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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Learn to create interactive lessons using Polypad virtual manipulatives in Activity Builder in @Amplify. Customize tiles, add action buttons, & more. Bring your own ideas or work from templates. Mon, May 18 | 7–8:30 PM ET — Register now! amplify.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

👀 Need a brain break? The Polypad Art and Music Contest invites K–12 students to create geometric art or original music using virtual manipulatives! Five winners in each age bracket will receive a $50 Amazon gift card for their original work. ➡️ Learn more at amplify.com/polypadcontest.

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ATMIM @atmim.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We are looking forward to this session with David Poras. Join us on March 19th for Collaborative Learning Workshops. Register at atmim.wildapricot.org/Upcoming-Events

Polypad Virtual Manipulatives: A Deep Dive

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I'm looking forward to the ATMIM workshops in a few weeks! Learn more and sign up here! atmim.wildapricot.org/event-6549529

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🎉 The 2026 Activity Builder Spotlight Contest is now open! Whether it’s a classroom favorite or a new idea you’ve been meaning to try, we can’t wait to see what you create. 🗓️ Submit your custom activity by March 5: go.amplify.com/4rnSCyH. #MTBoS #ITeachMath

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The @amplifyeducation.bsky.social 2026 Activity Builder Spotlight Contest is still open! Whether it’s a classroom favorite or a new idea you’ve been meaning to try, now is the time to submit your idea! Submit your custom activity by March 5: go.amplify.com/4rnSCyH

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Exciting Polypad update! Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad. Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Interested in learning more about the FREE Polypad Virtual Manipulatives from @amplifyeducation.bsky.social? Sign up for the next Polypad webinar on Nov 5th at 7 PM ET. Even if you can’t make it, sign up to receive a link to the recording. tinyurl.com/5fb4m48z

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Heading to NCTM? Win prizes, mingle with math teachers, and maybe even bring home the new trivia champ title at the annual Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct. 16, 2025! Sign up at go.info.amplify.com/fy25_amplify... @amplifyeducation.bsky.social

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

📣 Hey teachers—new year, new routines! Don’t forget fluency practice. Deck 1 of Addition and Subtraction by Heart 1 builds the “counting on” strategy. Explore it for yourself—plus 16 free decks of flash cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. 🧡 Get started: fluency.amplify.com

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

👀 Amplify Classroom is here! Access free, interactive lessons and gain insights into student thinking—all in one place. Join 300,000+ teachers who are exploring this new platform to energize classroom learning. 💻 Create your free account: amplify.com/classroom

Amplify Classroom
One powerful platform for all your teaching needs
• Access 1,000+ free lessons in math, literacy, and science, aligned with core instruction.
• Spark collaboration with dynamic tools.
• Get real-time insights into student thinking.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Still have time left in this school year and looking for an end-of-year activity? Check out the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest. Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🐼 We can bear-ly contain our excitement for Free Lesson Friday! Try out Panda Patterns, a grade 3 lesson that helps students use known addition facts and patterns to determine sums: at.amplify.com/437cawJ #MTBoS #ITeachMath

A video of the Panda Patterns activity in action.

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Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky.com · 05/05/2025

Sean Sweeney just created a new set of escape rooms on Desmos! I loved them and here's the link in case you want to try them with your students or do them for fun on your own. They're challenging and beautiful! student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9

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SweenWSweens @sweenwsweens.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🔑🚪It’s time to escape! Check out the newest Desmos escape room! To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9 (no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do) Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class: teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil... Have fun!

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Tim Brzezinski @tbrzezinski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Here, a few quick tips re: getting started with @amplifyeducation.bsky.social 's #Polypad Art & Music Contest (2025): youtu.be/H3dyazbquJI #MTBoS #ITeachMath #mathteacher #edusky

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I'm so looking forward to all the exciting things in Amplify Classroom, including Polypad and Math Fluency Practice!

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

📢 Your favorite math teaching platform is expanding to more subjects! 🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more! 🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

This task provoked some interest at my conference session this week so I thought I'd share to see if anyone fancied having a go. Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO... #mathstoday #ukmathschat

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest

Picture of Polypad Art and Music Contest landing page.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Check out the new Multi-Input Function Machine on Polypad! Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE

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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Preorders for How Did You Count? are now live on the Routledge/Stenhouse site: www.routledge.com/How-Did-You-... And there's a discount code for 20% off and free shipping! code 👉👉 25AFLY1

The front cover of a picture book. On a parquet gym floor is a large, diamond of colorful spheres. The left side of the diamond is base-5 triangle made of sky blue spheres; the right side is a base-6 triangle made of candy-apple red spheres.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Still looking for something to do with students today? Check out these activities!

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Annie Forest @annieforest.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Pi Day ideas! Including fun ideas from Desmos Classroom and @davidporas.bsky.social annieforest.substack.com/p/pi-day-is-...

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Pi Day is Coming!

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Check out this thread for some Pi-Day activities!

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Bernie Westacott @berniewestacott.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Pupils had lots of hands-on experiences for completing the square with Amplify Polypad algebra tiles, then I was able to use part of a @DrFrostResource PowerPoint to make them a summary/review/revision video of 'Logan's method' for them to access. Didn't have this back in 1973!

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Lisa Dallas 🍏 @mrsdallasocsb.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Students can use mathigon.org and Polypad to hone their multiplication skills! There are fluency cards as well as d12 dice to practice facts! #ocsbMath #math #Polypad #FactFluency

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Looking for some Pi-Day activities? Check out the latest activities in the Desmos Classroom monthly challenge! See the thread below for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 activities!

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Learn about the math behind neural networks 🧠. Then, train your own neural network to classify sketches & share them with the class! Join the challenge here: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The Desmos Classroom February Monthly Challenges are live! In "Shape the Beat," students create music using only the internal angles of different triangles and quadrilaterals. What rhythms can YOU make? Join the fun with students and teachers nationwide: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

What a full collection of Polypad activities!

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Bernie Westacott @berniewestacott.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A problem with using algebra tiles is that it is an area model, and often the areas are not the same when an equation is modelled with algebra tiles. Easily fixed with Amplify POLYPAD app variable x and y tiles #iTeachMaths #UKMathsChat

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Lola Morales @lolamenting.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Por si alguien quiere trastear un poco con algunas actividades ya preparadas en Polypad, aquí va la presentación que he preparado para mi charla hoy en el VI CEAM de Castilla la Mancha, os invito a cacharrear un poco: teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...

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Presentación de la charla "Manipulativos virtuales: ¿un oxímoron? Uso de Polypad desde Infantil hasta Bachillerato" para el VI CEAM de Castilla la Mancha.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Still time to join the January challenge!

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Check out the new enhanced search experience in Desmos Classroom - one of the most highly requested updates! Now you can: ✅ Filter by grade, author & language ✅ See results in tabs: All, Activities, Collections ✅ Use the collapse icon for better viewing & search refinement

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We've loved seeing all the creative and beautiful Kolam designs submitted for our first monthly challenge! Browse some of our favorites here: teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil.... There's still plenty of time to participate, and over 600 students have already joined! The link to join is below.

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Kolam Tile Challenge - Selected Student Creations

The January 2025 Desmos Classroom Monthly Challenge invited students to make a design using Kolam Tiles. Browse the screens in this activity to see some of our favorite designs.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It was so fun to chat with Pam for a while! Give it a listen!

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Pam Brett - Blue Glasses Math Podcast @pambrett.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This week on Blue Glasses Math. Eli Luberoff is the founder and CEO of Desmos Studio PBC. What happens when linear equations come to life? Learning. Tune in on Wednesday wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I'm excited to share with you the first Desmos Classroom Monthly Challenge! For January, we invite students to learn about Kolam, a traditional art form from India, and create their own designs. Share this link with students to have them join the global challenge. student.desmos.com/join/evfqxc

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Mr Noonan @mr-noonan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I find Makecode Aracade and CoSpaces cool for creation. Teachers I work with love wordwall and Polypad. You used these? wordwall.net polypad.amplify.com/p www.cospaces.io arcade.makecode.com

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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Good morning! Number one way in the coming weeks to support the work that brought you Which One Doesn't Belong?, Tiling Turtles, Math On-A-Stick, and the Hierarchy of Hexagons is this: Pop into your fave bookstore or library to ask for How Did You Count? ISBN: 978-1032898353 Coming in March

Book cover for How Did You Count? There is a sideways diamond of shiny plastic spheres carefully arranged on a wood floor. The left "half" of the diamond is a triangle with base five, made of light blue spheres. The larger, right "half" is a triangle with base six, made of red spheres.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Happy New Year! Play around with Prime Factor Circles from @mathforlove.bsky.social at polypad.amplify.com/p#primes

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Looking for a fun, free winter activity to cap off the year? ☃️ With this new holiday activity in Desmos Classroom (using Polypad of course 😀), students can design their own winter wonderland! They’ll color snowmen, build their own snowflakes, and more. ❄️ Check it out: bit.ly/4ix92Ru

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Build A Winter Scene

In this short activity, students will learn how to color in and build their own winter scene using Polypad virtual manipulatives. Click here to learn more about Polypad virtual manipulatives.

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