Friday, April 4, 2025

Math Links for Week Ending Apr 4th, 2025

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Even though we can't see the presentations, I think the summaries offer some good ideas. This one is my favourite: " Don't focus on getting info INTO students' brains, more on getting info OUT!". Check out the original post to see all of the 7 for 7 presentations at the TI conference. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/karencampe.bsky.social/post/3lljf4p47uc2j

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Even though some of these are most certainly university level equations, there are definitely equations here that fit into the high school math (and physics) curriculum.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/17-equations-that-changed-the-world-2014-3

Here's a nice little applet to visualize normal vectors
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https://www.geogebra.org/u/daniel+mentrard

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I think this could be used when talking about number systems (in terms of triangle numbers) or to conceptualize the patterns that exist in (this particular) sequence. 
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1907217126634500392

This is a neat visualization that never occurred to me. Try it with your students
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https://x.com/howie_hua/status/1908311966017589472

I know these are simulations, but the math checks out and they would work IRL.
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https://x.com/mburnsmath/status/1908145074216763552

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This seems like the kind of question that has brute force solutions and more elegant solutions (and code based solutions). To me that makes it perfect for all grade levels. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/makeaproblem.bsky.social/post/3llonl6tnpc2h