Math Links for Week Ending Jan 26th, 2024

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If you are looking for some ways to show inclusiveness in math then it's important to hear about math from a diverse set of voices. That being said, this book could be a place to start
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https://twitter.com/onlinekyne/status/1750340375590408232

My new book Math In Drag is available for preorder NOW!

A drag queen’s tour through the world of math, from infinity to game theory. It highlights the history, creativity, diversity, and beauty that my two favourite things have so much in common ❤️ pic.twitter.com/N6j8kaZuiB

— Kyne (@onlinekyne) January 25, 2024

Resource Links

I think it's important, whether you are teaching a topic for the first time or reviewing it in the later grade, to choose questions in a strategic way
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MTH1W
https://jennalaib.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/purposeful-number-choices-fraction-subtraction/

NEW BLOG POST
Purposeful Number Choices: Fraction Subtraction

Thinking about how to design and launch a game so surface and reinforce particular ideas about fraction subtraction in a 5th grade classhttps://t.co/UaV5xeN0UL#MTBoS #ITeachMath #ElemMathChat

— Jenna Laib (@jennalaib) January 24, 2024

It's exam season here in Ontario and other locations that have semestered schools. So it's good to have ideas on how to do meaningful reviews in math class.
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https://pbbmath.weebly.com/blog/review-without-reteaching

Blog Post: Reviewing in math class with individualized practice and group activities/games. https://t.co/KcO6QHpfNl #ITeachMath pic.twitter.com/8BnFoXqasf

— Erick Lee HRCE Math (@TheErickLee) January 24, 2024

I posted about this when it first came out but I still love the idea of students creating their own review activity and it being exam season, it seams relevant to point to it again.
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https://www.mathycathy.com/blog/2021/12/template-ideas-for-review-and-self-reflection/

Using a @desmosclassroom review template today to prepare for our next test. Student presentations are thorough and impressive! #iteachmath
More here:
Template Ideas for Review and Self-Reflection https://t.co/biCNFxgN9u via @mathycathy

— Cathy Yenca (@mathycathy) January 26, 2024

I'm always grateful when people share their compilations of good problems
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1adCsk3RbuymMwsH9C4kCMDYm2kr4fub5Y107DIt3YCs/copy

A few years ago I built a catalogue of thinking tasks that were shared with me. Its since been added to and updated in an easy to access format. The link below gives access. #mtbos @KirstDy @pgliljedahl @NolanFossum @pearse_margie @Sneffleupagus https://t.co/UmVXM90RAt pic.twitter.com/eaXjv79UUW

— Jordan Rappaport (@JRappaport27) January 19, 2024

Video/Audio Links

I'm always looking for interesting probability problems
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1748760219805466957

Here's a fun probability problem: You have two decks of cards, if you flip one card from each deck until both piles are exhausted, what's the probability that there's at least one match? pic.twitter.com/IlQ45ZPIpc

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) January 20, 2024

Although I think this is always best demonstrated IRL, this simulation still is a good way to show some counterintuitive results
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https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1750192677675495613

Mathematics. Physics. Engineering.

The straight line is not always the fastest.

By Daniel Mentrard, @dment37, Used with permission. Source: https://t.co/Md9vwV1N96 pic.twitter.com/kplvEYTJa5

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) January 24, 2024

This could get your kids thinking at the beginning of class
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https://twitter.com/GeometryPuzzles/status/1749626429443383478

Love = ? | How to solve this addition #addition | math riddles #multiplication pic.twitter.com/Pw6DgxfQWP

— Math Lover (@GeometryPuzzles) January 23, 2024

There is some great stuff here on using data, outliers and other cool ideas and data (especially if your kids are into football
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W, MDM4U, MAP4C
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/walt-hickey-wants-to-track-your-eyeballs/

There is some great examples of outliers for both scatter plots and dot plots alluded to here. Listen first then check out the supporting links#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath https://t.co/pPOdPWIMx0

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) January 23, 2024

Image Links

This could be a combinatorics problem but it could really be solved by just about any grade level
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https://twitter.com/MathsCirclesOz/status/1750974624337187119

A neat puzzle! Two questions for you-

1. What *is* the puzzle here?
2. What’s your solution?

This fun maths without words puzzle comes from @jamestanton.

For more new maths teaching ideas to your inbox, check out my free newsletter 👉https://t.co/j4JyMnbYLh pic.twitter.com/ZF5hlSYIB8

— Michaela Epstein (@MathsCirclesOz) January 26, 2024

It's always fun when we find weird numbers like this but I wonder if you could make up your own by starting with the answer and working backwards
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https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1748527865379905955

Math.

Shiver in ecstasy. If we multiply the Subramani number (black font) by 3, we find the 1st 100 digits of pi (red) and first 100 natural numbers (green). We'll also find the pi digits and natural numbers if we perform division by 3 instead of multiplication. By Subramani… pic.twitter.com/VQ464z9gZw

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) January 20, 2024