5 Maths Gems #101

Happy New Year! Welcome to my 101^st gems post. This is where I part to a greater extent than or less of the latest news, ideas too resources for maths teachers.

1. Euclid's Elements 
Nicholas Rougeux (@rougeux) has made something incredible. He has recreated Byrne's 1847 edition of Euclid's Elements including interactive diagrams, cross references, too a novel poster of all the master copy illustrations.

You tin plow over notice read an in-depth weblog ship service on how it was made here. It's absolutely wonderful.

2. Retrieval Facts

Jonathan Hall (@StudyMaths) added a retrieval facts department to mathsbot.com. It's primarily designed for printing but tin plow over notice hold out projected onto the board too. I tin plow over notice come across this beingness a helpful revision tool for Year 11.

If you lot intend that regular quizzing is a skillful agency for students to larn facts too formulae, thus hold off out for an exciting novel mass which volition hold out available for students to purchase inwards 2019. Listen to the destination of my recent podcast amongst Craig Barton if you lot desire to know to a greater extent than virtually this.

3. Surds Bricks
Thanks to @pwdrysdale for sharing this surds activity. Each brick is the amount of the 2 beneath it.

4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level
Whilst preparing to a greater extent than or less CPD on Large Data Set for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score I discovered this cute video explaining how oktas work. If you lot learn Edexcel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score thus you lot mightiness discovery this helpful. The Examiner Report suggests that most students taking their Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score examination inwards June 2018 were clueless on oktas.

While we're on the dependent area of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level, create cheque out this letter from a truthful cat nutrient company. @mathematicsprof wrote to them virtually how they could minimise textile if each can’s tiptop equals its diameter. They wrote dorsum to explicate that it's agency to a greater extent than complicated than maths problems suggest. Next fourth dimension I learn optimisation I volition hold out showing my students this letter!

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score teachers mightiness also similar this puzzle app which involves adding too multiplying integers. It's neat fun for teachers, too it mightiness hold out useful for students learning to piece of occupation amongst negatives too.

It's actually fun thus create convey a go.

Update
In instance you lot missed them, I wrote 2 posts over the Christmas holidays:

• Factorising yesteryear Inspection
• 2018 Highlights

Check out @literallyjustq's latest thread virtually estimator functions which includes a estimator 'cheat' for finding the nth term of a quadratic sequence. 

Thank you lot to Jamie Frost (@DrFrostMaths) for hosting drinks for maths teachers at his solid i time again final calendar week - I had a neat evening.

I'll travel out you lot with @Blogdemaths' lovely 'How to Draw a Regular Pentagon, IKEA Version' (inspired yesteryear the piece of occupation of @ideainstruction).

All the best for 2019.