Friday, December 16, 2016

Math Links for Week Ending Dec. 16th, 2016

With the release of Rogue One this week, it's time for @fivethirtyeight to collect some data about the Star Wars movies. So why not take a look at all of the graphs and have your students do some inferencing about them.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MBF3C, MDM4U
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/star-wars-killed-a-universe-to-save-the-galaxy/

It might be too late for this year but here is a great idea from @TVDSB and @MrSurti. The Twelve Days of Christmath. Check out all the posts here and see the full twelve days at the link below.
Curriculum Tags: All
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzA5BlTIFeOSekI4V292NTliNzg/view


I'm always impressed with the simplicity of @dpscher. In this case it is on representing fractions with this interactive websketch.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
http://www.sineofthetimes.org/make-your-own-fractions/

All the math needed to win Monopoly
Curriculum Tags: All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubQXz5RBBtU

Some videos from @mathemaniac about the connection of areas and hexagons
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/mathemaniac/status/808487492617764864


Who wouldn't want one of these waffle irons? But in the mean time, why not ask for students to create two truth's and a lie dealing with percents.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P
https://twitter.com/MrOrr_geek/status/808307453838422016
You can probably do some proportional reasoning based on this image. One topic that came up based on the tweet was the precision/accuracy of the litre readout.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/MatthewOldridge/status/808006662003032066

Another one posted by @mathemaniac. This one shows us the geometry of parallel parking. Rotations, parallel lines and more.
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8
https://twitter.com/mathemaniac/status/801963245137338368
A couple of weeks ago I highlighted one of these questions and now I see them everywhere
Curriculum Tags: Gr7, Gr8, MPM1D, MFM1P,
https://twitter.com/DCDSBMath/status/808671219843297280


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