Math Links for Week Ending Sept 1, 2023

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It's the beginning of the year (at least it is here in Ontario) and I like highlight activities that help you connect with your students. From  @SaraVDWerf's we have her week 1 activities. There are so many good ideas here to help build relationships with your new students. 
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https://www.saravanderwerf.com/my-week-1-math-posts-plus-something-new/

And from @MathEqualsLove we have 40 suggestions for 1st week activities 
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https://mathequalslove.net/first-week-of-school-activities/

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Also talking about building relationships is @KarenCampe. She actually mentons @SaraVDWerf's name tents but the bigger focus is on birthdays and other ways to have your students be seen. 
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/08/30/birthdays-being-seen/

New Blog Post: "Birthdays & Being Seen"
What do you do to forge relationships with your students and celebrate during the year?#MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learnshttps://t.co/7Z3qKxxVQc

— Karen Campe (@KarenCampe) August 30, 2023

And @KarenCampe continues to post old NCTM Calendar problem sets. This one from Sept 2009
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/september-calendar-problems/

Problem solving Calendars are BACK!
Just posted the September Calendar of Problems!
Enjoy & let us know any working out you want to share, esp by students. #MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #ProblemSolving #Algebra #Geometry#MathChathttps://t.co/nSmnPUKqEF

— Karen Campe (@KarenCampe) September 1, 2023

Adding to her list of first week activities is @MathEqualsLove who brings us Number contests. Something all can play and be successful. 
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https://mathequalslove.net/number-contests-for-the-first-day-of-school/

Looking for a new activity for the first day/week of math class? Look no further than this series of first day number contests that will get students working together to try and read one another's minds in a fun math-y competition. https://t.co/CxWN3zzpeO #mtbos #iteachmath pic.twitter.com/nJYWXEWgQq

— Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) August 27, 2023

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A couple of geometric animations with squares
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https://twitter.com/golan/status/1695892923097731251

Thinking about giving my Creative Coding sophomores a @beesandbombs-inspired "figure-ground reversal" GIF loop assignment. Did a few tests to get a feel for the difficulty. It's only like 30 lines of code to get something working...but this is definitely not intro-level material. pic.twitter.com/ChzBwhPvaF

— Golan Levin (@golan) August 27, 2023

https://twitter.com/golan/status/1695893599550836913

One more pic.twitter.com/xfIjOWIy7K

— Golan Levin (@golan) August 27, 2023

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It's pretty cool that these are hand drawn images
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https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1696620640457941295

Mathematics.

Leonardo da Vinci's Illustration for De Divina Proportione (published 1509). What is the name of this object? https://t.co/BCnNDNqT7Y pic.twitter.com/VUEGZkc2aO

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) August 29, 2023