Math Links for Week Ending Oct. 1st, 2021

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Join the conversation that @JRappaport27 started and answer, in exactly 5 words, what math is about
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https://twitter.com/JRappaport27/status/1443904365069230080

In five words, what is a mathematics education about? It doesn't have to be a sentence, just use five words. @Math4HF @ShelbiCole1 @mathcoachrivera @_CrystalMWatson @MarkChubb3 @shskaercher @KirstDy @NolanFossum @Sneffleupagus @HKhodai @MrSoclassroom @davidpetro314 @ddmeyer pic.twitter.com/S5eExCpoTE

— Jordan Rappaport (@JRappaport27) October 1, 2021

Resource Links

"This activity was exhilarating for me as well as the students" - that was @AlexOverwijk talking about a, (relatively) straightforward activity where students start with some fractions and have to extend the pattern and then connect the fractions to Pythagorean theorem. The end result is some "unexpected beauty" 
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W, MPM2D, MFM2P, MBF3C
http://slamdunkmath.blogspot.com/2021/09/unexpected-beauty.html

This might be new for grade 9 teachers but @MSBJacobs reminds us that it doesn't take much planning to do a good number talk, just some thought out questions. Here he does a progression of percent questions that help students hone their mental math skills. I have a draft Desmos activity that kinda does the same thing here. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MTH1W
http://themathguy.blogspot.com/2021/09/number-talks-in-grade-9.html

Audio Links

We haven't always had zero in our number line. Learn about the history of zero with @OnlineKine on @AllusionistShow podcast. 
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https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/zero



On this month's episode of @OAMEtalks we're talking about coding in the intermediate classroom with @LisaAnneFloyd
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-4

Image Links

What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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https://twitter.com/MathInTheNews/status/1442652456358350850

Found an old box of staples in the supply room. The numbers on it have bothered me all day. pic.twitter.com/yXxuxnrdVb

— Math In The News (@MathInTheNews) September 28, 2021

Football season has started. How did your team do last year? The Lions didn't do so well out here. 
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/DataIsBeautiful/status/1442912003173933056

[OC] Frequency of NFL team total wins after starting the season 0-3 https://t.co/gl81G3LITt #dataviz

— r/DataIsBeautiful (@DataIsBeautiful) September 28, 2021