Math Links for Week Ending Apr 12th, 2024

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I think that any time we can learn to adjust our teaching to help those who need it the most, it's a good thing
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/fawnpnguyen/status/1776054312374091997

👏 We've been waiting for @mathematize4all 's book
𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨: 𝘼 𝙐𝘿𝙇 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙆-8
to come out!
You can pre-order it here: https://t.co/wqybB1glcQ

— Fawn Nguyen (@fawnpnguyen) April 5, 2024

Resource Links

Need some quick math problems? How about 300?
Curriculum Tags: All
https://twitter.com/MathsEdIdeas/status/1776204549318914369

Random Acts of Maths — over 300 pocket-sized problems, teasers, curios, provocations, inspirations, etc., for teachers to gift to students, school visitors, et al. Free to download, with solutions and slides: https://t.co/f3zOPcJxh4 • #maths #math #MTBos #iteachmath pic.twitter.com/r0HnUzupv6

— Maths Ed (@MathsEdIdeas) April 5, 2024

I love that @JamesTanton keeps making these freely available
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MTH1W
https://twitter.com/jamestanton/status/1777048688210378940

Just finished a draft of chapters on Fractions.
What a muddle in the typical school curriculum!

Did I sort out the muddle? Is my take on things helpful? I think I've got my thinking of the past number of years in line now. (But let me know!)
Enjoy!https://t.co/gPEvhQhxhK… pic.twitter.com/VR4QSj2wKD

— James Tanton (@jamestanton) April 7, 2024

The @Desmos version of the eclipse
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.desmos.com/geometry/gtbsefxi4q

Not in the path of totality this time? We can't promise it's the same effect, but at least this graph requires no special glasses: https://t.co/QZlI5lA8I2 #eclipse2024 #solareclipse #eclipsemath pic.twitter.com/SzEtIp5kNh

— Desmos (@Desmos) April 7, 2024

Video Links

It's always good to have clarity
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/howie_hua/status/1778548048790237191

Viewer request: Why does nC2=n(n-1)/2? pic.twitter.com/SV070p1s4h

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) April 11, 2024

Image Links

Another set of data that reveals the path of the eclipse
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://twitter.com/kathyhen_/status/1778170648201994630

@jennalaib why do I see this as a #SlowRevealGraph? 🤣 https://t.co/apk4QeNEBK

— Kathy H (@kathyhen_) April 10, 2024

I think if you are dealing with Pythagorean theorem and also want to show how math can be beautiful then this might help.
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MTH1W
https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1778244703013515761

Welcome to Mathematical Nirvana.

The double cube has distances between corners equal to the square roots of the first six natural numbers, by the Pythagorean theorem.

Source (Rachel Fletcher): https://t.co/EcpXd5Ig29 pic.twitter.com/i6zM1iNIy7

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) April 11, 2024