Math Links for Week Ending Apr. 3rd, 2020

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All of these links have been featured on this blog over the years and even some summaries. But it's always worth it to see a new summary, especially when many of us are looking for help. In this case @ChrisHunter36 has packaged them as a nice visual clickable PDF. Follow the link to download yours.
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https://reflectionsinthewhy.wordpress.com/links/



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You can always count on @MaryBourassa to help out the province by posting stuff she is doing in her class. As many of us are doing, we are scrambling to figure out what to keep and what to pitch in all of our courses. In this Google Doc, she's giving us a sense of how she's laying out her Grade 9 Academic course. And don't forget to click on the Twitter chat that follows in the comments.
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D
https://twitter.com/MaryBourassa/status/1245329093022879744

Here is a teacher version of my plan for #MPM1D for next week. I hope the links work. The check-in will ask how they are doing and will give them the space to tell me whatever they need to about their situation (I have already checked in with them all). https://t.co/5GgGgxYu2U

— Mary Bourassa (@MaryBourassa) April 1, 2020

And here she asks for advice and the discussion in the comments gives some insight
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D
https://twitter.com/MaryBourassa/status/1245078204123095047

Does anyone have good strategies for evaluating solving linear equations? I mean PhotoMath does it all so I'm trying to think of interesting questions that can demonstrate students' level of understanding. #MTBoS #whydowehavetogradethis

— Mary Bourassa (@MaryBourassa) March 31, 2020

A lot of companies are offering support in many different ways. In this case TI is giving free access to online courses for the next six months as well as free downloads of their IOS calculator apps until the end of April. So take advantage of these while they last. Thanks to @KSpry for pointing this out.
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https://education.ti.com/en/resources/online-learning-program


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This could be a good visualization for talking about a converging series.
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MCV4U
https://twitter.com/panlepan/status/1243523371549241344

This is so satisfying... pic.twitter.com/bCuVCVpcej

— Vincent Pantal🍩ni (@panlepan) March 27, 2020

It wouldn't be a math links post this week without some sort of Covid-19 link. This time it's two, first watch this video from @MinutePhysics about a log-log representation of Covid-19 data. This is new infections vs total infections. And the nice thing about this representation is that it makes it easy to see when things may be improving. And if you want to play around with this in a more dynamic way this graph is updated daily.
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XLXg4fYsc
https://aatishb.com/covidtrends/

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A couple of more from @DonFraser9
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https://twitter.com/DonFraser9/status/1244312168662695937
https://twitter.com/DonFraser9/status/1246239642594263043

Another fun trick ! Magic results ! Try a few times , look for patterns. #MTBoS #iteachmath #mathchat ⁦@Mathgarden⁩ ⁦@MatthewOldridge⁩ ⁦@paul_math⁩ ⁦@MathforLove⁩ ⁦@MathletePearce⁩ ⁦@davidpetro314⁩ ⁦@MaryBourassa⁩ @CathyMarksKrpan⁩ pic.twitter.com/IFgRSbsBVC

— Don Fraser (@DonFraser9) March 29, 2020

Wow .... With an overwhelming number of requests (2) I am adding a third trick ... Don’t nix this trick! #MTBoS #iteachmath #MathChat ⁦@Mathgarden⁩ ⁦@MathletePearce⁩ ⁦@davidpetro314⁩ ⁦@paul_math⁩ ⁦@CathyMarksKrpan⁩ ⁦@MatthewOldridge⁩ ⁦⁦ pic.twitter.com/wL3xX8ICmv

— Don Fraser (@DonFraser9) April 4, 2020

And a nice geometry problem
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM1P
https://twitter.com/edsouthall/status/1243947312180867072

Two regular shapes. What’s the sum of the two pink angles? pic.twitter.com/NQDtx4Ddwo

— Ed Southall (@edsouthall) March 28, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Mar 27th, 2020

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So I think many people have been asking for this feature on @Desmos activities for a while and I don't think it could have better timing. Being able to give direct feedback to students right in the activity is the perfect thing needed right now as we are out from our schools. Keep in mind, ideally, it would always be better to be able to talk to students directly while doing an activity with your students but given the situation we are in, this is a nice addition.
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https://twitter.com/Desmos/status/1242283303970861056

Tonight, we're rolling out a beta version of our distance teachers' #1 request:

✨ WRITTEN ✨ FEEDBACK ✨ IN ✨ ACTIVITIES ✨

Turn it on at https://t.co/6u3MZaJe8E.

And see how it works right here. 👇 pic.twitter.com/oblsWwQjtH

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) March 24, 2020

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If you like Skyscraper puzzles then check out these two resources. Firstly @MarkChubb3 has created some new ones that you can download from his site. And as well, this Brain Basher's site has randomly generated ones that you can download as well. Now of course, you could do these by just placing the numbers 1-4 in each row and column so there are no repeats in either but it's way more fun to actually "build" the skyscrapers with snapcubes or legos.
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https://buildingmathematicians.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/skyscraper-puzzles-printable-package/
https://www.brainbashers.com/skyscrapers.asp

I have been finishing up and creating some new @Desmos activities to help with the distance learning dilemma. A lot of the new ones I have been creating are self checking so that students know how they did right away. These two are for adding and subtracting fractions and they both are organized in a progression of simple to more complex questions with visual and numerical representations. And both end with a Challenge Creator for students to create their own questions for the rest of the class to do.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5c93cccc84b46a0cafcc679d
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5c78137e58f4090c399f4a5a

I also created a quick activity that deals with composite areas created with rectangles. Students see areas in the contexts of parking lots, roofs, parks and farms and then have a Challenge Creator where they can create their own composite area for the rest of the class to solve.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e14cbb238612b178ae126c9

Finally I created a beginning fractions activity that is rooted in pattern blocks. Students have to start by saying how much of each shape is made of each shape or colour. Answers start as whole numbers and then move to fractions. Then the questions become more challenging. All of the slides are self checking.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e7b53690da10b6877aacb2d


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Everyone is talking about assessment now. That is, how do I assess in a distance learning model? Though this post is from a month ago (before our current situation), I love the suggestion of allowing for students to choose the difficulty of questions they do on an assessment.
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http://modelthelearning.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-art-of-questioning-on-math.html


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And seeing as I have been making a lot of self checking activities. And so with that in mind I have made a collection of all of the activities that have that self checking feature. But on top of that I have created a two slide template so that if you wanted to create your own self checking activity you could. And to help out, I created a video on how you could do that. Now I know that many of these activities only ask surface and basic questions but sometimes we need our kids to practice and these are ways they can do this while still knowing if they are doing it correct. You can get all of my self checking activities, including the template here.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4uAWT8Nnag

In the area of Covid-19 based videos, this one from @numberphile is a deep dive into both the calculus of exponential growth and a real time Geogebra tutorial.
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6nLfCbAzgo

And you may have seen a lot of sites with mathematical models of the spread of Covid-19. Many of those are based on some sort of exponential relationship (like the one above) but @3Blue1Brown has done his simulations all based around probabilities and made them all delightfully visual.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaO2rsdIs

I mentioned this mathematical mistake a couple of weeks ago but I like how @StandupMaths reiterates the idea that when put on the spot, it's quite easy to make math mistakes. But he also goes through some more specifics about why people make this particular mistake
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6egeUxIEQnM

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I love this image from @MonaChalabi. Have your students take a look and ask what they notice and wonder. So interesting to connect what countries are doing/have done and how their Covid-19 data looks
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/MonaChalabi/status/1242512097986125825

spot the difference pic.twitter.com/ZSWIeDwUeQ

— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) March 24, 2020

And of course it's always good to have a bit of mathematical surprise
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https://twitter.com/DonFraser9/status/1241764289955926017

A simple fun trick to brighten your day ! Surprising result ....If algebra is your fun, show why it always works ! Please pass on .... #MTBoS #iteachmath #mathchat ⁦@Mathgarden⁩ ⁦@MatthewOldridge⁩ ⁦@davidpetro314⁩ ⁦@paul_math⁩ ⁦@TracyZager⁩ @stephen pic.twitter.com/Ny2rhrT03g

— Don Fraser (@DonFraser9) March 22, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Mar. 20th, 2020

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There are more hits due to Corona. This time it's the OAME conference in May. We had a length discussion at OAME headquarters and given the current conditions we felt that it was best to get ahead of this and let people know. 
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https://twitter.com/OAMElearns/status/1239546928184078338

It is with deep regret that the organizing committee for OAME 2020, in consultation with the OAME Executive Committee, must announce the cancellation of OAME 2020: In Focus that was to take place May 7-8, 2020.
Please go to our website for more details:https://t.co/PLty0r20PF pic.twitter.com/re6zA1FTcD

— OAMElearns (@OAMElearns) March 16, 2020

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Yup Conona keeps on going and I love that in this trying time, there are teachers who are doin analysis of their own. This is Ontario Math Links and @realJ_Mitchell has been keeping track of the numbers for Ontario. Check out this thread where he is making predictions and posts his @Desmos file. So if you are doing any sort of exponential stuff with your kids (either online or when we get back), you might want to work with this
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MHF4U, MCT4C
https://twitter.com/realJ_Mitchell/status/1241740759637929986

March 22, 57 days since the first #COVIDー19 case in Ontario.
424 total cases in Ontario today, which was under my prediction.
Tomorrow, 485 to 522 cases. Wide spread, suggesting my models are diverging (a good thing if we are truly slowing down). #MTBoS #OntEd #OnPoli https://t.co/sUUkgXJnoV pic.twitter.com/iZCgQf4Mgp

— Jamie Mitchell (@realJ_Mitchell) March 22, 2020

Here is a pretty cool simulator for how outbreaks spread. It's full of scenarios that start from the simple and move to the complex with sliders that you can play with. Have fun.
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U, MDM4U
https://twitter.com/davidpetro314/status/1240298827095080962

Here’s a neat set of simulations to model infectious disease spread from @KevinSimler https://t.co/qQAp4w2gKH#mathchat #MTBoS #iTeachMath #statschat

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) March 18, 2020

New from @Desmos just in time for the influx of online learning is a set of activity screens that are premade and easily copiable.
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https://twitter.com/Desmos/status/1240398489877651457

Project from our Distance Learning Task Force, intended to make activities that involve wellness checks for your students. Credit to @ddmeyer @jenny_wales @zmill415 @MsHelft @_faithmoynihan. Email coronavirus@desmos.com if you have questions or ideas on how we can support you. https://t.co/nCEpOK1upf

— Eli Luberoff (@eluberoff) March 18, 2020

And if you have ever used SolveMe Mobiles then you might like this new activity as a intro to systems of equations.
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MFM2P
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e7272e64e91f10c4dd87821


Video/Audio Links
Some Pi Day videos starting with @standupmaths calculating Pi by hand the old fashioned way
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https://youtu.be/CKl1B8y4qXw

And of course @ViHartViHart has her Pi day rant, this time as a mashup with the Corona Virus.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Lc5-6L1pE

Another one from @3Blue1Brown on probability strategies and the binomial theorem. I particularly like the initial context of Amazon ratings.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8idr1WZ1A7Q

If you haven't checked out @StevenStrogatz new podcast, The Joy of X, I think you are missing out. On it, he interviews working scientists and mathematicians and I really like the insights he reveals about what they actually do. Check it out on your favourite podcasting platform.
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https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-joy-of-x

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joy-of-x/id1495067186




Some interesting math to reverse engineer the Covid-19 numbers coming out of Iran to give something that may be more realistic.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p086krm0

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I have been seeing a lot of people posting images of various designs made with pattern blocks. You can have any of your kids (students or children) create their own patterns virtually using the awesome @OnMathies pattern blocks app to do so.
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https://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Pp0

Math Links for Week Ending Mar. 13th, 2020

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Well unless you have been hiding under a rock you know that it's getting intense in terms of the coronavirus. And if you didn't already know it, NCTM in Chicago has been cancelled. That's crazy but true. So if you had planned to go, your plans have changed.
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https://www.nctm.org/News-and-Calendar/News/NCTM-News-Releases/NCTM-Events-and-COVID-19/


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Despite tomorrow being Pi Day, I am going to keep this week's links short and sweet with a focus on the coronavirus starting with this very detailed summary of a lot of the statistics to date. There are some great graphs here and they really get into the weeds and details. I particularly like the graph of how the infections have changed in Hubei province now that they have shut the place down (and perhaps why they are having such a hard time in Italy - because they didn't)
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

If you get this relatively soon then you might be interested in what Desmos has to offer in terms of distance learning support. Check out the blogpost link below for all their efforts during this time and the webinar about distance learning.
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https://blog.desmos.com/articles/desmos-coronavirus/

Is your school or district shutting down?

Join our Chief Academic Officer @ddmeyer this weekend for our webinar: Distance Learning with Desmos.

Webinar link and information here: https://t.co/go5QYTXqT2#coronavirus pic.twitter.com/Xq2mucBSf9

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) March 13, 2020

If you want some PiDay links, however, check out my PiDay Pinterest Page
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https://www.pinterest.ca/davidpetro314/pi-day/





Video Links
I absolutely love this video from @3blue1brown about the exponential nature of the coronavirus infections. So well done (as are all of his videos)
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MHF4U, MCV4U
https://youtu.be/Kas0tIxDvrg

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As always @MonaChalabi has some interesting representations of data. The one here that I like seems so simple but it is the idea that the true number of corona virus infections is better predicted by the death rate.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/MonaChalabi/status/1238510270017933315

One way to estimate the real # of cases is to take three factors:

- People who die got sick about 17 days earlier
- The number of cases of coronavirus doubles roughly every 6 days
- Mortality rates (which vary from country to country - around 1-5%)

They give you this picture: pic.twitter.com/oXzCAVNdXS

— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) March 13, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Mar 6th, 2020

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I came across this site this week when looking for some nets for prisms. There are a literal tonne of different nets that you can download but I have to say the ones that I think are the coolest are the twisted prisms. So I had students do the standard cutting out, construction and calculations with triangular and rectangular prisms then let them try to create the twisted versions. They are a little trickier but kids were into it. 

Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8

https://www.polyhedra.net/en/

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I updated a post on my Found Data blog by turning the Walnut Crushing World record into a 3ActTask similar to @gfletchy's Rope Jumper. Good for proportions, unit rates and linear regression Get all the videos and data here:

Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P

http://found-data.blogspot.com/2018/10/walnut-crushing-world-record.html

Make sure you look at the replies for the discussion on this one about the related geometric proofs of the Pythagorean theorem.

Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MPM2D

https://twitter.com/jamestanton/status/1235201633799172096

There are many purely visual proofs of the classic Pythagorean Thm: For squs on sides of a right triangle, sum of areas of two small squs = area of large squ. Is there a purely visual proof of the analogous result for equilateral triangles drawn on the sides of right triangles? pic.twitter.com/jWRfw8dKxv

— James Tanton (@jamestanton) March 4, 2020

Are you looking for some Algebra resources because you have to go online because of Coronavirus?
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https://twitter.com/MrCorleyMath/status/1235650990008868867

Any #algebra teachers that is going to digital learning days due to coronavirus, this is a list of my @desmos activites for the year. Please feel free to use/share. Just trying to give back to this amasing community. #mtbos #iteachmath https://t.co/QQiS68vf3g

— Nick Corley (@MrCorleyMath) March 5, 2020

Opinion Links 

People make math mistakes in the media space all the time. Especially when it comes to big numbers. Rather than just trolling the offenders, I like @LukeSelfWalker's idea.
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https://twitter.com/LukeSelfwalker/status/1235926959579947009

So, floating around the internet is an example of a human making a mistake in math.

1) How can we promote growth mindset?
2) What is a follow up question to help this person understand their thinking?
3) How could we make this our favorite no?

Let's control the narrative.

— Luke Walsh (@LukeSelfwalker) March 6, 2020

MSNBC’s Brian Williams reads a tweet: "Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. U.S. Population, 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million"

NYT Editorial Board Member Mara Gay: “It’s an incredible way of putting it. It’s true. It’s disturbing”

It's $1.53 per person pic.twitter.com/dIiwCESgh8

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 6, 2020

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Here is the last episode of the OAMEtalks podcast ]this season features @mathliisa & @MrsLeBeau talking about their upcoming webinar (Mar11) "A Fusion of Math and Special Education"
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/





This is a nice creative solution and certainly could be connected to optimization.
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM1P
https://twitter.com/panlepan/status/1234975571060252675

Cool ! I could use this in class. What would students ask ? What would you ask ? #mathchat #edchat @ddmeyer https://t.co/mAsm58jc3i

— Vincent Pantal🍩ni (@panlepan) March 3, 2020

Ever travel on a mobius strip?
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https://twitter.com/Brzezinski_Math/status/1235295538024677378

Go ahead. Take a quick 0:41 break and experience traveling along the one & only side of a Möbius Strip. Created in @geogebra #3D #Calculator & shown here in #AugmentedReality. https://t.co/1vyp2ODIwf #MTBoS #ITeachMath #math #maths #3dmodeling #stem #steam pic.twitter.com/fuKTqu3SNn

— Tim Brzezinski (@Brzezinski_Math) March 4, 2020

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I love these sorts of visual proofs
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https://twitter.com/jamestanton/status/1236290942363037699

The following picture shows that the sum of any 7 consecutive integers is sure to be a multiple of 7. For which N is any sum of N consecutive integers sure to be divisible by N? pic.twitter.com/nLQsXXufH7

— James Tanton (@jamestanton) March 7, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Feb. 28th, 2020

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If you follow this blog at all then you know that it's all about sharing stuff. Specifically stuff that I find in the Internet world. However, I'm sure that even though I really try to never show the same link twice, that often I probably share stuff from some of the same sources. So that's why I like finding other people that share stuff that they find (and you should too). This week it's @HTheijsmeijer. She has started a blog to share the stuff that she has found. So check it out.
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https://rdsbmath.blogspot.com/

Inspired by @davidpetro314, this school year I created a blog to help get math teaching/learning resources into the hands of grade 7-12 teachers in our board. This week's has yet to be updated, but it's becoming a great repository of resources! https://t.co/NAh9slZhmj

— Heather Theijsmeijer (@HTheijsmeijer) February 23, 2020

Resource Links
A new @Desmos activity gives a nice introduction into the idea of what a function is. One of the interesting representations on this one is where they using words in the function machine. Check it out.
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MCF3M
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e54200051afec695ca0a71a#preview/a9bd0d65-e859-4bf7-bb99-2c4bed8b447c

Can you guess the rule?

Put your detective skills to the test and learn about functions with this free activity!https://t.co/dOXPIqx3t5 pic.twitter.com/qO3q5ZvCEa

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) February 28, 2020

Here is a nice interactive that revolves around Pascal's Triangle.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, MDM4U
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/tkfqxalbhk

I needed an interactive Pascal's triangle for Calculus tomorrow so I decided to build one. I hope some of you find this useful too!https://t.co/2JgAGtEVNr pic.twitter.com/gGG5AUpw1a

— Phil DeOrsey (@PhilDeOrsey) February 26, 2020

Video Links
I am weak when it comes to Klein Bottles.
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Pe1ZMJEXk

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A neat infographic about washing hands
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://flowingdata.com/2020/02/18/most-often-missed-areas-while-washing-hands/

Math Links for Week Ending Feb 21st, 2020

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For years on the @Desmos homepage, there have been links to sample images created with the Graphing Calculator. So, to me, it seems surprising that it has taken this long for them to have a formal contest. So here it is, the first Desmos Art Contest. Students can win cash prizes in each of the age groups. Due date is April 10th. Get all the details at the link below
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https://blog.desmos.com/articles/art-contest-launch/

🎨 Announcing our first Art Contest!! 🎨 Details here:https://t.co/yropx59iqj pic.twitter.com/RrKpPQXGCQ

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) February 17, 2020

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A new @Desmos created activity dealing with scatterplots, linear relations and equivalent ratios (and cats).
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM1P
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e42c7ac8be9fd0c5cfbe706

💥 New Activity Friday! 💥

Use scatter plots to help these cats stay classy.https://t.co/LP7ZsSW8le pic.twitter.com/gKI3iQUZve

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) February 14, 2020

Here is a great @Geogebra app created by @Brzezinski_Math to randomize cylinders and ask students to determine possible configurations that make each cylinder possible.
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P
https://www.geogebra.org/m/wkcgyxex

Creating more @OpenMiddle problems in @geogebra: Using integers 1-9 to serve as R and H of a cylinder, create a cylinder with given lateral area. Conceptual hint included 🙂. @robertkaplinsky #MTBoS #ITeachMath #geometry #ElemMathChat #MSMath #MSMathChat #3d #OpenMiddle #maths pic.twitter.com/fpm2JVKTas

— Tim Brzezinski (@Brzezinski_Math) February 18, 2020

This is an activity we created to help develop the idea that the volume of a right prism is equal to the area of the base times the height. It's relatively simple as it just uses snap cubes and a grid handout. There is also some practice via paper & pencil or @Desmos.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
http://engaging-math.blogspot.com/2020/02/volume-of-irregularly-shaped-prisms.html


I've also had a couple of other @Desmos activities for multiplying and dividing decimals that focus on some of the properties of those operations. Like for multiplication of values with the same sets of digits (eg 4.5x3.4 and 0.45x3.4) the numerical values are the same but the decimal place changes and similar properties for dividing decimals. These are not activities for determining how to multiply or divide decimals but instead, what are the consequences of doing so.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
Multiplication: https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e0560c8531c0f294457021a
Division: https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e101b65e0d5c71748b22118

Do you want to know how geometry relates to arithmetic or probability to calculus? Then why not check out this interactive Map of Mathematics from @QuantaMagazine. The interface is pretty slick. Just choose a topic and see the "tentacles" dynamically reach out to all the related topics. There are some very cool animations here and definitely some great information. Check it out.
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https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-map-of-mathematics-20200213/

Looking for some ideas to use technology meaningfully in math class. Then check out this post from @Catlin_Tucker on using online stations including things like @Desmos, Quiziz and Google Lockboxes. Thanks to @Joe_Sisco for pointing out this one.
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https://catlintucker.com/2020/02/meaningful-technology-integration-in-math/

Video/Audio Links
The second of three bonus episodes that highlight the featured speakers from this year's OAME conference in May. This time featuring @KamauBobb, @RichardVanCamp, @FawnPNguyen and @GCouros.
Curriculum Tags: All
https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-2





This is the last of three bonus episodes highlighting all the featured speakers from OAME 2020. This time its just a few minutes from each as they answer the question: " Is there anything that you believed to be true about teaching or learning when you began your career that you no longer do?". It was one of my favourite episodes to record and I loved the responses. Have a listen
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-2






This is a great example of addition of vectors
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://twitter.com/AeronewsGlobal/status/1228716036117221376

‘From now on, that’s how you land!’ Earlier today at @HeathrowAirport: @Airbus A380 @EtihadAirways, crosswind landing during #StormDennis. Video: https://t.co/g4gKvMaAb6 🇬🇧 @AirbusPRESS @a380fanclub @stef_schaffrath @sara_rcc @AirbusintheUK pic.twitter.com/VmlK1d25Gs

— Aeronews (@AeronewsGlobal) February 15, 2020

A great animation that turns a 3D shape into a tessellation and make sure you check out the discussion for all the variations.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
https://twitter.com/panlepan/status/1229288251372003328

The shadow of a rotating cube tessellates the plane. #MathGIF w/ @geogebra pic.twitter.com/HOuD3JV3Dz

— Vincent Pantal🍩ni (@panlepan) February 17, 2020

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Should students take calculus in high school? Read here to find out.
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnewing/2020/02/15/should-i-take-calculus-in-high-school/#6f7464387625

“Should I Take Calculus in High School?” John Ewing looks at the question from several angles and concludes that for too many students, especially those in AB advanced placement courses, the answer is no. https://t.co/1M3w6Qwj3f

— Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz) February 16, 2020

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The geometry of the cosmos. In this case, planets
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U
https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1229008787136270336

Space doodles. These diagrams show the patterns that these planets make in our skies. Source: https://t.co/RT77QlCCpP pic.twitter.com/ud8KWFEbrb

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) February 16, 2020

Here's a challenging set of angle problems
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P
https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1228838549233053702

Interesting challenge. "Find the measure of each lettered angle in the diagram." (Source unknown.) pic.twitter.com/OdlaM6bjg1

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) February 16, 2020