Reposted by KaraGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025We have to reset our priorities from top to bottom. 983437917
Reposted by KaraCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 01/06/2025Happy Pride! I’m proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ fam in TX-30 and beyond. In the face of attacks, y’all keep showing up. Loud, proud, and unshakable. Your rights, your joy, and your lives matter. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 199137192168
Reposted by KaraThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/05/2025⚡️UPDATE: All 8 @TNGOP Republicans just voted to slash health care for the working poor to cut taxes for the rich, skyrocketing the debt (which they never cared about). @RepOgles @RepChuck @RepHarshbarger @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @RepDavidKustoff @RepJohnRose @DesJarlaisTN04 17379160
Reposted by KaraDesmos Studio @desmos.com · 14/05/2025With a high degree of confidence, we can confirm new inference tests are now live! 🎉 🗒️ Learn more in the Desmos Help Center: help.desmos.com/hc/en-us/art... #mathsky #iteachmath #statistics 33814
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Math vs Mathsmathwithbaddrawings.comUS vs. UK: Mathematical TerminologyI’ve encountered some surprising disparities, each of which prompts the obvious question: Which way is better, the British or the American? 020
Reposted by KaraSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 04/05/2025A wise creature once said, "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering." These days, when fear is all too common, today is a great moment to remember the strength in courage, unity... and hope. May the 4th be with you. Always. 1333853708
Reposted by KaraDesmos Studio @desmos.com · 04/05/2025In a graph far, far away… #maythe4thbewithyou 0315
Reposted by KaraDesmos Studio @desmos.com · 18/03/2025So...what's your point? Customize your points and text labels with new shapes and outline settings. Check out an example graph here: www.desmos.com/calculator/a... #mathsky #iteachmath #desmos 0208
Reposted by KaraTeen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 12/03/2025Menstrual equity, or equitable access to menstrual products, should be an inherent right for all menstruators. ⤵️teenvogue.comFree Tampons Are Great, But What We Really Need Is Menstrual JusticeThis Women's History Month, let's make real change by dismantling the systems of oppression that hold menstruators back. 347180
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Do I read too fast? I only use the NYT Games app that my job provides full access for. And the website for Spelling Bee hints. The two tables for length and two starting letters really help focus my limited time. Just earned a good chunk of time back in my day, I guess. 000
Reposted by KaraColleen Young @colleenyoung.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I love Undergound Maths and have used so many of the brilliant tasks. I was fortunate to be an Underground Maths champion back in the days when it was new and got to meet the brilliant team behind it all. Some of my many favourite tasks: #ALevelMaths #iTeachMaths colleenyoung.org/2024/09/22/u...colleenyoung.orgUnderground MathsBrilliant Underground Maths resources 095
Reposted by KaraDave Kung @dtkung.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Love this! Someone's up to good trouble! 041
Reposted by KaraRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I think the Army Choir had a message for the Trumpists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...youtube.comLes Misérables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army ChorusYouTube video by The DailyFAFO 25782147
Reposted by KaraMark Dawes @mdawesmdawes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025New blog - for #CoreMaths teachers in particular. A couple of cool Excel features that I am finding helpful at the moment. www.cambridgemathshub.co.uk/post/excel-l... (And I guess this is my #MathsToday too!) @coremathscat.bsky.socialcambridgemathshub.co.ukExcel-lent new featuresBy Mark Dawes (February 2025) I have used Microsoft Excel for years. One of the things I like about it is how easy it is to get to know it. A new user can start with a handful of basic functions and... 1178
Reposted by KaraJo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 20/02/2025New! My 186th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2025/02/5-ma... #ukmathschat #mathstoday #iteachmath 05826
Reposted by KaraThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025UPDATE: “DOUBLES DOWN ON THE CRUELTY” @GovBillLee turned down more than $75 million in federal funding for summer meals for kids— now *replacing it* with $3 million for summer grocery costs in 15 counties🤔 @RepCohen calls it “clearly inadequate” More: www.tennessean.com/story/news/p... 32452156
Reposted by KaraGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20/02/2025It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it. 1134697509363
Reposted by KaraTeacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Looking to bring more real world application into math class? 🌎 @nctm.org's Math Sightings activities can help you transform abstract math problems into vital ways of exploring the world! buff.ly/413LaOG #ITeachMath 032
Reposted by KaraJacqueline @cuddlefishj.bsky.social · 13/02/2025In #mathstoday I made a game out of transforming functions using a dice, and flipping 6 coins. Then the students sketched the resulting graph on their whiteboards. 172
Reposted by Karapeterliljedahl.bsky.social @peterliljedahl.bsky.social · 11/02/2025@pgliljedahl.bsky.social 032
Reposted by KaraDesmos Studio @desmos.com · 13/02/2025Made with love (and equations). 💕 💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y... #mathsky #iteachmath 03815
Reposted by KaraCPMmath @cpmmath.bsky.social · 11/02/2025#TeacherTip: With teams that work at different paces, try a Swapmeet. When a task is partially finished, one pair from each team swaps to share ideas, solutions, & thinking. Pairs then return to share learning. Want more PL? cpm.org/pl #iteachmath #moremath 011
Reposted by KaraTim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 09/02/2025#iTeachMath #MathsToday Someone posted a request for ideas for livening up a unit on logarithms, so I did a brain dump of 45 years of teaching, and posted it on my substack: open.substack.com/pub/timcoric... 1102
Reposted by KaraTrickortreat Petunia @sweetpetunia.bsky.social · 08/02/2025What I appreciate most about Star Trek lately is no matter how much authority the captain had, the ship’s doctor could still relieve them from duty if the doctor thought they were medically unfit.media.tenor.coma close up of a woman 's face with a badge on her chestAlt: A close up of Dr Beverly Crusher smiling 171
Reposted by KaraThe Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 07/02/2025As harmful policies roll out, UUs are called to act—but how can congregations discern risks and align actions with their values? Side With Love’s Risk Discernment Toolkit offers: 🔹 Recorded webinar 🔹 Slide deck 🔹 Facilitator guide Explore the resources ⬇️ 🔗 bit.ly/risk-discern... #UU 46724
Reposted by KaraGreg Schwanbeck @gregschwanbeck.bsky.social · 07/02/2025How old will you be 1 MILLION seconds from now? What about *1 BILLION* seconds from now? For years I've asked these ?s to help kids put the difference between million & billion into perspective. I finally made it a video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jp6... #math #edusky #science #mtbos #iteachmathyoutube.comMillion vs. Billion: How old will you be 1 MILLION seconds from now?...What about 1 BILLION seconds?YouTube video by Greg Schwanbeck 182
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 06/02/2025In #MathsToday while working at the whiteboards on factoring quadratic trinomials, I overheard one group talking about how much thinking this class required. That's a Win! Thanks to @mathmedic.bsky.social for the thin slice activity. #iTeachMath #BTCMath 030
Reposted by Karascience-bites.bsky.social @science-bites.bsky.social · 04/02/2025#math #iteachmath 011
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 05/02/2025In #MathsToday we started factoring polynomials with taking out the GCF (or the reverse distributive property), with group work at whiteboards. It took longer than I hoped, but I think we have a good base to grow from. #ITeachMath #BTCMath 110
Reposted by KaraKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/02/2025The Proud Boys organization no longer controls the trademark, “Proud Boys”, and is now “barred from selling any merchandise with either its name or its symbols without the consent of a Black church in Washington that its members vandalized.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...nytimes.comProud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They VandalizedA judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group. 797225434185
Reposted by KaraEdutopia @edutopia.org · 04/02/2025Our #ShareWhatWorks experience will get your school community talking about strategies that work! Download our free how-to guide: buff.ly/40qw18T #EduSky #MathSky #ITeachMath 0183
Reposted by KaraNathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · 02/02/2025By no means an original idea, but here's my attempt at a quadratics completion table. When doing this in lesson, I gave out fully blank grids, and did one row at a time together as a class, giving a different starting box each time. It worked pretty well. interwovenmaths.com/quadraticsta...interwovenmaths.comQuadratics Completion Table - Interwoven Mathsby Nathan Day (@nathanday314) PDF Download PPT Download 1256
Reposted by KaraTim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This is a great explanation - interesting and fun and I learned quite a bit! It could also serve as a starting point for a discussion of redundancy. #iTeachMath #mathsToday 022
Reposted by KaraDan Rodriguez-Clark @interactive-maths.bsky.social · 29/01/2025In #MathsToday we used one of the sets of questions I am really proud of. It really gets them seeing the connections. 1276
Reposted by KaraCarrie Muir @cmuirmath.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I've done activities with stats classes looking at the distribution of what students guess for the % size of various groups in the US vs the actual numbers; their estimates are like those in the chart. (& then also talk about how those official population estimates are done.) #MathSky #ITeachMath 292
Reposted by KaraErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law. 7485682102
Reposted by KaraJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...404media.coDeclassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly ViralThe World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership. 12066671327311
Reposted by KaraChris Luzniak @cluzniak.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Anyone have a favorite article (or other resource) for thinking about QUESTIONING in a lesson? (As in: asking good questions to uncover or push student thinking) Trying to support some teachers with more resources. #MTBoS #iteachmath 12124
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 29/01/2025See replies on original post for stat data ideas. #ITeachMath 020
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 29/01/2025In #MathsToday we introduced abs value equations. We started with |§|=5 where § was a large ink spill, and I asked what could have been on the page. Next was 3|§|+2=14. Then |§|=-3. Once we had a good conceptual understanding, we moved into solving regular abs. value equations. I think it went well. 030
Kara @singmath.bsky.social · 28/01/2025In #MathsToday we completed a Notice/Wonder activity on inequality and interval notations. I based our BTC whiteboard activity on a picture from a Desmos Activity by Alla Lantsman. teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...teacher.desmos.comInterval NotationStudents discover interval notation using notice-wonder activity then they complete practice exercises. 110
Reposted by KaraEdutopia @edutopia.org · 26/01/2025Math students often rely on teachers to think for them. These simple strategies from @crystalfrommert.bsky.social flip the script. 🔀 #ITeachMath #MathSkybuff.ly5 Ways to Stop Thinking for Your StudentsToo often math students lean on teachers to think for them, but there are some simple ways to guide them to think for themselves. 0122
Reposted by KaraClaire Metcalfe @cxmetcalfe.bsky.social · 26/01/2025This is really cool! I think this sort is the most tuneful of those @scorefollower.bsky.social has posted so far. #mathstoday 041
Reposted by KaraChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/01/2025This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit! We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀 659187426091
Reposted by KaraLiz McGeachy @lizmcgeachy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025If you are in East TN on Feb 15, make plans to attend our Midwinter Concert at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. It's a fundraiser for the church but definitely open to the public! lizandtim.com/tour 093
