Blogs about: Mathematical Literacy
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Large Subways grow in similar ways
Bob Yirka reports on an article by British and French researches in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, that all of the large city subway systems in the world grow in a way that share common f… more →
Janine Schaub
Math Use On The Job- Precision Machining
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wrote 4 weeks ago: The Atlantic titles their article “Here’s How Little Math Americans Use at Work” S … more →
Numeracy and The Australian Curriculum
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wrote 2 months ago: http://images.fablevisionlearning.com/method=get&s=21st-century-kid-poster-medium.jpg At the Nu … more →
A cartoon on how some students see Maths problems
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the boundary of a subset of a complete metric space is compact
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wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been working through Michael Barnsley’s book, “Fractals Everywhere”; it … more →
The 110% Chancellor
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wrote 9 months ago: With the teetering collapse of the coalition between Lib Dems and the Tories our beloved Chancellor … more →
Large Subways grow in similar ways
wrote 11 months ago: Bob Yirka reports on an article by British and French researches in the Journal of the Royal Society … more →
Why do rumours spread so fast on Twitter?
wrote 11 months ago: Benjamin Doerr, Mahmoud Fouz and Tobias Friedrich explain using a mathematical model why Rumo … more →
Create an infographic
wrote 11 months ago: Mathematical things to do on a rainy day Infographics are hot stuff these days. It is possible to te … more →
Amalie Noether: Helped shape modern physics
wrote 11 months ago: New York Times article on Amalie Noether. This amazing woman, little known in her own time and even … more →
The Story of Maths
wrote 11 months ago: You can still find this wonderful hour-long BBC documentary about the history of mathematics up on Y … more →
What part of the population does the most gambling?
wrote 11 months ago: Acccording to Stats Canada (2010) people earning less than 20,000 per year (the poorest people in ou … more →
Dear Math...
wrote 12 months ago: Get your students to write a letter to “Dear Reading,” or “Dear Literacy,” o … more →
There's a fine line between numerator and denominator.
wrote 12 months ago: Math Dude’s explanation of numerators and denominators. (Companion site to Grammar Girl… … more →
Pah to π!
wrote 1 year ago: For far too long we’ve allowed the miserabilists and misanthropes to dictate the agenda on the … more →
What would Escher's workshop look like?
wrote 1 year ago: A three-minute movie by Cristobal Vila inspired by Escher’s artwork. Cristobal imagines what E … more →
90's boy band parody U+Me=Us (Calculus)
wrote 1 year ago: Use this clever video to teach parody with a calculus connection. Suitable for intermediate students … more →
Graphing Out Loud: ups and downs
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wrote 1 year ago: A while back, we started looking at a poorly thought-out article from the website C3Headlines. C3 is … more →
Family Math Activities
wrote 1 year ago: Math Activities for the Whole Family Play with numbers Estimate speed/distance/time … more →
Helping Your Child Prepare for EQAO 2012
wrote 1 year ago: Janine Schaub, TDSB Literacy Coach for NW5 and NW6 What’s in this handout for parents? Internet lin … more →
