Friday, August 19, 2022

Math Links for Week Ending Aug 19th, 2022

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There is something for everyone here in terms of math content (from elementary all the way to calculus) but really it's about proving stuff. It's too bad that we don't have our old Algebra & Geometry course anymore because this would be perfect for it. However, just the visuals that he produces, alone, are worth the watch. Even the one about the "missing" in the triangle. 
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYQVlVoWoPY


Resource Links

Who doesn't want a mashup of Mathigon and @Fawnpnguyen's Visual Patterns
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MTH1W
https://mathigon.org/task/visual-patterns

Have you been using @Desmos Activity Builder in your classroom then you may want to follow @DesmosClassroom 
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/desmosclassroom/status/1559583373751791616

We have a pizza place near us that will sometimes replace a large pizza with two smalls not realizing that two smalls (even though together they have a total diameter that is bigger than the large) have a smaller area than the large. It's a great problem to pose to students when calculating the area of circles and this site has a nice interactive to go along with that problem
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
https://flowingdata.com/2022/07/26/pizza-exchange-rate/

Video Links

Who doesn't like moving tessellations?
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/sjpalmer1994/status/1560576142712524800


Who knew that repeated powers had a name?
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1560431211717177344


I've always loved this demonstration of the binomial distribution
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/MagicPi2/status/1560553402081447936
These balls trace out the perimeter of a series of regular figures all with the same side length. The visual is pretty neat. 

Do you need an idea of how to randomize groupings for your Thinking Classroom?
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/joelbezaire/status/1559205984395993088

Applications of Trig via Tom & Jerry? Well you could have your students check the math
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MCF3M, MCR3U
https://twitter.com/UniverCurious/status/1558834833207562243

Image Links

Given that we had that nice video of the binomial distribution, it's fitting that XKCD has a cartoon related to it as well. 
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://xkcd.com/2659/


    

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