PCTM 2023 SUMMER CONFERENCE – RESOURCES
The 35 Game: “The 35 Game” for Compound Inequalities
Shared Work: Cocoa Puffs and Shared Work
The Number Game:
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/zqth9dmmr2
https://www.cantorsparadise.com/math-based-decision-making-the-secretary-problem-a30e301d8489
My talk for the NCTM Annual Conference in Los Angeles this year centered on using stories from the media which feature probability claims to use as hooks in high school classrooms. Thanks to all who joined in the conversation and shared their thinking – I hope you enjoyed the hour as much as I did sharing it all! Powerpoint slides and slides printed as a pdf are provided below.
ENCOURAGE INVESTIGATION AND CONVERSATION WITH THE DESMOS CALCULATOR
Visual Patterns (thanks Fawn Nguyen!): https://www.visualpatterns.org/
Investigating T-Shirt Offers Desmos Activity: https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5670acf05a543a6007737ea8
Shared Work and Cocoa Puffs: Cocoa Puffs and Shared Work
STATISTICS AND STICKY DOTS
Introverts and Signatures: https://mathcoachblog.com/2014/10/27/class-opener-day-36-introverts-vs-extroverts/
Luke Wilcox / StatsMedic – Does Beyonce Write Her Own Lyrics?: https://www.statsmedic.com/post/does-beyonce-write-her-own-lyrics
Doug Tyson – Grabbing Starbursts:
mathcoachblog 