Math Links for Week Ending Jan 24th, 2025

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A free webinar on computational thinking looks like a great opportunity to learn
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https://mikeflynn.lpages.co/microburst/

Come learn alongside us! Free registration here: bit.ly/microburst130 We can’t wait to join you there. #math #mathclass #matheducation

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— Zak Champagne (@zakchamp.bsky.social) January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM

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I agree with @DavidKButler, that proofs without words are not without effort
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MTH1W
https://bsky.app/profile/davidkbutler.bsky.social/post/3lg7j3ihe222d

This is the first time I have seen anyone ever articulate up front that Proofs Without Words require the reader to put in effort. Seriously it needs to be much clearer on the box that they are actually Proofs That Need You To Add Words.

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— David K Butler (@davidkbutler.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Video Links

I'm sure you can use this to talk about transformations, recursion and scaling (and maybe other topics) with this video.
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https://x.com/gregeganSF/status/1880176485677560200

If you let one row of fish follow their nose in Escher’s woodcut “Circle Limit III”, all the rest are forced to swing around wildly.

The fish here are strung out along “hypercycles”: curves in the hyperbolic plane that are equidistant from a given hyperbolic line, but no two … pic.twitter.com/iFvjEd5xoI

— Greg Egan (@gregeganSF) January 17, 2025

I never get tired of this animation to show where the area of a circle formula comes from. You can also use it in Calculus when talking about thinner and thinner slices. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MCV4U
https://x.com/mathladyhazel/status/1880470241601622391

It makes soooo much sense now why the area of a circle is πr^2! pic.twitter.com/YEMhXHO3rK

— Math Lady Hazel 🇦🇷 (@mathladyhazel) January 18, 2025

Perfect for the binomial theorem
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U

https://x.com/mathladyhazel/status/1881438549490180292

Order from chaos. The Galton board. pic.twitter.com/5PxBfb2AWf

— Math Lady Hazel 🇦🇷 (@mathladyhazel) January 20, 2025

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I don't know why I love these power and exponent type questions. 
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W, MPM2D, MCR3U
https://x.com/GeometryPuzzles/status/1881033853508452360

90 percent fail this equation #equation pic.twitter.com/coRidz8Lzg

— Math Lover (@GeometryPuzzles) January 19, 2025