
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-8

[New Podcast] This episode features @TheMathGuru
previewing their Dec 10th @OAMEcounts members only webinar "Math Therapy: How to help students overcome their fear of math!". More info: https://t.co/FNER2hKNvd #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/6MPnoj9myA

— OAMEtalks (@OAMEtalks) December 2, 2025

A quick explainer
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1996954972710433177

Why does e^ln(x)=x? pic.twitter.com/iXDu3M71r8

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) December 5, 2025

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A nice visual summary
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
https://x.com/Ganeshuor/status/1996786329355800940

Important things about circle pic.twitter.com/kxgjwCCzqs

— Ganesh Kumar (@Ganeshuor) December 5, 2025

Math Links for Week Ending Nov. 28th, 2025

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I have always been a fan of CODAP (even when it was Fathom). Now you can try the new version
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://codap.concord.org/v3-beta/

Help us shape the future of CODAP by beta testing CODAP V3! With lighter colors, sharper icons, smoother navigation, and the ability to handle much larger datasets, V3 is being designed to bring CODAP into the future. Share your feedback! https://t.co/uXj2ar7I2r pic.twitter.com/b7sVF3BTIJ

— CODAP (@CODAPdatasci) November 20, 2025

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Need a source of natural tessellations? I've always been a fan of tessellations. So of course, I love them in nature
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https://tessellated-materials.mpikg.mpg.de/collection

A huge, beautiful library of tessellated materials in biology! pic.twitter.com/mKud6FcLnh

— Greg Egan (@gregeganSF) November 21, 2025

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Randomness becomes the normal distribution
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://x.com/PhysInHistory/status/1991070980756668692

The Galton Board demonstrates the Central Limit Theorem by showing how steel balls, as they pass through levels of branching paths, consistently form a bell curve distribution. This illustrates how random processes tend to cluster around the average. pic.twitter.com/ECWHVhLQSX

— Physics In History (@PhysInHistory) November 19, 2025

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Beautiful math is everywhere
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https://x.com/pickover/status/1991668238242152561

Mathematics and symmetry.

Geometry, math, pattern, transcendence. Pattern on the ceiling at the Taj Mahal, India. https://t.co/JmR3nGbl4R pic.twitter.com/2LCRD8KD0K

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) November 21, 2025

This is a crazy Klein bottle
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https://x.com/pickover/status/1991614117661323328

Mathematics. Enter a higher dimension.

Spiral Klein Bottle. Source: https://t.co/Vbn0Asj9X2 pic.twitter.com/lGLJmkWsIo

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) November 20, 2025

You can never have too many WODBs
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https://x.com/pwharris/status/1991537106892792319

#TryThisThursday

My favorite way to play Which One Doesn't Belong is to choose a reason for each one to not belong.
What are you thinking?#MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd pic.twitter.com/8E6q9zkcJp

— Pam Harris (@pwharris) November 20, 2025

Math Links for Week Ending Nov. 21st, 2025

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Very cool new Polypad feature making it possible to assign a new Amplify Classroom (Formally Desmos Classroom) activity.
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https://service.amplify.com/article/amplify-classroom-using-polypad-in-activity-builder

Exciting Polypad update! Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad. Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new

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— David Poras (@davidporas.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM

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What a great idea to infuse literacy in your math class
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://bsky.app/profile/jedediyah.com/post/3m663bgtx7c2t

Shared a Thanksgiving gift with my data science students today! I spend a couple months collecting used copies. Next month we will read chapter 3 Arms Race and reflect on feedback systems and the susceptibility and sensitivity of data models to manipulation.

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— Jed (@jedediyah.com) November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Are you looking for something to do to have your kids practice with calculations including powers? How about this?
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1990126409168142536

What digit is in the ones place when we evaluate 67⁴¹? pic.twitter.com/CQs5VivHNT

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) November 16, 2025

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The most common 4 digit PIN numbers, visualized
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-common-pin-codes/

WARNING! This image may trigger PINSecurity. From an analysis of 3.4m PIN codes leaked from several data breaches informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

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— Information is Beautiful (@infobeautiful.bsky.social) November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Math Links for Week Ending Nov 14th, 2025

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Years ago I wrote about using Plickers (here) and so it was neat to see it come up. It's an almost no-tech way to do instant surveys in class.
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https://wecdsbit.blogspot.com/2014/11/plickers-free-clicker-app-with-almost.html

I wrote a blog post about Plickers over 10 years ago. Thanks for the reminder: wecdsbit.blogspot.com/2014/11/plic...

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— DavidPetro314 (@davidpetro314.bsky.social) November 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM

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I love a good and practical combinatorics problem
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://robertkaplinsky.com/work/how-many-soda-combinations-are-there-on-a-coke-freestyle/

Coke Freestyle machines allow you to take soft drinks and add up to 14 flavors to them. What strategies might your students use to determine how many soda combinations there are on a Coca-Cola Freestyle? robertkaplinsky.com/work/ho...

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— Robert Kaplinsky (@robertkaplinsky.com) November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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The normal distribution as performance art
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1988846789542441288

You can literally see the normal distribution pic.twitter.com/WdHpAD3TCE

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 13, 2025

A good starter for your class when talking about numbers or patterns
Curriculum Tags; Gr7, Gr8, MTH1W
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1988740091372871929

Can you find 1,000 in this grid?

This is one of my favorite mathematical tasks that I give to students. pic.twitter.com/roNjuEnEE9

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) November 12, 2025

I have always liked this falacy
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1987539561405428139

Why can't we just say 0/0=1?

I showed one way why this would break math. What's another way? pic.twitter.com/ctsm28fBjm

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) November 9, 2025

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Who doesn't love a taxicab number?
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https://x.com/PhysInHistory/status/1988616819977154726

You are a math geek if you know what this number is ✍️ pic.twitter.com/LXcEMPFCql

— Physics In History (@PhysInHistory) November 12, 2025

Math Links for Week Ending Nov 7th, 2025

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I have definitely experienced frustration from students when I don't answer their questions directly "Sir, when are you actually going to teach us?".
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https://robertkaplinsky.com/one-way-get-students-persevere/

Do your students ever get frustrated when you don't help them as much as they'd like? Here's what I tell them to appreciate what I'm doing for them.https://t.co/mewWggLbTM pic.twitter.com/dVywtjKL8T

— Robert Kaplinsky (@robertkaplinsky) November 3, 2025

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Some classic NCTM calendar problems
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/november-calendar-problems-3/

November is here, and so is the next Calendar of problems! Enjoy these with your students or for yourself, share your thinking here or on the post. #MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #MathSky #RecreationalMath #MathsToday karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/n...

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— Karen Campe (@karencampe.bsky.social) November 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM

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The latest OAMEtalks podcast
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-8

[New Podcast] This episode features Stacey Jacobs previewing their Nov 12th @oamecounts.bsky.social members only webinar "Empowering Math Learners: Executive Function Strategies to Support Math Learning". More info: talks.oame.on.ca/season-8 #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath

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— DavidPetro314 (@davidpetro314.bsky.social) November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM

Math class is not a race
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MTH1W

https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1984623920608395686

Hot take but I always see videos of the butterfly method go viral but I would *never* teach this method and here's why. pic.twitter.com/hJplB1Tzu4

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) November 1, 2025

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There is data about everything :-)
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://bsky.app/profile/infobeautiful.bsky.social/post/3m4yr7lqxot2p

Dude, bro, buddy, fella by Quartz @qz qz.com/316906/the-d...

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— Information is Beautiful (@infobeautiful.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Math Links for Week Ending Oct 31st, 2025

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I always appreciate @BenOrlin's dry humour and mathematical prowess. In this case he suggests the 10 best triangles of the 2st century 
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https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/10/14/10-best-triangles-of-the-21st-century-so-far/

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Just a bit of math and poetry with this blog
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https://poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com/2025/10/can-math-be-funny.html

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This could be a great application of integers
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MTH1W
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1983300047069688334

Did you know you can subtract left to right? 😱 pic.twitter.com/DkOE27dnHM

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) October 28, 2025

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Classic math joke for Halloween
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1982895725953593773

Wear this on Halloween to scare your math teachers pic.twitter.com/J5Oud4QgPx

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) October 27, 2025

Math Links for Week Ending Oct 24th, 2025

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Student voice is so important in math class
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPvpfOl-lIw

NCTM 2025 in Atlanta was inspiring! Please watch the IGNITE talk by my mentor, Dr. Dawn Pilotti on how to fix Mathematics education for students with learning differences. youtu.be/YPvpfOl-lIw #iTeachMath ♾️ #MTBoS #EduSky #MathSky

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— emmalalas.bsky.social (@emmalalas.bsky.social) October 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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I never miss a chance to share this article "Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say"
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https://hybridalgebra.pbworks.com/f/Never+Say+Anything+a+Kid+Can+Say.pdf

I love this timeless article from Steven C. Reinhart about teacher moves in the math classroom that help get kids doing more of the communicating (instead of the teacher). One of my absolute favorites: https://t.co/iqnKI70LSg pic.twitter.com/mie8FyPR7T

— Robert Kaplinsky (@robertkaplinsky) October 18, 2025

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Fooling around with factorials? Try this
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1979920355134189757

Which is larger: 100!×100! or 99!×101! ? pic.twitter.com/TaEzaZusiz

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) October 19, 2025

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I would give this as a bonus question where they would have to explain both the calculus portion and the relationship portion :-)
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://x.com/mathladyhazel/status/1981173929764147381

This calculus joke 😂 pic.twitter.com/mQ6wO0QeQz

— Math Lady Hazel 🇦🇷 (@mathladyhazel) October 23, 2025

A mash up of thinking classrooms and math therapy
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https://x.com/TheMathGuru/status/1978139136121860298

From my presentation w @pgliljedahl at @MathEdLeaders - we are all better together 🧡🩷 https://t.co/BeMHpYcfZE

— vanessa vakharia (@TheMathGuru) October 14, 2025