Friday, January 3, 2025

Math Links for week Ending Jan 3, 2024

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This is exactly how it used to be on Twitter. It's good to see that the math community is alive and well here. Check out all the great links shared in the comments.
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https://bsky.app/profile/druinok.bsky.social/post/3lerifa34yk2n

Math friends.. any suggestions for a good video on Sierpinski's triangle? My next chapter is similarity and thought that would be a good Monday activity after break. #mathsky #iteachmath #mtbos

— druinok (@druinok.bsky.social) January 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM

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I am always looking for ways to relate the mathematics we teach to things that occur in the real world
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https://bsky.app/profile/davidpetro314.bsky.social/post/3leudxtgmwk23

Need an application of the Law of Sines to talk about with your students? How about the construction of the @spherevegas.bsky.social ? Thanks to @standupmaths.bsky.social for pointing this out in his new book "Love Triangle" www.thesphere.com/science #MathChat #iTeachMath #MTBoS

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— DavidPetro314 (@davidpetro314.bsky.social) January 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Some algebra, some geometry and many other topics. Take a look
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https://www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-maths-gems-184.html

New! My 184th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. πŸ’Ž www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-ma... #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

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— Jo Morgan (@mathsjem.bsky.social) January 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM

The latest set of classic NCTM calendar problems
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/january-calendar-problems-3/

Happy New Year! Enjoy the January #ProblemSolving Calendar! Share your process here or on post. Also: BONUS article-teaching strategies for success in #math. Sign up to get an email for new posts ✅ #MTBoS #iTeachMath #MathSky #RecreationalMath #MathsToday karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/j...

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— Karen Campe (@karencampe.bsky.social) January 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I highly recommend the (slow) elementary math chat if you are up for it. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/r-cilr.bsky.social/post/3lecw2x2t6s2s

#EduChatList - Live & Slow Education Chats *Posted 12.27.24 #SunChat #YouthMade #Rethink_Learning #EdTechChat #TLAP #EduSkyChat #TheEdCollab #TLSkyChat #CodeBreaker #LevelUpEdu #EduSkyAI #ElemMathChat #PD4UAndMe #LeadLAP #BFC530 #UngradingChat #ELSky #WhyEdifyReview

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— Rebecca 🌷 (@r-cilr.bsky.social) December 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
This is a neat little problem that you might want to try when talking about types of numbers, if only to do some brute force solutions or to try to code some checks. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/benjamindickman.bsky.social/post/3ledrbj2edk2v




The 1st day of the new year has passed but you can still have fun with this
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A great problem when discussing the idea of average in a deeper way.
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https://bsky.app/profile/howiehua.bsky.social/post/3leovyr67ik25

A fun math puzzle: Town A and Town B are 30 miles apart. If you drove 30mph from Town A to Town B, how fast do you need to drive going back to have an overall average speed of 60mph? #math #ITeachMath #EduSky #MathSky youtube.com/shorts/0w_yQ...

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— Howie Hua (@howiehua.bsky.social) January 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Lots of math around the number 2025
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https://bsky.app/profile/howiehua.bsky.social/post/3lehbx7o54k2q

2025 is going to be a really square year, and also be on the lookout for this specific square date! #math #ITeachMath #EduSky youtube.com/shorts/CEZ6B...

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— Howie Hua (@howiehua.bsky.social) December 29, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I love this proof of the area of a circle
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Best way to arrange frozen pizza πŸ• in the oven. And how to find the area of a circle: youtube.com/shorts/xlumX... #MTBoS #ITeachMath #edusky

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— Tim Brzezinski (@tbrzezinski.bsky.social) December 28, 2024 at 12:21 PM

A fun geometry video
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https://x.com/pickover/status/1874569819561091241

Are you participating in Genuary?
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https://x.com/LukeSelfwalker/status/1874502239446085726

The latest OAMEtalks podcast features @LLB_315 with a preview of her members only webinar but don't let that stop you, there are some great resources that she talks about. 
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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-7



A nice visualization (plus source code)
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https://x.com/panlepan/status/1874107178094911746

I don't try to be political here but I still think this is funny. Math to the rescue
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https://x.com/samtripoli/status/1874141752145396084


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Perfect if you are talking about exponential relationships (you might have to talk a bit about why a black hole is a black hole though - hint you are going to be talking about super dense objects)
Curriculum Tags: MCR3U, MCF3M, MAP4C
https://xkcd.com/3033/

Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033

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— Randall Munroe (@xkcd.com) January 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A challenge for proving triangles are congruent
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https://bsky.app/profile/profsmudge.bsky.social/post/3letlcwyu2k2t

Tri-ing....

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— ProfSmudge (@profsmudge.bsky.social) January 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Who doesn't like a good rates of change joke?
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https://xkcd.com/2974/

Storage Tanks xkcd.com/2974

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— Randall Munroe (@xkcd.com) August 20, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Lots more 2025 math
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https://x.com/ElterEric/status/1874554980109336796

So many resources for 2025
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https://x.com/fawnpnguyen/status/1874205423278146042

A problem that may not be as hard as it looks
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https://x.com/GeometryPuzzles/status/1873564341624262664

You can find data anywhere
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https://x.com/simongerman600/status/1873805258649989610

I call this the bathingsuit problem :-)

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