Math Links for Week Ending May 26th, 2023

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I have recommended this site before and I don't think that I can recommend it enough. Slow Reveal Graphs start with a graph that has been stripped of context: its numbers, its labels, its title. The teacher facilitates a discussion around what students notice and wonder. Then another slide is revealed with some more (but not all) information. And this continues @JennaLaib does a great job of finding these graphs and creating the slideshows for anyone to use. Here is the latest on the Cities with the Greatest Number of Skyscrapers:
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2023/05/25/the-cities-with-the-greatest-number-of-skyscrapers/

Resource Links

Here is a nice little interactive for projectile motion:
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U
https://twitter.com/dment37/status/1662114112741036034

The parabolic shot that travels the greatest distance is always that of 45° whatever the initial speed.|3Dvisualisation|Animation|@geogebrahttps://t.co/s8R8SUoBzg#geogebra #math #science #iteachmath #mtbos #visualization #elearning @geometry @bancoche#Physics pic.twitter.com/olSBGeGkkg

— Daniel Mentrard (@dment37) May 26, 2023

Video Links

Working with cubes and algebra? Then maybe try this Mystery Number problem
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1661886435409166342

New TikTok video: A quick "think of a number" trick pic.twitter.com/gaWlP6N98v

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) May 26, 2023

Image Links

Visualize an infinite series like this and you can make the algebra come to life
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U, MHF4U
https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1661879494792163329

Mathematics and mystery.

Visualizing an amazing infinite sum.

A visual demonstration that (3/4) + (3/16) + (3/64) + ... = 1. pic.twitter.com/t5AJdPspGK

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) May 25, 2023