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Feb 16 2017

Issue #9

Issue #9, 16 Feb 2017

I hope you find something in Issue #9 helpful this week.

As always, feedback is welcome.

Simon.

Activities

Two foldables for the NSW Syllabus outcome MA4-4NA, Computation with integers - of course suitable for those outside NSW as well...
Distributive Law Foldable

Distributive Law Foldable

A paper foldable for recording the distributive property/law in students' books.
Properties of Operations Foldable

Properties of Operations Foldable

Foldable about the associative and commutative properties.

Resources
HSC Mathematics - Topic 13 The trigonometric functions

HSC Mathematics - Topic 13 The trigonometric functions

Added to collection: Topic 13, The trigonometric functions.
Thanks to Hubert Lam.
Bruce gain - heights and weights of on-screen Batmen

Bruce gain - heights and weights of on-screen Batmen

Ben Affleck looks like a giant, is there a problem with this graph?

Seen this one? ... from the MathsLinks archive.
Maths on MasterChef - not enough carrot puree

Maths on MasterChef - not enough carrot puree

This clip from a past MasterChef Australia Grand Finale features some percentage and fraction action as Kate Bracks makes a carrot sorbet snowman.
Can you use this as a hook into a lesson?

Reading
Math and the Best Life — an Interview With Francis Su | Quanta Magazine

Math and the Best Life — an Interview With Francis Su | Quanta Magazine

The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them.
Harnessing the Power of the Productive Struggle | Edutopia

Harnessing the Power of the Productive Struggle | Edutopia

Teaching that struggling is part of learning math encourages creativity, builds authentic engagement and perseverance, and creates opportunity for assessment, intervention, and feedback.

Box Plot | xkcd

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