Math Links for Week Ending Aug. 9th, 2019

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I really like the idea of starting the year of with students by finding out about their relationship with math. Here is a few possible questions you can ask them.
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1158860573469106176

Drafting a questionnaire for my students to answer during our first week. Thoughts? Questions you would add/take away? Any feedback would be great. #MTBoS pic.twitter.com/m1FQQOLk7F

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) August 6, 2019

Resource Links
A new activity from Desmos is here to help students describe various transformations using informal language. Try it out
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5d4380d4fc08cd0a943e099d/

🚨 NEW ACTIVITY ALERT 🚨

Shifting Shapes gives students the opportunity to talk about transformations using THEIR language before learning mathematical vocabulary.https://t.co/4X7djZGZaChttps://t.co/wapNGtV6Cq pic.twitter.com/m2pxmOHErB

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) August 5, 2019

OK it's back again, that order of operations problem. But this time @StevenStrogatz has done a great job of telling us why there is an issue in the first place. It's the first really clear reference and explanation of the idea of the effects of implicit multiplication. I have been describing this for a couple of years about this problem but this is a great one stop shopping place for a clean concise explanation.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/science/math-equation-pemdas-bodmas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share


Opinion Links
And if you are tired of those order of operations questions then you might be ready for @StevenStrogatz's more interesting essays on mathematics.
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https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1158382357151399941

If you’re annoyed by all this PEMDAS stuff and would rather savor some beautiful, genuine mathematical ideas, here are links to more than two dozen essays where I tried to explain such things in @nytimes: https://t.co/VwZttC1xf0

— Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz) August 5, 2019

Video Links
Man, @dynamic_math does a great job of maximizing the potential of Geogebra's 3D engine
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM1P, MPM2D, MFM2P
https://twitter.com/dynamic_math/status/1159173087969124352

What is it about hotels that contain so much #3DMathModeling fodder? 🤔 Taking a break during break time at #PCTM19. With @geogebra #3d & #AugmentedReality, the world can be your Ss’ Math modeling playground. 🙂 #MTBoS #ITeachMath #math #maths #EdTech #PCTM2019 #HSMath pic.twitter.com/epyHMDw9bh

— Tim Brzezinski (@dynamic_math) August 7, 2019

Image Links
Some great comparisons from @MonaChalabi based on this week's mass shootings. Make sure you scroll through all the images.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U, MAP4C
https://www.instagram.com/p/B01POJ7Fwai/

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SWIPE TO SEE HOW THE MEDIA DISTORTS REALITY >>> The study where I got these numbers had this conclusion: “𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒 𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤… 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕔 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕟... 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 “𝕤𝕪𝕞𝕓𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟” 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕕𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞: 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖, 𝕞𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕝𝕖-𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕘𝕦𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤." Sources: Mother Jones database 1982-2019 and the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2019

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