Math Links for Week Ending Jan. 3rd, 2019

Featured Links
I really loved this story from @CraigFayComedy on the @storycollider about living with #dyscalculia (and he still became an engineer). Something every #math teacher should hear
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.storycollider.org/stories/2019/11/5/late-diagnosis-stories-about-being-diagnosed-as-an-adult


Resource Links
It's good to have more activities to help with probability. So this is a nice little activity from @Giohio to facilitate this.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MBF3C, MDM4U
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/wnlneoawbk

Enjoy this @Desmos "Would you rather?" @DailyDesmos @madewithDesmos @AlgebraDesmos https://t.co/3dlptF9LOH pic.twitter.com/qahlG7QOZw

— Steve Phelps (@giohio) January 3, 2020

Here @RobertKaplinski gives the low down on what Open Middle problems are and how you could use them
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https://www.edutopia.org/article/getting-heart-what-students-know-math

Educator @robertkaplinsky shares a way to structure math problems to assess students' *conceptual* understanding.https://t.co/JFGT6wnx3t

— edutopia (@edutopia) January 2, 2020

I have been cleaning up some of my @Desmos activities for release. The first one is to help students with tessellations
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
https://engaging-math.blogspot.com/p/desmos-activities_10.html

[Updated Post] Have students practice finding #tessellations and then create their own for the rest of the class to find with this @Desmos activity (with Challenge Creator)https://t.co/JUNFclEWlI#mathchat #MTBoS #ITeachMath pic.twitter.com/LmBQCGyEPT

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) January 4, 2020

The next ones are for practicing completing linear patterns given a numerical beginning of various patterns.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://engaging-math.blogspot.com/p/desmos-activities_10.html

[Updated Post] Students practice working with linear patterns given a few numerical values by completing the table and graphing the points with this @Desmos activity (with Challenge Creator) that self checks student work. https://t.co/JUNFclEWlI#mathchat #MTBoS #ITeachMath pic.twitter.com/A5uCdu6HXA

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) January 4, 2020

And the last one is for practicing subtraction of integers
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://engaging-math.blogspot.com/p/desmos-activities_10.html

[Updated Post] Students can practice (self checking) basic subtraction of integers questions and then create their own for the rest of the class to solve with this @Desmos (with Challenge Creator) Activity.https://t.co/JUNFclEWlI#mathchat #MTBoS #ITeachMath pic.twitter.com/U0UqbNCjn2

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) January 4, 2020

Video/Audio Links
Here's a great idea to help students have fun with linear functions, or quadratic functions or any polynomial function.
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM2P, MPM2D, MCR3U, MBF3C, MCF3M, MHF4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K54ildEW9-Q

Here is a new podcast from @OAMEtalks. This month featuring @KanekaTurner giving a preview of her upcoming webinar "Lesson Structure and Routines that Foster Agency and Equity"
Curriculum Tags: All
https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-2





Image Links
Some Happy New Year math
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https://twitter.com/MathsEdIdeas/status/1211664354669735936

Math up your countdown to 2020... #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2020 #maths #math pic.twitter.com/wLnxBBZiVo

— Maths Ed (@MathsEdIdeas) December 30, 2019

And some more New Year Math. Thanks to Mark Garant for this one.
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U