Get the Math is designed to help students understand real-world applications of Algebra I
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Desmos Classroom Activities - Polygraph - 1 views
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Free math graphing tool Desmos released Polygraph, a collection of four new classroom activities focused on a game involving lines, parabolas, rational functions and hexagons. It works like Guess Who, where one partner picks a graph and another asks yes/no questions to figure out what the graph is!
A New Data Literacy Curriculum, Correlation vs. Causation, and Two Announcements - Late... - 0 views
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This site looks like it could provide some good material for looking at real data - I signed up for an account; this is an email newsletter I received
PhotoMath.net - 2 views
Tuva Labs | Data Literacy - 0 views
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interactive charts and downloadable datasets to work with real-world problems. can sign in using google account, and generate a code for your class to join you.
Linear Optimization Add-on for Google Sheets - Google Optimization - Google Developers - 2 views
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This GoogleSheets add-on was just released - seems like you might be the people who would appreciate it...
The unstoppable TI-84 Plus: How an outdated calculator still holds a monopoly on classr... - 1 views
DreamBox for Middle School - 0 views
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Dreambox just added grades 6-8
iPad App of the Week: MyScript Calculator-Handwriting Calculator | iPad Insight - 1 views
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free this week - grab it if you have an iPad (or iPhone)
Function Carnival by Desmos - 1 views
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Function Carnival helps students get a handle on confusing graphs lessons and helps them experiment to resolve misunderstandings. Through video, graphing, and replaying graphs as animations students can begin to construct their own understanding of what these graphs really mean.
5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus - Luba Vangelova - The Atlantic - 2 views
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Article about this book: http://www.moebiusnoodles.com/
Using Google Draw for Virtual Manipulatives | Teacher Tech - 1 views
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an easy way to provide student with a set of manipulatives, and describes how they used it for creating screencasts to demonstrate thinking.
Mathalicious - 1 views
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Real-world lessons from Mathalicious help middle and high school teachers address the Common Core Standards while challenging their students to think critically about the world.
Would You Rather? | Asking students to choose their own path and justify it - 2 views
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Word problems with images - would be a good writing activity or bellwork type thing...
Brilliant - Challenging Math & Physics Olympiad Problems & Practice - 1 views
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Brilliant is one way to keep your science and math whiz kids regularly engaged and challenged. Students receive challenge problems each week that they complete and then compare against their peers all over the world. They can see where they match up against others based on country and age, and share strategies with others students. The site also hosts competitions involving game theory, writing algorithms, and other fun shenanigans.
Rethinking Math Basics in a Digital Age - 1 views
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there were a number of attendees who confused computer-assisted math, in which the computer makes it easier to do what they’re already doing, with computational mathematics. To paraphrase an analogy Seymour Papert once made, this is like using a jet-engine to speed up a horse-drawn carriage
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Skills that were deemed absolutely essential when the tools we had were different may no longer be the skills that are necessary today. As Sugata Mitra asks, how many of us need to know how to ride a horse, once an essential skill. Or to use a slide rule to determine logarithms or even how to really dial a phone.
STEM in Sports - 0 views
Amazing method of teaching - very creative teacher - YouTube - 1 views
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a creative introduction to imaginary numbers...
Fantasy Sports and Mathematics - Home - 2 views
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