Friday, September 7, 2012

5 Maths Gems #76

Welcome to my 76th gems post. This is where I part or thence of the latest news, ideas together with resources for maths teachers.

1. 'For Interest'
Dr Frost has made a educate of 'Just For Your Interest' posters for H5N1 degree mathematicians. These render groovy dependent champaign cognition evolution for maths teachers too.

I met Jamie Frost for drinks over summertime - he has loads of exciting plans for his website thence it's worth next him on Twitter (@DrFrostMaths) for updates. Lately he has been publishing PowerPoints for the novel H5N1 degree thence create cheque them out if you're didactics Year 12 this year.
Drinks amongst Jamie Frost (@DrFrostMaths)
together with Megan Guinan (@MeganGuinan1)
2. thaMographe
I was real pleased to have a gratuitous thaMographe inwards the post! This is a wonderful conception that combines an entire maths educate into a unmarried slice of equipment.
I acknowledge that I'm non groovy amongst accuracy at the best of times - constructions are my to the lowest degree favourite business office of maths. I loathe to come across students struggling to move a twosome of compasses together with I real much promise that the thaMographe volition ane twenty-four lx minutes menstruum endure widely used yesteryear schoolhouse children. It is for certain tardily to move together with accurate plenty for schoolhouse degree mathematics - every bit demonstrated yesteryear my quick perpendicular bisector:

Ed Southall has written a thorough review of the thaMographe here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
4. Graspable Maths
In Gems 75 I shared an algebra maze from MEI that was real popular. Through a comment left on that spider web log post, I discovered graspablemath.com, which is an exciting novel interface for working amongst algebra. It's lovely to move - if you're on a reckoner together with direct keep or thence fourth dimension to spare, direct keep a play amongst the online algebra maze.
5. H5N1 Level Problem Book
Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) has been difficult at piece of employment pulling together a large educate of problems for H5N1 degree maths. He has collated questions on a topic-by-topic basis, inwards 4 sections: Techniques; Problem Solving; Puzzles & Challenges, together with Exam Review. The thought is that students tin flame move these sets of questions for independent report throughout the course.

It's piece of employment inwards progress, but if y'all desire Stuart to e-mail y'all a link to his piece of employment thence far (it's great!) delight contact him via Twitter.

Update
Here are my recent posts, inwards representative y'all missed them:
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    You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

    3. Subtraction Methods
    I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
    4. Graspable Maths
    In Summaths 2017
  • here.

    You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

    3. Subtraction Methods
    I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
    4. Graspable Maths
    In Planning for September: Year 12

I also launched my novel 'Topics inwards Depth' page.

I was real grateful to a sort Summaths attendee for lending me copies of these 'Developing Thinking...' books which volition assistance me inwards my enquiry for my Topics inwards Depth project. These books come upwardly highly recommended.
If you're going to researchED side yesteryear side Sabbatum thence create come upwardly along to the struggle nearly maths GCSE - I'm on the panel of speakers.

Have y'all booked your ticket for #mathsconf13 on 30th September inwards Sheffield? I promise to come across y'all there.

TES Maths Panel
On Tuesday I spent the twenty-four lx minutes menstruum at TES amongst the lovely members of the here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
4. Graspable Maths
In here together with here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
4. Graspable Maths
In here.
With ane of my favourite Scottish mathematicians - Chris Smith

Pizza amongst the panel

I had Inset yesterday together with I showtime didactics on Mon - exciting!

Don't forget that my resource libraries mightiness assistance amongst your lesson planning.

I'll move out y'all amongst this thought from Underwood Dudley, taken from his first-class slice "What Is Mathematics For?". I mean value this is quite inspirational at the showtime of a novel schoolhouse year.

"...when I am earlier a bar of judgement, heavenly or otherwise, together with asked to justify my life, I volition depict myself upwardly proudly together with say, “I was ane of the stewards of mathematics, together with it came to no terms inwards my care.”"