Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s my favorite time of year. Polynomial time in #MathToday Starting off with the painted cube problem. #Algebra2 121
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In #MathsToday my seniors read Francis Su’s speech to Harvey Mudd frosh and then wrote a page reaction. They generally enjoyed the reading and honored me with their personal stories and thoughts about math and caring for others. Here is the article they read.share.googleScience, in Service of LoveMy exhortation to the first-year class at Harvey Mudd College 063
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Don’t forget to show them this video too! youtu.be/SZXHoWwBcDc?...youtu.beWilliam Rowan Hamilton (Science YouTuber Collab) | A Capella ScienceYouTube video by acapellascience 110
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Building the parallelepiped was the intro to working through the proof for finding the volume. Having it really helped students understand that the order of vectors in the triple product doesn’t matter since we can seat the solid any way we like and the volume remains unchanged. Plus it was fun! 110
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Zome tool! www.zometool.comzometool.comZometool - The construction set treasured by kids and Nobel Prize winners.Zometool is the fascinating and award winning construction set that is treasured by kids and Nobel Prize winners. 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Yes. Here are some screenshots of the cards. They just matched two together. This helped students review the verbal descriptions of what to do with the mathematical operations. It was the warm up task for class. 021
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Really any math puzzles the students thought kids might like. It went great. Lots of high schoolers stopped by as well to try their hand. First semester we mostly prep for the AMC10/12 and local competitions. 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One year our students made math booths and invites the elementary school next door over to visit during our students lunch period. We had a 3 foot square soma puzzle made out of cardboard boxes that the kids loved to play with. Made a Konigsburg puzzle out of yoga mats, created giant tan grams. 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Made some parallelepipeds in #MathsToday as a visual aid for finding volumes using cross products. #parallelipipeds #MTBoS 5191
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Working on multiplying matrices in #MathsToday #Algebra2 #iTeachMath 072
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It takes the whole universe to make an apple pie! 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In #MathsToday we did a system of equations activity from @mathequalslove.bsky.social which you can find here. mathequalslove.net/all-tied-up-... #iTeachMath #mtbos #Algebra2 050
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Students will tie knots in the ropes and measure the length after each knot is tied. The ropes are different thicknesses so they will have different slopes. The intersection will tell them how many knots need to be tied so that the different ropes are the same length. 😀 120
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Got my ropes ready for a system of equations task next week. Now I can enjoy my long weekend. #iTeachMath #MTBoS. #Algebra2 130
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m wondering that too during this, my 4th week of school. 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I believe cheesecake is a soup in a bread bowl, at least according to the cube rule of food. 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In #MathsToday, the Seed Numbers task. This group found working backwards helped. An excellent task to spike curiosity, problem solving, and review linear equations. 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I mean, we bought a regular bed, and just threw the mattress on the floor. Didn’t set up the bed frame until they were a bit older. Worked great , was cheap, and no stress. 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026There are more people here than on mathstodon. I’m over there and it is crickets. I think the more people post the more other people will post. I tell myself that, but I’m still not very consistent. 120
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This makes me want to start a rewatch of Battlestar 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I won’t be at Bridges Math conference, but my hand embroidered Lorenz Attractor will be! #ThreadedTheorems used my photo in their paper. Yay! I see @samjshah.bsky.social has his embroidered aperiodic monotile in this paper as well. #mtbos archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges...archive.bridgesmathart.org 093
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Just tried moduloku. Fun! Thanks for sharing!! 010
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Carry the two podcast just finished up a 6 episode five into the mathematics of gambling. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...podcasts.apple.comCarry the TwoMathematics Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Carry the Two pulls back the curtain to reveal the mathematical and statistical gears that turn the world. We’re the show for people who enjoy discovering hidd... 110
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026You ARE making a difference. Keep the videos coming! 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The only thing wrong with my #FridayReads selection is that it will refer to a bunch of other books you are going to want to read also, there by increasing your booklist exponentially. 130
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Worst notation? Definitely -1 for inverse. Students have just learned x^-1 means 1/x, so why would we use sin^-1 to mean arcsin? They forever confuse it with the reciprocal, which means cscx is now confusing… does it mean inverse as well? So many frustrations. 140
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I just downloaded Flow Free, which looks interesting. Did you see they have a bunch of other versions? Like Flow Shape and Flow Hex. 110
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It’s always hot in Phoenix, but it’s definitely getting hotter. #ShowYourStripes showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...showyourstripes.infoShow Your StripesVisualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe 011
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It’s row, 2nd column… the way her hair is blowing…amazing!!! 110
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I participated last summer and it really energized me. So great to work problems with others, and to hear from mathematicians about their work. I will definitely be attending again. Two thumbs up! #iTeachMath #MTBoS #MathsToday 071
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Have you tried Clues by Sam? It’s my newest puzzle craze. cluesbysam.com/s/home/cluesbysam.comClues by Sam 230
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026!!!!! I’m only 1/2 a mile away!! Tell those profs at ASU we need a math circle for teachers! 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Actually, my students are always playing this inferior version share.google/WTw2XVro1UNr...share.google2048 Cupcakes - Play online2048 Cupcakes is a modified version of the 2048 Game which was a viral hit in early 2014. Play the game with Sound effect and UNDO feature. 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Here is some data for you. Score of 14720. Highest tile 1024. 100
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I use Bluesky to be inspired by what other math teachers are doing. It also helps connect me to what is going on in the math community. My tip, try to post and respond to others. 020
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Lots to think about and explore, and accessible to my #Algebra2 students I think. I believe the post will be posted on YouTube eventually. Check it out. (2/2) www.youtube.com/@Illustratin...youtube.comIllustrating Math Seminar 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026After the #IllustratingMath seminar online this morning, I've been thinking about Ford Circles (new to me). I was messing around with plotting the circles, and found I could get quadratic equations to go through the center of circles tangent to circle 1. (1/n) www.desmos.com/calculator/5...desmos.comFord Circles 100
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I bought a class set of isometric mini whiteboards (ridiculously cheap at 10 cents a board-more like mats then solid board). But if I need actual paper, I print off from Mathsbot. 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026My teenager may have ridiculed my summer reading choice, but he is now trying to figure out the origami proof in this book, so I get the last laugh. 000
Adrienne Hestenes @ahestenes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I impulse bought this book, and I have no regrets. #iTeachMath 250
