Welcome to my 183rd gems put up. That is the place I share a number of the newest information, concepts and sources for maths academics.
I like the latest MathsPad updates. They’ve added a issue timber device which is offered to non-subscribers. There are a number of strategies for locating prime elements – issue timber are a preferred alternative. This device is nice for demonstrating the method – you possibly can enter pairs of things, then resolve whether or not every is a main quantity or not.
2. Is It Believable?
I like @AMercerMaths‘s “Is it believable?” dialogue exercise – an extract is proven under. College students usually haven’t got a great sense of how large issues are.
3. Space Backwards
@drpas1001 shared a useful resource ‘Space 51‘ the place college students work backwards in space questions. I’ve added this to my useful resource library.
4. Enlargement
The large assortment of actions on this web site continues to develop. In the event you’ve not visited earlier than, it is undoubtedly value exploring.
Upcoming Conferences
Nothing a lot occurs within the winter months however there will likely be conferences for maths academics within the Spring time period. Full Maths will maintain a convention on a Saturday in March (date and placement but to be introduced) and there will likely be a joint Convention of Arithmetic Topic Associations, ‘Future Proofing the Curriculum’ on 14th – sixteenth April 2025.
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I am very lucky to get a two week October half time period. I’ve had a whole lot of faculty work to compensate for over half time period so I have not had time to do a lot on my weblog, besides a couple of updates to my useful resource libraries (I’ve added Dr Austin’s new A stage sources).
I am nonetheless looking for somebody to hitch my group in January or February – this might be a brief function (protecting maternity go away) or everlasting function – we’re actually versatile (however ideally the candidate can have expertise of instructing mechanics at A stage). Please get in contact if you wish to chat about this.
