On to clearing bookmarks from another month….
@ATM Mathematics tweeted about Algeburble, a collection of pre-algebra tasks. This reminded me about Algebradabra, a collection of algebra tasks which I like. You can read about those tasks here.
NEW from ATM, Algeburble – Encounters with early algebra by @ProfSmudge Includes a 100 tasks plus commentary to help pupils engage with early or pre-algebra. https://t.co/Z3hC5uFmYn Orders are now being taken. The book is also available as a PDF download. Suitable for KS2 pic.twitter.com/WGqRzGyDBN
— Teachers of Maths (@ATMMathematics) February 2, 2021
Paul Anderson shared some new lessons on conceptual thinking on his blog. If you haven’t checked out his Bozeman Science videos, you can find them here.
Just uploaded 15 new mini-lessons on conceptual thinking. Each lesson contains a video and customizable thinking slides. I'm starting with systems, causation and patterns. https://t.co/AKqXT80Qoh pic.twitter.com/EzTLQGWSQT
— Paul Andersen (@paulandersen) February 1, 2021
Dr. Alec Couros shared a game. Make sure you have some time to waste before clicking….
Looking to waste some time?https://t.co/8ULFDGHMzy
— Dr. Alec Couros (@courosa) February 13, 2021
Phil Rhodes shared more updates of his self-marking Google Sheets.
More updates to https://t.co/a6nF1xZUAJ – a comprehensive task on Straight Line Graphs, Solving Quadratic Equations by Factorising, Writing and Solving Linear Equations and Calculating Percentages with a Calculator. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/bTIl2xJHH7
— Phil Rhodes (@Philmaths314) February 6, 2021
Jo Morgan added another post to her fabulous Resourceaholic blog. She writes about the wonderful resources that she has come across in her Gems posts, but there are a plethora of resources to be found on her blog. She has also written a great book titled, “A Compendium of Mathematical Methods”.
https://twitter.com/mathsjem/status/1358364359974662145
John Golden shared a version of the Shut the Box game that he created on Geogebra.
Made a @geogebra version of Shut the Box #mathgame https://t.co/KsJD7IfsbW for playing remotely.
— John Golden (@mathhombre) February 8, 2021
Tim Brzezinski tweeted about moveable protractors and rulers for Desmos.
Easy-to-move protractor for those who like to create custom activities in @Desmos . Feel free to copy & paste any screen you want to include & build upon in your own: https://t.co/pmOfzmcHL3 @eluberoff @madewithDesmos #MTBoS #ITeachMath #geometry #elemmathchat #mathchat pic.twitter.com/icXGzNQmGf
— Tim Brzezinski (@TimBrzezinski) February 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/TimBrzezinski/status/1360241727001538566
Tick Tock Maths shared a completing the square activity, but be sure to check out the other resources on the blog.
https://t.co/eL7Lye3FCO
Completing the square. Loads of stuff here and a worksheet. Took ages.— TickTockMaths (@TickTockMaths) February 17, 2021
Dan Shuster tweeted about the some of the high school Open Middle problems that he transferred to Google Slides. He shared a link to all of the Open Middle problems he has transferred, thus far.
Back on the @openmiddle train! Here are some high school problems done in Google Slides – more to follow: https://t.co/1BqhZOIJHE
All of the Open Middle problems on slides from K-8 can be found here: https://t.co/k4nezXpO6Y— Dan Shuster (@DanShuster) February 16, 2021
Jennifer White created a Desmos activity using Jarrett Lerner’s fabulous activity sheets. Go through the thread to find the Desmos link.
@MoniseLSeward mentioned using @Jarrett_Lerner 's activity sheets as class starters and I love this idea and I'm over here adding them all to my Desmos ABs for this week ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4XTlI1I2Wd
— Jennifer White (@JennSWhite) February 21, 2021
DCDSB Math shared their problems of the week. There are some good puzzles and problems they share on their feed if you have some time to scroll through.
Here are our problems of the week. Three puzzles (one in French) for you to enjoy. Tweet us your solutions!#DCDSBExcellence pic.twitter.com/eaAhVqD5sI
— DCDSB Math (@DCDSBMath) February 22, 2021
Dr. Tom Gernon tweeted about Joshua Tauberer’s Iceberger website where you can draw an iceberg. Then read Vincent Pantaloni’s drawing challenges.
https://twitter.com/TMGernon/status/1363150664206057472
https://twitter.com/panlepan/status/1363623399994580992
Then there is the great Sarah Carter….so generous…so much to share. Go read her blog. Enough said.
9-10-11-12 Challenge
Can you place the numbers 1-6 in the spaces on the triangle so that each side sums to 9? What about 10, 11, and 12? https://t.co/TgrD8SyqEq
PDF, Google Slides, and Jamboard versions available #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom pic.twitter.com/8ceSIDEy0d
— Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) February 18, 2021
And of course, to end with some science….Interesting Engineering shared a neat video with laminar flow in action and @WeirdPhysics showed the effect of pressure on fluids.
https://twitter.com/IntEngineering/status/1358181174812827648
https://twitter.com/WElRDPHYSICS/status/1360195873494425602
