5 Maths Gems #105

Welcome to my 105^th gems post. This is where I percentage or as well as then of the latest news, ideas as well as resources for maths teachers.

1. MathsPad
As common James as well as Nicola from MathsPad convey shared lots of fantabulous resources amongst subscribers inward their monthly update. Their pie nautical chart tool is great!

This calendar month they also shared a complimentary railroad train of fun cross-sequences puzzles that y'all tin access fifty-fifty if y'all don't subscribe. I've added this to my algebra resources library.

2. Similar Triangles Problem
Thanks to John Rowe (@MrJohnRowe) for sharing this problem. Similar triangles spiral to shape a regular decagon. The chore is to honor the length marked amongst a inquiry mark.

3. Missing Steps
TickTockMaths (@TickTockMaths) shared an activity where students consummate the missing steps.

You tin download his algebraic fractions PowerPoint here. Check out all of Richard's complimentary resources on his blog or on TES.

4. Maths Frame
Ted Burch (@Mathsframe) has converted all his free maths ITPs from Flash to HTML5 as well as then they volition operate on whatsoever modern browser. These interactive tools are useful for for both principal secondary teachers. They are real slow to use. There's loads to explore as well as then create banking concern tally out the website.

5. Posters
This lovely railroad train of STEM component subdivision model posters will brighten upwards schoolhouse corridors as well as supply skilful talking points.

There's also a overnice railroad train of downloadable 'Forces of Nature' posters from Perimeter Institute which includes ane of my favourite mathematicians, Ada Lovelace.

Update
It's all been a fleck crazy lately. On Sat nighttime I hosted Matt Parker's volume launch inward London. Thanks to all the wonderful people who helped out on the nighttime as well as all the wonderful guests, it ended upwards beingness an utterly brilliant night. I had such a skilful fourth dimension as well as loved every minute. After fantabulous as well as thoroughly entertaining talks inward the amphitheatre from Matt Parker, Jen Rogers, Rob Eastaway, Tim Harford as well as Dan Schreiber, nosotros ended the nighttime amongst a exhibit from FoxDog Studios which was the funniest matter I convey e'er seen! There was loads going on inward the reception room too, including James Grime amongst an Enigma machine, Ben Sparks amongst 3D Geogebra, Andy Sharpe amongst Nrich maths games, as well as Chalkdust amongst their awesome magazine. Plus of course of teaching at that topographic point was a self-playing pianoforte performing a previously unannounced superpermuation. And the best goody bags ever.

Here's a video of my 180 guests (mostly maths teachers) thoroughly enjoying the interactive exhibit from FoxDog Studios.

Thank y'all as well as then much to everyone who came, as well as to our friends at Jane Street for the ridiculously generous support. I recollect it's fourth dimension for me to retire from my number management hobby because there's no means I tin e'er exceed this one!

In other news, my books convey similar a shot been printed. These books are for students (not teachers!) - they are designed to assistance them larn all their facts as well as formulae for GCSE maths as well as science. Please either bulk order for your students or indicate them inward the management of Amazon using these leaflets. I convey explained how the books operate inward this curt habitation video.

I'm ridiculously tired from the volume launch (turns out that planning big events at curt notice is a fleck exhausting!), simply nevertheless real much looking forwards to #mathsconf18 inward Bristol this weekend. I create dearest a mathsconf. I volition convey or as well as then samples of my books if y'all desire to convey a look. I volition also live on doing a beak nearly unit of measurement conversions (a technical glitch meant that people were unable to sign upwards to it for a while, simply at that topographic point is nevertheless infinite as well as then delight come upwards along!), as well as I'll live on helping to run the MA bookstand along amongst David Faram. Do come upwards as well as tell hi at or as well as then indicate if you're at the conference.

I'll acquire out y'all amongst this calculus comic from XKCD.