How To Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Host Ana Torres knows firsthand how hard it is to be a teacher. That's why on Beyond My Years, she seeks out the people who have thrived over decades in the classro...

A cup-stacking lesson, minus most of the cups

Going on its third and final (yes!) version

I knew about all the other last days—I didn't know about this one

Two problems worth posing to every student in the room

What I notice, what I wonder, and what I'd do with it

Explore these patterns with your students and watch their natural tendencies to see patterns morph into powerful algebraic thinking and reasoning. It’s an ideal routine to foster mathematical practice...

Turns out prime numbers are like red, blue, and yellow

Why I keep showing up after 15 years

Experience the joy of answering why in math class like never before Mathematics often feels like a collection of disconnected rules, but what if you c...

Building a thinking task that lets students discover patterns in arithmetic sequences

Explore these patterns with your students and watch their natural tendencies to see patterns morph into powerful algebraic thinking and reasoning. It’s an ideal routine to foster mathematical practice...

An alternative to endless practice: let students create the questions

"Fall" into engaging lessons and activities! Balance different pumpkins on a scale, estimate the number of candy, practice dilations with bats–or maybe just decorate a fall scene together!

Podcast Episode · Beyond My Years · 10/01/2025 · 39m