Math Links for Week Ending Nov. 12th, 2021

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With coding being new to the grade 9 math curriculum, I don't think there can be any shortage of materials or discussions that can be had to help. In this post @MSBJacob he goes over a lesson on coding dealing with patterning from beginning to end. 
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
http://themathguy.blogspot.com/2021/10/coding-in-new-grade-9-de-streamed-math.html

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I like how @MarkChubb3 has modified @JennaLaib's "Number Boxes" activity to help students with metric unit conversions
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://buildingmathematicians.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/number-boxes/

The nice thing about these Esti-Mysteries from @SteveWyborny is they start out as estimation questions but then they turn number sense problems.

Curriculum Tags: All
https://stevewyborney.com/2021/11/150-new-esti-mysteries/

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Math play is important in any grade. In this webinar from @MrValencia24
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W, MPM2D, MCR3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lftzcFRNct4

I'm not sure why I like this loop so much but it is so satisfying
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/hemigon/status/1457204132436086788

#Nodevember days 5 & 6
prompt: "5 sided"#b3d #geometrynodes #nodevember2021 pic.twitter.com/n9erKftRKQ

— hemigon (@hemigon) November 7, 2021

I've seen both of these proofs before but I like the idea of using common found objects. The gum was particularly nice. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1458600157331660801

New TikTok video: Two ways to show why the area formula of a circle is pi*r^2 pic.twitter.com/xyayQGSu3b

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) November 11, 2021

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This could be true of all math students with regular problems
Curriculum Tags: All
https://xkcd.com/2529/