Math Links for Week Ending May 1, 2026

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It is OAME2026 our annual Ontario Association for Mathematics Education annual conference. I presented 3 sessions this year. They can all be accessed at the link below
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http://bit.ly/oame-petro

I just finished My session on resources for teaching #quadratics in #math class at the @OAMElearns #OAME2026 conference. You can get the slides here:https://t.co/indBLptcoZ#MathChat #iTeachMath #MTBoS pic.twitter.com/noUx1lXUh4

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) April 30, 2026

My second session was about how to build @Amplify classroom tasks (without CL) at the @OAMElearns #OAME2026 conference:https://t.co/indBLptcoZ#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/I9cD8wqlsj

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) May 1, 2026

My third session was showing gr 7&8 #math teachers all the great premade @Amplify classroom tasks at the@OAMElearns #OAME2026 conference: https://t.co/indBLptcoZ #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/bIeHk820Cy

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) May 1, 2026

Resource Links

OAME - Great culminating activity for gr 9 math 
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11Ofdgs5nGW4MITiB4ybyiIbuCD7DSKz4

Modelling #math by creating a Food Truck from Elysabeth Barnes at @OAMElearns #OAME2026 for grade 9 MTH1W. Get the folder of resources here:https://t.co/U3DBXYmbXY#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/IutecPjiHx

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) April 30, 2026

OAME - A great reminder of how important starters are. 
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17wmTZGoxa-F-TU51b-uICcMzMn1Ksv5IKyWgn_odZ14/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p

It's @theericklee at #OAME2026 coming from the east coast to talk about the power of the first 5 min of class. With references to lots of #math class favs & including other curated math resources, check them all out here:https://t.co/OIKhSka87Y#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/cawZJxgcGi

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) April 30, 2026

OAME - Ideas that exploit AI for useful purposes in math class
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n-FZXTKSv6E4pG-VSgmJ0DDG8Y0qwCpT1VOFJvMwIeg/edit

Getting tips on using Google's Gemini Suite in #math class from @robinmath3 at the @oamelearns #OAME2026 conference.https://t.co/N0CSQwIVwP#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/N1zNJ5X7fo

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) April 30, 2026

OAME - Sound advice from Dr. Pam Seda
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http://tinyurl.com/SedaMay1

Lot's of great equity based resources shared by Dr. Pam Seda at the @OAMElearns #OAME2026 Conference Day 2 Keynotehttps://t.co/7hWJ5jVRLj#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/L6jMZ5ZRrj

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) May 1, 2026

OAME - Great session on how to turn regular rich problems into something better (and useful in a Thinking Classroom)
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https://www.kylewebb.ca/oame26

Great session from @webbkyle & @KirstDy on how to remix an already rich problem at the @OAMElearns #OAME2026 conference. They also shared some great problem solving resources:https://t.co/MCjVL2kWDe#MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath pic.twitter.com/am5ZHi0mjM

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) May 1, 2026

Video Links

A nice simple visualization of this classic probability problem. 

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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2048452433895129532

This is a very common misconception in statistics:

If 1% of a population has a disease and the tests have a 5% chance of giving a false positive, what's the probability of having the disease given that we tested positive?

The answer is NOT 95%. It's actually way less. pic.twitter.com/HoLm7zOTjB

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) April 26, 2026

More Pokemon probabilities
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/2049585872966996285

If there is a 1/4096 shiny encounter rate, how many encounters do we need to have a 99% chance of encountering a shiny Pokémon? pic.twitter.com/z3PFlBZC4m

— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) April 29, 2026

Image Links

OAME - Great stuff from @PWHarris
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https://x.com/davidpetro314/status/2049841170008678512

"My job as an educator is to build kids brains, not to have them get answers to math questions" - @pwharris is the opening keynote at the @OAMEcounts #OAME2026 annual conference pic.twitter.com/ceG2En8q55

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) April 30, 2026

OAME - That's definitely the reason
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https://x.com/davidpetro314/status/2049847083906027563

What is the purpose of teaching math? - @pwharris

To develop mathematical reasoning #OAME2026 pic.twitter.com/0QMG97e8Ls

— David Petro (@davidpetro314) April 30, 2026