by Kim | Oct 1, 2018 | Just for Fun, Vol. 23
The Bletchley Circle series is more Downton Abbey than Imagination Game. A lot like Numbers in the way characters pause mid- procedural to explain a code breaking concept, the Bletchley circle series center on a group of women (amateur) crime investigators who...
by Kim | May 28, 2018 | Just for Fun, Vol. 10, Vol. 20
Accessorize your reading list with a new math-inspired beach towel and the most stylish math nerd eyeglasses we have seen! Read The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure – Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustrator), Michael Henry Heim...
by Kim | Apr 9, 2018 | Just for Fun, Vol. 19
Every once in a while it’s fun to let your students see math in the real world, but math that is wrong, very wrong is a reminder that they too can help improve the world when they catch these math FAILS! Shop: Great for final exam day to have sitting on your desk! Or...
by Kim | Mar 13, 2018 | Just for Fun, Timely Tips, Vol. 18
Everyone knows March is the month when Pi Day happens, but March 14th isn’t the only math-y thing that goes on in March. On your spring break enjoy some March related recreational mathematics. THE OSCARS Here’s how the winners get selected, an interesting application...
by Kim | Jan 15, 2018 | Timely Tips, Vol. 16
With hundreds of students emailing you from multiple accounts, dealing with student emails can be an over whelming task. Help yourself and your students by setting email ground rules at the start of the semester. These rules can easily be added to your syllabus or...
