Ep.12 ‘Voices of Belonging’ sees @openuniversity.bsky.social's @notoriouscath.bsky.social & @spawley.bsky.social chat to host Felicity Rush about opportunities to foster connections between #DistanceLearners studying #STEM.
#Online #Maths #Community #Belonging
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1/ Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀🌈
Did you know clovers can be plotted? 🍀📈 Let’s take a look at these lucky leaves from a mathematical perspective!
A three-leaf clover is called a trifolium— or in French, paquerette de mélibée, with paquerette meaning "wild daisy” 🌼
Have you seen this @oumathsstats.bsky.social
www.itv.com/watch/news/m...
If this is true it is absolutely
appalling.
Yes, behaviour can be a real issue in schools and it’s easy to criticise
from outside.
But no decent person rules by fear and humiliation
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
1/ eSTEeM yw Canolfan Ysgolheictod ac Arloesedd y Brifysgol Agored mewn STEM, sydd yn ymchwilio i ddulliau newydd i wella dysgu ac addysgu mewn addysg agored ac o bellter 📚
🔗 eSTEeM: tinyurl.com/da9apyzf
What?!
Finally paper ten: Student use of asynchronous Rapid
Response Forums to support continuous assessment, written by Cath brown (@notoriouscath.bsky.social), Susan Pawley and Claudi Thomas:
doi.org/10.21954/ou....
Hexaaquacobalt II is pink
Conc HCl turns it blue
The change in coordination
Makes it more intense too
Lycopene is red
Azulene is blue
Those pi- pi star transitions
Mean we love org chem too
Our book came out today
🥲
You can get it from the links in this thread (so we get more money for Working Classicists projects) or from Waterstones, Barnes & Noble etc
Shocking news for the AMSP Dismay at plan to cut back A-level maths support programme giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
There has been a lot of discussion about school refusal and non attendance here in the UK over the last year or so, due to significant rates of pupil absence. Here's a reminder that attendance issues aren't unique to the UK.
theconversation.com/is-it-school...
Remember chiropractic is a quack intervention that causes disability, strokes and death
Au revoir l'Amérique, tu ne me méritais pas 😤
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
🎉 It’s time to reveal the solutions to our #NationalPuzzleDay challenges! Let’s start with Puzzle 1: Frosty Equations 🥶
This is such a cool and joyous exhibition - seeing so many people happily playing with the giant balloons in the strobe room was a tonic in itself
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
Playful learning illustration
Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Playful Learning with @kiusum.bsky.social and @sfaulknerpando.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at:
lthechat.com
New year, new you — and maybe new problem-solving skills? If it’s time to level up your logic game, we’re here to help!
Here’s a tip for Puzzle 3: New Year’s Resolutions 🎉💡
Influence of super rich on Donald Trump threatens democracy, say Patriotic Millionaires
Pro-tax group tell world leaders that ‘wealth extremism’ is damaging trust in media and influencing legal systems
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
An interesting piece. Whilst my instinct is always to like the principle of free HE (not least from wanting others to have what I enjoyed back in the 80s), the consequences of the numbers cap described here are very worrying
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
Russell’s paradox reframed in terms of resolutions - love it ! 😁
Today’s #NationalPuzzleDay puzzle is all about logic—so don’t worry if you’re not a mathematician, this one’s for everyone! 🧠✨
Puzzle 3: New Year’s Resolutions 🎉
In this world, people are either:
✅ Resolution-keepers (always tell the truth)
❌ Resolution-breakers (always lie)
The scale and depth of tragedy in Los Angeles is so heartbreaking. 💔 The MSM has largely focused on the wealthy enclave. I am so glad to see coverage like this about the Altadena community #blacksky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/u...
Happy 175th Birthday Sofia Kovalevskaya! 🎉 The first woman in modern Europe to earn a doctorate in mathematics and the first female professor in Europe, Kovalevskaya made significant contributions to PDEs and mechanics, including the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem 🪐⚙️
Continuing our #NationalPuzzleDay fun, here’s a puzzle to challenge your optimisation and visual thinking!🧩
Puzzle 2: Icy Inversion 🧊
This triangle points up (like a mountain 🗻)
What is the least number of snowflakes which must be moved so that the triangle points down (like this pizza slice 🍕)?
🥶 Puzzle 1 : Frosty Equations 🥶
Solve the equations to find the values of ❄️, 🥊 and 💎:
❄️ + ❄️ + 🥊 = 7
❄️ + 💎 + 🥊 = 12
❄️ + 💎 = 9
Found the solution? Vote below! 🗳️
Options:
A) ❄️= 4, 🥊= 3, 💎 = 5
B) ❄️= 3, 🥊= 2, 💎 = 7
C) ❄️= 2, 🥊= 3, 💎 = 7
#NationalPuzzleDay
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