Math Links for Week Ending Feb 14, 2025

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I never miss a chance to share @SaraVanDerWerf's stuff. This may be too late for this year but put it in your back pocket for next year. 
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.saravanderwerf.com/nerding-out-on-resources-for-valentines-day/

Resource Links

Some Valentines activities for exponential functions
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MAP4C, MHF4U, MCT4C
https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2022/02/10/i-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f-candy-math/

Take advantage of valentines candy to explore exponential models with your students! Check out "I ❤️ Candy Math" for Valentine's Day this week! #MTBoS #iTeachMath #MathSky #MathsToday karendcampe.wordpress.com/2022/02/10/i...

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— Karen Campe (@karencampe.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM

Some resources for teaching logs
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U
https://timcorica.substack.com/p/logarithms-some-teaching-ideas

#iTeachMath #MathsToday Someone posted a request for ideas for livening up a unit on logarithms, so I did a brain dump of 45 years of teaching, and posted it on my substack: open.substack.com/pub/timcoric...

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— Tim Corica (@tcorica.bsky.social) February 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM

A nice real world problem dealing with the value of a penny.

Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
https://www.citizenmath.com/lessons/common-cents

Should we nix the penny? 💰 #EduSky 🍎: Will you comment ideas and resources to explore this question as a class -- or on your own! -- so we can create one BIG thread 🧵 on this #RealWorldMath? 🌍 We'll go first. You add on and repost...👇 #MathSky #ITeachMath #PBL www.citizenmath.com/lessons/comm...

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— Citizen Math (@citizenmath.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Video/Audio Links

The latest preview of #OAME2025
Curriculum Tags: All
https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-7

[New Podcast] It's the @OAMEcounts #OAME2025 Day 2 preview. Featuring @TheMathGuru @joboaler @NatBanting. Listen here:https://t.co/95KyY9ZtpW

Check out all the conference info at https://t.co/PCaIcus9Zd #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/YT8NtOI6mE

— OAMEtalks (@OAMEtalks) February 9, 2025

Here's your Desmos Valentines eCard
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/yhaz5chjsr

Made with love (and equations). 💕 💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y... #mathsky #iteachmath

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— Desmos Studio (@desmos.com) February 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM

Image Links

This is a fun factorial question. I don't think you can do it algebraically, you have to use some logic and knowledge of factorials 
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://x.com/antonillos/status/1888505163800887542

solve for d. how fast can you find it❓ #math #challenge pic.twitter.com/bTqhcsdsOq

— Antonio Saco (@antonillos) February 9, 2025

Perfect when you are talking about order of operations
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MTH1W

https://bsky.app/profile/natbanting.bsky.social/post/3li3lhddgz22g

These make me smirk every time. (Side quest: if someone answers “48,” what led them to that conviction?)

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— Nat Banting (@natbanting.bsky.social) February 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM