Saturday, July 15, 2017

Math Links for Week Ending July 14th, 2017

I have liked @Desmos' Polygraph from the get go. So it seems odd that it has taken so long for someone to take it offline. In this case it is @Mr_Stadel who has come up with a nice hack to do them online. And all it requires is some plastic sleeves and whiteboard markers. He's done Lines and Parabolas so far. Why not add your own?
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM1P, MPM2D, MFM2P, MBF3C, MCF3M, MCR3U
http://mr-stadel.blogspot.ca/2017/06/low-tech-polygraph.html

More tips from @Mr_Stadel on using Polygraphs in class. This time it's using the idea of a word bank to help students (and a list of "taboo" words that students cannot use). The idea is to help students use more academic language while using Polygraphs.
Curriculum Tags: MPM1D, MFM1P, MPM2D, MFM2P, MBF3C, MCF3M, MCR3U
http://mr-stadel.blogspot.ca/2017/07/polygraph-word-bank.html



Tiling the plane solves a historical Math problem
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://www.quantamagazine.org/pentagon-tiling-proof-solves-century-old-math-problem-20170711/


And Finally from @Mr_Stadel's quest to maximize the use of Polygraph, he introduces the idea of a PolyGraph "Word Jar". Watch the video below and then follow the link for more info on how to use it.
Curriculum Tags: All
http://mr-stadel.blogspot.ca/2017/07/polygraph-vocab-jar.html



Here's a nice little percentage problem from @MarkChubb3
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MFM1P
https://twitter.com/MarkChubb3/status/885507783235444737
And another one for percents and fractions. This time from @EMathRRISD 
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MFM1P
https://twitter.com/EMathRRISD/status/885179493123543040


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