Math Links for Week Ending Jan. 8th, 2021

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I really like this visualization from @MonaChalabi. It really shows the power of exponential growth and the idea that even though this new strain of C19 is no deadlier than the main version, the fact that it is much more contagious makes it effectively more dangerous. Some good math here dealing with percents and powers here. Make sure you look in the comments for the description of the math.
Curriculum tags: MCR3U, MCF3M, MBF3C, MAP4C, MCT4C
https://twitter.com/MonaChalabi/status/1346513672722665474

This was such a great thread about the new Covid strain. I turned it into some illustrations for people who are visual learners. https://t.co/xEuMt5CRNd pic.twitter.com/4lyAq4ko0M

— Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) January 5, 2021

Resource Links

I really love this visualization on how people from around the world use their time. It could be a great "What do you notice? What do you Wonder" exercise and there is quite a lot of background info in the article. And to be honest, Our World in Data is a great website, in general.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MDM4U
https://ourworldindata.org/time-use-living-conditions 

I still really like these #SlowRevealGraphs. Here's one of the more recent ones. This one dealing with the movie industry. If you don't know what the premiss is, the idea is you take a graph and then remove most of the info and they slowly reveal it piece by piece. They have done the work for you with Google Slides on this site thanks to @jennalaib
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MDM4U
https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/01/04/rapid-decline-in-2020-box-office-profits-will-the-industry-recover-in-2021/

Article Links

The mathematicians that we've lost this year. Thanks to David Zimmer for pointing this one out. 
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/three-mathematicians-we-lost-in-2020

Video Links

A few people have re shared this video tutorial I made about how to create a "Guess Who" game using the @Desmos Polygraph app. This video shows how you can use it to make a game for any subject, not just math. On the link there is more info from the blogpost I did as a companion.
Curriculum Tags: All
http://wecdsbit.blogspot.com/2019/02/creating-digital-guess-who-game.html

Image Links

An homage to those classic math problems
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https://twitter.com/Wakil_Sayb/status/1342139548894113792

Finally found the Guy from Maths book who used to buy 107 Bananas for no reasons pic.twitter.com/RJy7kTJzSl

— Haseeb Awan (@Wakil_Sayb) December 24, 2020