Friday, September 25, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Sept 25th, 2020

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@ddmeyer did a short online session and in it he showed some ways to Desmosify some standard math questions. Check out this slow reveal of the mystery shape. Then you can download the actual activity with all the examples and watch the video of the webinar for the rest of the surprises. 
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https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1308490971298971648
https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1308491076282413056


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Students creating their own math contest. That's pretty cool. 
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https://twitter.com/3blue1brown/status/1308090864711860225

Need and activity to deal with permutations and combinations? @Christophe_Sew has your back
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/Christophe_Sew/status/1308361756465664005

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What a cool connection to the random walk
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/mathillustrated/status/731134770093129728

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I am a big fan of tessellations and so I love this prompt from @MarkChubb3
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
https://twitter.com/MarkChubb3/status/1309217521426366464

 

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Sept 18th, 2020

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As the we start the new year in Ontario, if you are teaching elementary math, then you know that we have a new curriculum. So it would help if we had help figuring it all out. Some of the webinars offered by the ministry, I've mentioned before and can be found here ontario.educatorwebinars.ca. But there are now other webinars scheduled. These are developed by teachers for teachers in conjunction with the OAME & AFEMO and you can sign up here. 
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https://ontariomath.support/


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You can always count on @MathEqualsLove to share some good stuff. This time she's sharing puzzles and giving some advice on how to deal with them when we are in the era of C19. Some of them require manipulation but others are as simple as manipulating numbers. Check out all the downloads at the link below:
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https://mathequalslove.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-puzzle-only-takes-and-adds.html


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A couple of new podcast episodes added to my list of math based podcasts. Check them all out at the link below. But for now here's @DrEugeniaChang on NPR's Shortwave talking to us about rethinking gender in math class. And in an episode of Cautionary Tales, @TimHarford talks about the origins of statistical analysis
Curriculum Tags:All, MDM4U
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/911691013/a-mathematicians-manifesto-for-rethinking-gender
https://timharford.com/2020/09/cautionary-tales-storks-smoking-and-the-power-of-doubt/




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You've heard of math talks and now at YouCubed they have initiated Data Talks. They have several prompts of images of data with the intent to get students to talk about them. 
Curriculum Tags: MBF3C, MDM4U, MAP4C
https://www.youcubed.org/resource/data-talks/

 

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Friday, September 11, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Sept 11th, 2020

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I think that now more than ever we need to try to find ways to shake things up (literally). That is, whether you are teaching fully online or teaching face to face but have to be socially distanced from your students while still being in class, Well, @SaraVDWerf has been doing some work on Instagram to help give you ideas on how to get kids (and you) to move. If you are on Instagram then you should follow her. She has been posting some idea videos on her story and you can see past stories on her page. But if you aren't on Instagram, you can still go to her blog and see her post on movement.
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https://www.instagram.com/saravanderwerf/
https://www.saravanderwerf.com/mathmovement-ideas-with-well-known-math-routines/

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Wholly molly, @FawnPNguyen has been busy and created a whole pile of @Desmos activities based on the @openupresources 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P
https://openupresources.org/
https://twitter.com/fawnpnguyen/status/1301960883459952640


Some insight into how @Desmos takes existing resources and make them into a fully functional and engaging activity. All in the context of what the meaning of a dot on a scatter plot represents. 
Curriculum Tags: MFM1P, MPM1D, MDM4U, MAP4C
https://blog.desmos.com/articles/desmosify-robots-scatterplot/

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It's interesting but I don't think I have ever really thought about whether I ask students questions that have a morally wrong answer. That is, a question like "did you do your homework?" means the student is "good" if they answer "yes" and "bad" if they answer "no". Read more from @DavidKButlerUoA
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https://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/maths-learning/2020/09/12/questions-with-a-morally-wrong-answer/

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I like this demonstration of this version of solitaire (that I hadn't heard of) from @TimBrzezinski. Perfect when talking about probability. 
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/TimBrzezinski/status/1302969015057473536

In the new Ontario math curriculum, mental math is explicit (which is good) but some people may think that that means kids need to memorize stuff (which is bad). In this video @JamesTanton gives us some ways to make internalizing the multiplication table more than just a memorization exercise. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylrFTLcRdIc

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Here's a nice little trick for you an your students to help with showing work while using a webcam. 
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/Miss_S_Conway/status/1303054749533601792

 

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Friday, September 4, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Sept 4th, 2020

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If you are looking for some help preparing for the new Ontario math curriculum then @GLewisOCT has done some work. In the slideshow, on his site (from a workshop that he did in the summer), there are a lot of resources to help but the stuff I like the most is his comparison of the old curriculum with the new. Check the slideshow out.
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https://sites.google.com/tcdsb.ca/lewis/math/math-curriculum-2020 

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A couple of new activities from @Christophe_Sew. The first on is some dynamic practice for determining the slope (gradient) of the tangent at a point for various functions. 
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://twitter.com/Christophe_Sew/status/1299682457063751680

And the second one is some practice dealing with operations with polynomials in function notation. 
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MCF3M, MHF4U
https://twitter.com/Christophe_Sew/status/1300183738110955523
Are you looking for some virtual manipulatives to use as templates within Google Slides then @TheresaWills has got it covered. Check out all of her templates at the link below
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/theresawills/status/1300021100236230656
Great for developing spacial reasoning skills, these Jenga Views puzzles from @DavidKButlerUoA are great. Download them all. 
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https://twitter.com/DavidKButlerUoA/status/1245496079191142400
Here's a fun little applet that will help your kids discover the differences between types of sampling methods with the help of Justin Timberlake (do kids even know who he is?) And then when you are done, click on the Menu icon to see all of the other statistics related applets on the main site.
Curriculum Tags: MFB3C, MDM4U

Opinion Links

Some nice insights from @Howie_Hua on tips when teaching online. Be sure to look at the thread of the comments. 
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1301705440577777664

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Even though some of the math may be just a bit beyond our Ontario calculus course (due to the integration), who can resist @standupmaths with @Cmdr_Hadfield?
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_brZ-KWY3g

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If you haven't taken part in the #hexagonchallenge then what are you waiting for?
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/Trianglemancsd/status/1299510484002123776


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Friday, August 28, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Aug 28th, 2020

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Here in Ontario, unless you have been living under a rock, you know that there is a new Gr1-8 math curriculum. And seeing that it is supposed to be implemented this year, there are many who are wondering "how do I do this?". Well the workshops are starting and, depending on when you see this, you may still have time to sign up for the first of many workshops to help get ready. 
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https://ontario.educatorwebinars.ca/

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Looking for some classroom norms for online learning? @JennSWhite has your back
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https://twitter.com/JennSWhite/status/1297225974233407490
I have long said that playing games is the gateway to loving math and in this post @MarkChubb3 may give you some ideas on how to incorporate these into your classes. 
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https://buildingmathematicians.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/math-games-building-a-foundation-for-mathematical-reasoning/
It looks like Chris Suurtamm, Jo Boaler and others has done some research to help us in these strange times. I totally appreciate the precursor: "We're in this Together".
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https://app.knowledgehook.com/app/ReturnToLearn/SupportingMathTeaching
As resources start to be released for the new Ontario curriculum, you may want to stay on top of them.
First up, you might want to get a sense on how the curriculum has changed compared to the previous version. 
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https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/fbd574c4-da36-0066-a0c5-849ffb2de96e/0a8d2990-276c-4488-ba0c-be885f2edd56/Key%20Changes%20-%20Elementary%20Math%20Curriculum.pdf


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Though this isn't directly about math, it does use math education as a back drop to talk about equity in education. Thanks to @DDMeyer for pointing this out. 
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This is pretty good and interesting that the people on her side are the mathematicians and scientists. 
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https://twitter.com/DrEugeniaCheng/status/1299028143085420548

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Anyone who knows me knows that I am a sucker for a good tessellation
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Friday, August 21, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Aug. 21st, 2020

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This week (on Thursday) I am presenting at the ECOO Camp virtual conference. Just a quick tutorial and introduction to using Desmos Activity Builder. But if you are interested, take a look at the other tech based sessions. I am part of the STEM section but there are other sections that are more general uses of tech like Wellness, Equity, Digital Pedagogy and more.
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https://sites.google.com/ecoo.org/ecoocampon20/sessions

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It looks like @Christoph_Sew is back to create some more self checking activities. This time it's about solving absolute value equations. 
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U
https://twitter.com/Christophe_Sew/status/1296550660981260289

Cheez-Its + laser cutter = mathematical fun. Let's get Cheez-its to release a real mathematical version. 
Curriculum Tags: All

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I don't know why I like this style of dynamic graph so much. But here is How Popular various Websites have been since the 90s. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MBF3C, MDM4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Uj1A9AguFs

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There is a lot of uncertainty about C19 deaths. There are stories of people dying of all manor of illnesses and being counted as a C19 death. Those who are C19 deniers try to use this as evidence that this is all a hoax. But the reality is that counting deaths related to C19 is complex. However, a better way to get a gauge on the number of C19 deaths is to look at the excess deaths. As it turns out, the yearly/monthly death rates in each country are fairly steady. So the excess deaths in any time period can be attributed to some anomaly. In this case it's C19. And in actuality, the thought is that the official C19 death count is probably an undercount. Anyway, here is some data on the excess deaths by race.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://flowingdata.com/2020/08/21/excess-deaths-by-race/



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Friday, August 14, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending Aug 14, 2020

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Recently Desmos has made it so that you could share teacher dashboards so that if you wanted to team teach an activity, you could do it. Now they have finally set things up so that you can actually collaborate on the actual construction of the activity. Though you can't edit the activity at the same time, you can both be working on it. 
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https://learn.desmos.com/collaborate

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If you are looking for some nice interactives and full modules on various math topics for your online learning endeavours, you might want to consider Mathigon. It's free and has stuff from gr6-12.
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https://mathigon.org/

If you like to do bigger problems with your kids, then check out the weekly problems put out from Iowa State University. They might be better for more of the upper grades but you can still find some that might be good for your stronger kids in lower grades. 
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MHF4U
https://orion.math.iastate.edu/ehjohnst/PoW/PoW.html


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If you like Ilustrative Math and Geogebra then you will love this mashup
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/geogebra/status/1291736234029654016

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Check out these geometric cakes
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kek-lapis-sarawak

We will never run out of badly represented data
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MDM4U
https://twitter.com/reina_sabah/status/1291509085855260672

And lastly, a couple from the last couple #MathPhoto20 themes
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/davidpetro314/status/1293551503786029056
https://twitter.com/davidpetro314/status/1293552260853706754


 

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