Math Links for Week Ending May14th, 2021

Featured Links

I feel like I have mentioned public-math.org but as I look through posts, it turns out, no. Plus I haven't mentioned about the Math Teacher Lounge (podcast/video series?) in a while so why not kill two birds with one stone. Watch the latest episode and check out the Public Math website for cool math ideas. 
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https://www.public-math.org/

Resource Links

Are you looking for a way to hone your CL programming skills then you may be interested in this online course. 
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https://twitter.com/Desmos/status/1390430834407002113

We heard you folks are interested in a course for advanced activity building in Desmos so we're setting one up!

👉 dynamic screens
👉 interactive components
👉 informative dashboards

We'll build all of that and community! Interested? Let us know. 👇https://t.co/ayhiSVXWZR

— Desmos.com (@Desmos) May 6, 2021

Some nice Geogebra sketches from @TimBrzezinski on properties of quadratic functions. 
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MCR3U, MCF3M, MBF3C
https://twitter.com/TimBrzezinski/status/1390382530642198532

Quadratic function explorers with Qs: https://t.co/L0HMZWRvxC & https://t.co/A3Th6yVtSf & https://t.co/Iji2RWvxto. @geogebra #MTBoS #ITeachMath #math #algebra #alg1chat pic.twitter.com/J5XSrpnocR

— Tim Brzezinski (@TimBrzezinski) May 6, 2021

Nicely done by @MSBJacobs, this application of Mathigon's Polypad looks fun.
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https://twitter.com/msbjacobs/status/1391839646221488130

I've just adapted the Pentomino Sums task for polypad on @mathigon. Feel free to use and share.https://t.co/5TWzd4TJT8
What do you think?

— Michael Jacobs (@msbjacobs) May 10, 2021

Video Links

I love it when, seemingly, simple games have complex math behind them.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://youtu.be/VTDKqW_GLkw

It's @StandupMaths again with a nice little story about using math to beat a gameshow. Plus I am partial to stories about randomness (or in this case, the lack of randomness)
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https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1392098404927430660

I had a great time talking about 'The Time When “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck'. An amazing story of when randomness wasn't sufficiently random. https://t.co/i7VU09AMkM

— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) May 11, 2021

Are you looking for a fun context to explore dealing with quadratic relations, then why not check out this video
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MCF3M, MAP4C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFEj5HyLi0o

Here's a fun @Desmos animation

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https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1392879875095072771

🏆 The Academy Award for Best Illustration That a Graph Is Really Just a Bunch of Points goes to Robert Banks IV over at the Desmos Educators Facebook Group. Shut the award down, actually. Play around: https://t.co/eSui7fpe63 (Robert Banks IV on Facebook.) pic.twitter.com/Z0mWMHd8oX

— Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) May 13, 2021

Image Links

I love this set of data that @DavidKButlerUoA has put together. So friendly and great to start any conversation about data. The representation of the categorical data with the pictures is a nice touch. Check out the comments for the .csv file of the raw data and the pdf version of the cards. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MDM4U, MBF3C, MAP4C
https://twitter.com/DavidKButlerUoA/status/1393116987979567112

I've just designed a new set of data cards for use in stats workshops, especially with Health Science students. I'm very proud of them. pic.twitter.com/68Nzfo14aM

— David Butler (@DavidKButlerUoA) May 14, 2021