Math Links for Week Ending May 24th, 2024

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I like when teachers take the time to ruminate on what lessons THEY'VE learned over their years of teaching
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https://x.com/JRappaport27/status/1791912904058388711

Until schooling got in the way, math played a key role in my life.

By grade 10 I was told math class wasn’t a place for me.

I was about 5 years into my career when I fully committed myself to math education.

Here’s 20 things I’ve learned in the last 15 years. @DanShuster pic.twitter.com/58Fd9qxRX4

— Jordan Rappaport (@JRappaport27) May 18, 2024

Resource Links

If you are an eBook reader then you might want to take advantage of these deals
Curriculum Tags: All, MCV4U
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Only-Constant-Wisdom-Calculus-ebook/dp/B07NCXGQC3
https://www.amazon.com/Math-Games-Bad-Drawings-Games-ebook/dp/B09BN43BP4/

If you've been wanting the Kindle version of Math Games with Bad Drawings, now is the moment: it's currently 1/3 the usual price, just $4.99 (but my publisher and I still get paid as if it's full price!)https://t.co/5t03xGUjYf

— Ben Orlin (@benorlin) May 20, 2024

Oh, and my calculus book Change is the Only Constant is $3.99! Please enjoy this moment when a volume of popular mathematics is cheaper than a lattehttps://t.co/tk0R3sKLg9

— Ben Orlin (@benorlin) May 20, 2024

A nice optimization applet from @Geogebra
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://x.com/MrValencia24/status/1792969634389369128

Today #Calculus ss got to explore optimization problems while doing some #MathPlay🧮 via @geogebra👨‍💻

Amazing resource by @panlepan🙏
🔗https://t.co/5Ow9eUseed#ITeachMath #MTBoS #MathisFun #MathChat #STEM #EdTech pic.twitter.com/TNg4FDAhiQ

— Libo Valencia 🧮 MathPlay (@MrValencia24) May 21, 2024

And now an applet to connect the volume of a cone and cylinder
Curriculum Tags: MTH1W
https://x.com/geogebra/status/1792970680331554818

🍦🥫 GEOGEBRA RESOURCE! 🧮👩‍🎓

Try this FREE GeoGebra Exploration resource to discover the relationship between the volume of cones and volume of cylinders.
Check it out!https://t.co/3hYZFF1cnZ#MTBoS #iteachmath #math #geometry pic.twitter.com/empz76z021

— GeoGebra (@geogebra) May 21, 2024

Video Links

If you are teaching Calculus then why not use some real life data. There isn't an actual Desmos file here but you can watch the video and easily see how to build it. 
Curriculum Tags: MCV4U
https://x.com/Desmos/status/1793616595094237334

Love to see this type of Chemistry application, modeling and analyzing data! 🧪🔬 https://t.co/HPzyW6q2oW

— Desmos (@Desmos) May 23, 2024

Who doesn't like a good physical fractal
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https://x.com/RobFathauerArt/status/1792213830673813539

pic.twitter.com/mDU1nzUSZ2

— Robert Fathauer (@RobFathauerArt) May 19, 2024

Image Links

A perfect starter for your class. Once you can see them you can't unsee them

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https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1791126664165892516

This is called the Coffer illusion.

In this image there are 16 circles.

Can you find them? pic.twitter.com/xZe6tID4Tu

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 16, 2024

This is an interesting test of how understanding the Pythagorean Theorem is important in connecting to scale. 
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MTH1W
https://x.com/jamestanton/status/1792121013209084289

3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2.
The lilac triangle is a right triangle.
What can you say then about the area of a tilted little square compared to the area of a non-tilted little square? pic.twitter.com/wAcJviB2u7

— James Tanton (@jamestanton) May 19, 2024

Something to help connect graphing points to something students may (or may not understand)
Curriculum Tags: Gr8, MTH1W
https://xkcd.com/2912/

Cursive Letters https://t.co/Fw9b9tCKGO pic.twitter.com/lqyc92PImR

— Randall Munroe (@xkcd) March 27, 2024

This would be a nice classroom Starter
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https://x.com/engineers_feed/status/1793159865487278267  

Mathematical puzzle. Find h pic.twitter.com/7nQFg6Rgod

— World of Engineering (@engineers_feed) May 22, 2024