I have been listening to the audiobook from @StevenStrogatz's new book Infinite Powers about the history of Calculus. There are some great stories in there but one good site that I didn't know existed was mentioned. It turns out that many of Newton's hand written notebooks have been scanned in and are available for free for anyone to see. Check them out.Curriculum Tags: All
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1
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Here's a really simple challenge you could give your students (regardless of whether you use the context of zip codes or not).
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/DonFraser9/status/1204879660326236161
Hey America ! Do you have a five digit zip code ? Why not have your students use the five digits of a zip code and the order of operations to create the numbers from 1 to 10 (or more) #iteachmath @MathletePearce @Mathgarden #mtbos @davidpetro314 @MatthewOldridge— Don Fraser (@DonFraser9) December 11, 2019
Too many to mention here but check out @MathequalsLove's post on Christmas related math activities. Check them all out.Curriculum Tags: All
https://mathequalslove.blogspot.com/2019/12/must-share-math-y-christmas-ideas.html
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Are you looking to learn the basics about using the Desmos Graphing Calculator? Then check out this webinar hosted by @ddmeyer
Curriculum Tags: All
https://youtu.be/mbya2DBubN8
I made this video on how to divide decimals by using relational rods. I used the Mathies app but it could certainly be done with the real ones too.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrKssNl8Qz8
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It's always good when the picture of the data tells the story for you. Could health care be important, hmmm.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U, Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1205243017675735041
Show me a graph that says it all for you. Here's mine. #iteachmath https://t.co/IIwaDOdTFW pic.twitter.com/yjQHNQ90jZ— Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) December 12, 2019
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