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Friday, March 28, 2025

Math Links for Week Ending Mar 28th, 2025

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A long time ago I taught my daughter, who was in grade 3, how to differentiate simple polynomial functions just to show that just knowing an algorithm doesn't mean you understand the math. So this totally resonates with me. 
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1905059978907730276

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I like this type of activity because it takes a very real problem and connects it directly to a specific mathematical expectation.
Curriculum Tags: MCT4C, MCR3U, MAP4C

I spent way too long making this lesson on climate change and exponential decay. So, hopefully someone out there can use it. #MaththatMatters #iteachmath #mathstoday #mtbos Slides: docs.google.com/presentation... Task: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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— Bryan Meyer (@doingmath.bsky.social) March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There are some nice measurement and arithmetic sequence resources (among other things)
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https://www.resourceaholic.com/2025/03/5-maths-gems-188.html

There are always more graphs and @JennaLaib keeps them coming
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U

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You can do the same thing with @Desmos but I think there is nothing like a physical manipulative
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MCF3M, MCR3U, MBF3C

Graphing quadratics in vertex form #mathsky

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— scaffoldedmath.bsky.social (@scaffoldedmath.bsky.social) March 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A very topical percentage problem. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, Gr7, MTH1W, MAT1L , MAT2L

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I have always loved this Calvin and Hobbs cartoon. I think even when I was much younger I think I recognized that this satirized the idea of what a "math person" is 
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@jennalaib.bsky.social HERE IS THE COMIC I WAS THINKING OF!!! #iTeachMath

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— Karen Campe (@karencampe.bsky.social) March 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM

A perfect math starter
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#RecreationalMath #iTeachMath #MathSky

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— Duane Habecker (@duanehabecker.com) March 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The latest #TapeDiagramTuesday post
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
https://bsky.app/profile/duanehabecker.com/post/3ll7a5z5i2z2v

It's time for your #TapeDiagramTuesday extra challenge! Model your solution strategy with a tape diagram. Then share it with the community! #iTeachMath

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— Duane Habecker (@duanehabecker.com) March 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is in the same vein as "Which one Doesn't Belong"
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U
https://x.com/StudyMaths/status/1905665653169598619



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Friday, June 5, 2020

Math Links for Week Ending June 5th, 2020

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I love this dynamic visualization of the leading causes of death in the world since Jan. 1st this year. For anyone who makes the argument that the deaths due to Covid-19 aren't great, should look at the growth rate compared to everything else. 
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U



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This is a nice eclectic resource of math ideas called Math Walks. Here @traciteacher puts math on the sidewalk but on the website, when you click on the images, you are taken to resources about that image. So if you are not inspired to do your own Math Walk, at least you might find some new resources for your class. 
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Thanks to @MissJK24319629 for pointing out this resource on seeing math everywhere in the world. Check it out. 
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Do you want some images of food labels to go with your units on unit rate and ratios? Then Chewable Math has your back. Thanks to @MissJK24319629 on this one too for pointing it out (especially since I didn't even know this was a new @FawnPNugyen product). 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MFM1P, MPM1D, MAT1L, MAT2L


Do you want to go rogue and add some contraband colours to your @Desmos activities?
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Math is for everyone, and in this case it's Canadian drag queen @OnlineKyne who, among other drag related things, makes videos about math. She's one of the contestants on first ever Drag Race Canada and here is a compilation of some of her short math TikToks with topics like puzzles, Euler walks, probability, #statistics, infinite sums, area and more
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And in this video @OnlineKyne talks about all kinds of stuff drag related but there is a good chunk on getting a scholarship to Waterloo for math and being one of the top contestants in the Waterloo math contest
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Some fun with radians, trig and Pi (and dividing by 5s)
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U

Make sure you look in the comments for more of the same
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Yup, there is definitely a unit rate question in this comic
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P








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Friday, March 22, 2019

Math Links for Week Ending Mar. 22nd, 2019

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It's always good to hear that the folks at @ONmathies continue to refine and update their apps. The latest is a fresh version of the pattern block app. So now, not only do you have an infinite amount of pattern blocks to use but you have more than the standard blocks (with more to come) but you can now save your work and upload it later. Here is the saved file from this image if you want to try out uploading into your own Patter Block app.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P
https://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Pp0

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I have long been an advocate of coupling proving trig identities algebraically with verifying them graphically. Now @LukeSelfWalker has had the same idea and taken it to the next level with @Desmos Activity Builder. Check it out.
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MHF4U
https://twitter.com/LukeSelfwalker/status/1107974858745491456

Do you want to have your students practice their fundamental skills in an engaging way? Then you might want to use @GFletchy's subitizing multiplication cards. This is an update to his original cardset and includes over 100 cards including some to focus on students moving away from counting.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MAT1L, MAT2L
https://gfletchy.com/2019/03/17/multiplication-subitizing-cards/

Here's a neat idea, @MrNiksMathClass has developed what he calls Elastic Band Puzzles where the purpose is to find the sets of values that have the same characteristic. In these three examples it's the zero principal, fractions adding to 1 and factorable trinomials.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, MPM1D, MFM1P, MPM2D, MFM2P
https://twitter.com/MrNiksMathClass/status/1106497179127025664

This data originally came out in 2014 but has recently been updated with 75 new artists. It shows the hip hop artists who have the highest number of words used in their first 35000 lyrics. The data is interactive on the original post and I have pulled out the raw data so that your students can actually use it for some single variable analysis.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U, MBF3C
https://found-data.blogspot.com/2019/03/hip-hop-vocabulary.html

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Here's a nice video display of some data about the proportion of highest paid artists who are female from @MonaChalabi. It's a simple representation but the animation makes it look so elegant.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://www.instagram.com/p/BugsC0Jlu9Z/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet


Some interesting looking patterns.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/solvemymaths/status/1106868124090011648




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I love this visualization from @MonaChalabi where she looks at the preferred age of date from dating site data. It's pretty interesting how this is split by gender.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPK8-hHFnx/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet






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Friday, February 8, 2019

Math Links for Week Ending Feb 8th, 2019

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If you haven't heard yet, Desmos has updated their graphing calculator and now it includes tools for analysis and visualizations of single variable statistics. In terms of visualizations, they've added dot plots, box plots and histograms. They also have probability and binomial distributions. They a work within the confines of the graphing calculator and are also available in Activity Builder. Check out some of the features at my post below and check out @boblock's how to video.
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MDM4U, MAP4C
https://found-data.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-desmos-statistics-package.html

The second thing from Desmos is that they are currently accepting applications for the 4th cohort of their Desmos Fellows. I was a member of last year's 3rd cohort and it's been a pretty cool year seeing behind the curtain as to how things run. But really the best part is all the new colleagues I gained both from face to face meetings a Desmos HQ but online in their company Slack channel. And it was cool to have a tiny part in testing out some of the new stats features before they went live. So check out their post and consider applying.
https://blog.desmos.com/articles/friday-fave-for-february-8/


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Are you looking for some discussion on diagnostic assessment in the intermediate years in math, then you might consider this series of webinars put on by @goslinK123. The first one is done and there is a recording of it but there are more to come. 
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TjHnOjJARHTPZcGLEg71EEknXoG9LWnVhjHNW9IhwdM/edit




It looks like @MaryBourassa is dusting off the old Day by Day set of blog posts. In the past she's done it for MFM2P and MPM2D and now she's starting one for MPM1D. So if you are into teaching grade 9 academic you may want to follow her posts over the course of the semester. Here's the first one. 
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D
https://marybourassa.blogspot.com/2019/02/grade-9-academic-mpm1d-day-1.html




A few months ago @PaiMath posted a nice long post about taking notes in a thinking classroom. This week, he's following up with part 2 of that post. I know that the note taking aspect is one of the things I struggle with understanding the most so I appreciate this kind of long form treatment.
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http://intersectpai.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-thinking-classroom-note-taking-part.html

 Here's a fun little Desmos Challenge Creator by @rilesblue dealing with equivalent ratios. It's pretty simple as it is just the challenge creator but here students choose their rivalry (eg Apple vs Android), create a fictitious comparison and then create some equivalent ratios. This becomes the challenge that the rest of the students in the class have to do. These Challenge Creators are an excellent way to get kids engaged in otherwise boring practice since they are creating the actual questions. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P, MAT1L, MAT2L
https://jennvadnais.com/2019/02/09/equivalent-ratios-challenge-creator/

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It turns out that bees can do addition and subtraction and even understand the concept of zero. Thanks to @kmarkpet for pointing out this one. 
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https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/even-with-their-tiny-brains-bees-can-do-additions-and-subtractions/
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/honey-bees-can-understand-the-advanced-mathematical-concept-of-zero/

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Check out @MrOrr_Geek on Instagram. He's doing a bit of a video diary where he shows you 30 minutes of his classroom one minute at a time for 30 days. Check it out. 
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https://www.instagram.com/mrorr_geek/?hl=en

I found these videos this week on interpretive dance representations of statistical concepts. 
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGfwj4GrUlA

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFjaBh12C6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fGu8hvdZ6s&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr1DynUzjq0


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Do you have any skiers in your class? Then they may be interested in this data showing how Lyndsay Vonn is clearly a dominating force.
Curriculum Tags: MDM4U
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lindsey-vonn-is-the-greatest-american-skier-and-its-not-even-close/


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Friday, November 30, 2018

Math Links for Week Ending Nov 30th, 2018

I dare you to watch this video and not have your curiosity piqued. In it @MrOrr_Geek and @MathletePearce take one for the team to explore proportional reasoning concepts. Get the full 3Act math task at the link below.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P, MAT1L, MAT2L
https://mrorr-isageek.com/chocolate-mania/


There has been a lot of talk in Ontario lately about going back to basics. And although I don't think we have lost the basics (and what the basics actually are is a discussion on its own), I do think there is no harm in practicing basic skills beyond the grades that they are taught. In this case, I took a cue from @gfletchy who has a set of subitizing multiplication cards and built a few different versions of these array multiplication cards. This way we can continue to practice mental multiplication without resorting to memorization techniques. With these cards students can practice multiplication up to 12x12.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P, MAT1L, MAT2L
http://engaging-math.blogspot.com/2018/11/array-multiplication-cards.html

It's no surprise that I am big fan of @pgliljedahl's ideas about the Thinking Classroom. Some of the things that still perplex me are things like assessment and how to properly manage flow. Another thing is the skill of helping students take notes. In this post @PaiMath does a great job outlining what note taking looks like in the Thinking Classroom. This is part one so I assume part two will be on the way.
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http://intersectpai.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-thinking-classroom-note-taking-part.html


Thanks for pointing this out @ddmeyer
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https://twitter.com/ddmeyer/status/1067989653003788289

A few weeks ago we hosted the OAME Leadership conference in Windsor. Here is a nice summary from @MarkChubb3 that does a nice job of connecting to the Ontario math curriculum processes of Reasoning & Proving.
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https://buildingmathematicians.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/reasoning-proving/



Continuing the conversation about math for math's sake, @mathgarden has this post on Medium. One thing I really like is the play aspect of how he dealt with math at home with his daughter. I feel like this is the kind of homework that our kids need. Just to tinker with math.
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https://medium.com/@sunilsingh_42118/mathematics-waits-for-everyone-but-few-wait-for-mathematics-7095c86cda70

I think that sometimes probability gets glossed over when, in fact, I think we need to look deeper at probability as it is one of those mathematical concepts that we want our our students to have a good grasp of. How else are we to teach them of the perils of gambling and lotteries. That all being said, @mathisvisual has tried to demystify theoretical probability in this video. Go to the link below for the full breakdown.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
http://mathisvisual.com/probability/

If you are doing patterning and you are looking for some non mathematical patterns to have some fun with your kids with, then @Numberphile has you covered.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeGSQggDkxI

It's @DonFraser9 doing what he does best. Mixing a bit of humour and math
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https://twitter.com/DonFraser9/status/1068685234487488512




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Friday, January 19, 2018

Math Links for Week Ending Jan. 19th, 2018

For some teachers, having a clear and exact plan when executing a lesson is very important. For others, they fly by the seat of their pant. If you are part of the former, then you might like this new-ish feature from @Desmos where you can get a teacher guide for any activity (theirs, yours, or someone else's). The guide, has checklists, screenshots, teacher notes and a place for your own notes. To access the guide just click on the Teacher Guide button that appears on each Desmos activity now (even ones you made yourself). Read about it at the link below and then check it out yourself.
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http://blog.desmos.com/post/169633045802/friday-fave-for-january-12

I have always been a fan of the area formula for a trapezoid. Why? because it's often dismissed but it can actually be used to determine the area of a parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle, square and even a triangle. So I made this demo sketch that basically shows the calculations using the trapezoid formula and the traditional formula for each shape. And it's dynamic so you can drag the points to see the calculations change in real time.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7
http://engaging-math.blogspot.ca/p/web-sketches.html

Do you want a fun way to talk about unit rates? Then you might find this @desmos activity called Click Battle. I like how it starts with students seeing how fast they can click and that's the hook to helping them use and understand unit rate.
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P, MAT1L, MAT2L
http://blog.desmos.com/post/169360063287/friday-fave-for-january-5

If you are a user of the @OnMathies tools then you know that they are continually improving them. One new improvement is that you now have the ability to save documents in the NotePad app. This is helpful if you want to create stuff ahead of time to use in class or for your students to open and play with.
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http://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Nn0

In grade 8 in Ontario we are supposed to classify quadrilaterals by their diagonal characteristics. This quadrilateral card sort from @theshauncarter could be a nice way to bring some prior knowledge up when starting that lesson.
Curriculum Tags: Gr8
https://primefactorisation.com/blog/2018/01/09/quadrilaterals-card-sort/


 Looking for some tips on how to become more productive in your teaching? Then check out @MrOrr_Geek's post on his top 10 tools. Watch the video and then read the post for more details.
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http://mrorr-isageek.com/10-tools-in-my-teaching-day/


I have probably posted this picture before but this is the first time that I have seen this version. The annotation is done by the company who built the ramps. If you want to see video of the actual jump, click here.
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MFM2P, MCF3M, MBF3C, MCR3U
https://ctconstructions.wordpress.com/ctconstructions/

A nice problem for geometry from @LauraWheeler
Curriculum Tags: MPM2D, MFM2P
https://twitter.com/wheeler_laura/status/954384448681787392



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Friday, December 22, 2017

Math Links for Week Ending Dec. 22nd, 2017

Do you want to know how much garland you need for your conical shaped Christmas tree? How about how to win that Christmas match of Monopoly with your family? Listen to @FryRsquared on @SciFri as she talks about her (and @Mathistopheles ) new book "The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (The mathematics of Christmas)". Listen here
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https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-can-math-make-your-holidays-merrier/



We put a new activity on our blog that combines some of the work of @JoBoaler and @FawnpNguyen. Using visual patterns we made these 32 visual pattern cards to give to kids to talk about how the pattern grows. Then they develop the general term and finally I think that when you have all of the different terms you can start to develop some ideas on how to get those general terms more easily.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
http://engaging-math.blogspot.ca/2017/12/visual-pattern-cards.html





@MrOrr_Geek has added a new feature to his @MathBeforeBed site. Just enter your email and you will get 20 pages each with two different prompts for your students to show their thinking. The Math Before Bed has great starters for kids of all ages. So check that out too.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
http://mathbeforebed.com/share-your-thinking-printouts/



I like activities that involve students communicating mathematically to each other. In this activity from @MaryBourassa she has her grade 12 students pairing up. One person picks a graph and has to describe it to their partner. Their partner has to draw it. Get the downloads at the link.
Curriculum Tags: MHF4U, MCV4U
http://marybourassa.blogspot.ca/2017/12/rate-of-change-graphs.html


I love this video from @standupmaths for spreading precise Christmas mathematical cheer. These are instructions (and a rant) on how to make a scientifically and mathematically accurate snowflake. There is actually a lot of math here from six fold symmetry to trig and radian measure.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P, MPM2D, MFM2P, MHF4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIiEsIDenTk

Here's a great Would You Rather from @ChrisHunter36 dealing with percents. Check the blog post out for all the details. Thanks to @Jstevens009 for pointing this one out.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P, MAT1L
https://reflectionsinthewhy.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/would-you-rather-board-games-bogo/


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