math club ideas

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I recently saw this tweet

2017 Year in Review

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One of the big questions I had going into this year was “Will the Math Club be very different this year? Am I going to continue…

Technology

Dec

26

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I saw a funny ignite talk “Algebra Inferno” the other day comparing disliked teaching practices to the various circles of hell a la Dante.

Grab bag of problems

Dec

02

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Sadly, I have to miss Math club on Tue. given a family emergency. In the meantime, these are some of the problems I’ve enjoyed looking at recently that I mi...

1:2 triangles and their link to Pythagorean triples

Oct

28

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I’ve mentioned before how instinctively it feels like the 1:2 triangle ought to have a more natural angle measure. In fact its in a 90 - 26.57 - 63.43 degree...

10/25 Gozen

Oct

27

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It was an interesting week from a planning perspective. I’m almost finished emphasizing divisibility and trying to decide what area I’d like to turn to nex...

Summer Odds and Ends

Jul

19

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This is mostly a process update during the quiet days of summer.

Prime Number Planning

Jul

05

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I’ve been thinking about what a prime-number themed day would look like based on some questions on Facebook. I’ve done prime related topics here and there bu...

2016 Year in Review

Jun

23

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With another year under my belt, its time to look back and think about what I’ve learned over the process. (Here’s my review from last year: the-year-in-rev...

Two problems I’m looking at

Jun

18

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I was reading a fun post over @ http://eatplaymath.blogspot.com/2016/06/my-first-problem-set-for-my-problem.html where Lisa is brainstorming problem sets. Sh...