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Unexpected packages, platonic solids, people vote, and the shape of success.
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A touch of infinity, pentagon tilings, lessons from preschool, and an escape room adventure.
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How MTCs affect teachers’ identities and beliefs about math. Plus: Spot It and Freeing the Clones.
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VIEW RESOURCES FROM THIS ISSUE
Page 4: A Problem Fit for a Princess
- Christopher Goff’s “Circles of Apollonius” session materials
- Descartes, Rene. (1664). Principia philosophiae (Principles of philosophy). Paris, France: World Digital Library.
- Bogomolny, Alexander. Ford’s touching circles. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. Accessed 24 August 2017.
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Page 8: Polygons and Prejudice
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Page 13: Problem Posing
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Page 16: MTCs Advocating for Math in ESSA Plans
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): the education law that replaced No Child Left Behind and restructured allocation of federal money for education.
- ESSA Review Toolkit: a collaborative effort to support the engagement of the mathematics education community in developing state plans for spending ESSA funds.
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Page 19: Global Math Week
- The Global Math Project aims to engage a million students and teachers around the world during Global Math Week.
- Global Math Week: the biggest global math event — coming in October 2017!
Exploding Dots: a favorite topic for MTCs that was developed by Global Math Project founding team member James Tanton.
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