Math Links for Week Ending Jun. 17th, 2022

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I guess I'm not sure how I missed that @Mathigon was having a PolyPad art contest. Hopefully I won't miss it next year.
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https://twitter.com/MathigonOrg/status/1537797401146232832

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of the first-ever Polypad Art Contest! We greatly enjoyed reviewing more than 1000 submissions, and are delighted to share some of our favourites below. Learn more at https://t.co/bI58YiGpjJ pic.twitter.com/brSOVNElfT

— Mathigon (@MathigonOrg) June 17, 2022

Resource Links

June 17th was #WorldTessellationDay. Here are some resources (for next year)
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https://twitter.com/letsplaymath/status/1537827379636232195

#PlayfulMath: 10 Ways to Celebrate World Tessellation Day https://t.co/8Y6rMOGyXc #mtbos #letsplaymath #homeschooling

— Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) June 17, 2022

And here is my contribution to #WorldTessellationDay
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https://twitter.com/davidpetro314/status/1537983522543005697

For #WorldTessellationDay I offer you a way to make your own either using this @Desmos version https://t.co/ulhleYUT2m

or this #GSP #Websketch version https://t.co/YVDZiI6DwY#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/Xc7z1HTFrl

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) June 18, 2022

A mashup of @Geogebra and @Openmiddle. Dive in.
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https://twitter.com/TimBrzezinski/status/1537780902494732289

If you like the @geogebra versions of the @openmiddle exercises you see here, here's an entire volume of them (150+). More to be added in the months to come! https://t.co/99Zxfp3wco @robertkaplinsky #MTBoS #ITeachMath pic.twitter.com/DAkLL5AkqV

— Tim Brzezinski ✈️ ISTE Booth 3130 (@TimBrzezinski) June 17, 2022

Let's keep the PolyPad updates coming
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https://twitter.com/davidporas/status/1537918054998286336

I'm super excited about the new Split, Merge, and Organize options on the Number Cards on Polypad from @MathigonOrg. How could these be helpful in your work with students?

Try them out at https://t.co/BqPszICxES#iteachmath #mtbos pic.twitter.com/BK0rejArps

— David Poras (@davidporas) June 17, 2022

Keeping the math talk going in your class can sometimes be tough. These prompts might help you out though
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https://twitter.com/JRappaport27/status/1537541719117467648

Working on some prompts that can be used to support students learning through different parts of a task. I've tried drawing attention to a particular practice these prompts support. Feedback is appreciated :) #thinkingclassroom #MTBoS @pgliljedahl @KirstDy pic.twitter.com/6aH8M0N1zd

— Jordan Rappaport (@JRappaport27) June 16, 2022

Even if you're not doing work with isometric drawings, this would be some neat brainwork for students
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https://twitter.com/NatBanting/status/1537964458688950278

The #MenuMath page is now updated with a very fun Building 3D Objects Menu from @joann_sandford

Grab a handful of linking cubes!https://t.co/eqsKUD7Chi#MTBoS #iteachmath

— Nat Banting (@NatBanting) June 18, 2022

Video Links

Time to get your mirrors out
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https://twitter.com/matthen2/status/1536023831365750786

making a fractal at home, with two mirrors and two phones pic.twitter.com/7QhMAYYQ0B

— Matt Henderson (@matthen2) June 12, 2022

Image Links

This week's theme for #MathPhoto22 is #Patterns
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https://twitter.com/cass_lowry/status/1537555618134781952

Join the #MathPhoto22 challenge by sharing your favourite #Patterns #MTBoS #MathsTalk #MTCOZ #mathschat pic.twitter.com/pJIQMwkbGS

— Cass Lowry (@cass_lowry) June 16, 2022

Everyone is a math person
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https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1536427251280990208

Math person meme pic.twitter.com/idoWXGiC0V

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) June 13, 2022

The more examples we have of these "textbook" problems the better
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https://twitter.com/Sneffleupagus/status/1537808219917234176

Y'all should have seen me. I was smacking my husband and yelling, "I NEED YOU TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT TRUCK RIGHT NOW." And he's like, "...why? And also, what's wrong with you?" 😆 https://t.co/Rhpa7PHetm

— Shelby Strong 💗💜💙 (@Sneffleupagus) June 17, 2022