Math Links for Week Ending May 5th, 2023

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I think this may have been one of the first things that I saw from @RobertKaplinski and I immediately loved it. The whole idea of kids just trying to slam numbers into the situation in order to solve a non sensical problem was intriguing. And it lead to finding all kinds of other great resources on his site. If you haven't seen this, follow the link and watch the video and get the other resources and then check out all the other stuff you can find.
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https://twitter.com/robertkaplinsky/status/1654253074024734725

How do you think your students would respond to the question "There are 125 sheep and five dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd?"
Watch how 32 eighth graders I interviewed responded. https://t.co/vI9iiwqpKn pic.twitter.com/17GdCGBmIk

— Robert Kaplinsky (@robertkaplinsky) May 4, 2023

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I think that you can use this with your students to remind them that all work and no play is not healthy
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https://twitter.com/MathsCirclesOz/status/1653127443933175811

How to study like a world-class mathematician:

1. Focused work: 3 hours in the morning
2. Daydreaming & long walks: all afternoon.

June Huh won the highest honour in mathematics, the Fields Medal, in 2022.

Image source: Quanta Magazine pic.twitter.com/IGLgqY12nS

— Michaela Epstein (@MathsCirclesOz) May 1, 2023

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I think that when doing probability questions, it's important to ground them in reality (even if reality may be bent a bit :-) )
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https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1652078038610513920

In both of these probability questions, you know at least one 1 was rolled. But are the answers the same or different based on what I know? pic.twitter.com/DA2geB9LLC

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) April 28, 2023

Using "Would You Rather" as a prompt you can turn a relatively mundane topic into something more interesting. And if you want more prompts like this, try @JStephens site WouldYouRather.com
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https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1652324245727514625

I turned one of my most boring math lessons into one of my most engaging ones. Here's how: pic.twitter.com/jEEM2J5hWE

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) April 29, 2023

Alright, live tessellations.
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https://twitter.com/RickMohr2/status/1652263814891446273

https://t.co/HlhZT0N0w5 is live, with "tessellations" from artists around the world, where a figure repeats to fill the page with no overlaps or gaps. See the art, understand how it works, and create your own. (Free, with no ads.) Enjoy the site, and please share! pic.twitter.com/hesfZGjP0Q

— Rick Mohr (@RickMohr2) April 29, 2023

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It was a great couple of days at last week's OAME conference. It was good to see some familiar faces that I hadn't seen face to face in so long. Hopefully you can have some meaningful face to face connections this year too:
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https://twitter.com/GLewisOCT/status/1652487910493413384

I'm humbled by the connections we make with our district friends at @OMCAmath @OAMElearns - Success stories, common challenges, shared vision drive me to innovate and problem solve in our systems #OAME2023 @paul_math @HTheijsmeijer @davidpetro314 @TeatherBoard 3/x pic.twitter.com/fPZEt9tawk

— Gerard Lewis, OCT (@GLewisOCT) April 30, 2023

Clever :-)
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https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1654079303724720129

May the fourths be "with you" pic.twitter.com/EY5if0FeIS

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) May 4, 2023

Who knew that ngons with sides that are multiples of 4s had this property?
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https://twitter.com/diegorattaggi/status/1158115642425430016

Did you know this before? #mathiratti pic.twitter.com/jMxhckIWAT

— Diego Rattaggi 🇨🇭 (@diegorattaggi) August 4, 2019