Megan Parise Schmidt

Today's version of Weird Shit They Put in Math Textbooks

"For best results, weigh dry ingredients with a kitchen scale" Me: oh, fuck off.

Ok so I've been thinking about math assessment where instead of specific questions, it's a conversation with AI where the kid can get in the moment feedback. Does something like this exist? @ddmeyer.bsky.social

Your phone can tell you the temperature of your living room, which lights are on, who's at your front door, what's in your fridge, and when the washing machine is done. But for some reason, we still want kids to graph shit by hand.

I made a rat.

I noticed today that all of the US coins on Polypad are facing backwards. There is no way to turn them around that I could find. This feels like a purposeful decision, and I'm super curious about it. #mtbos #iteachmath

Burt are 2 noses and one eyeball before anyone knew.

Is a circle an angle with no terminal side? #mtbos

Can I just list my 20 books all in a row or do I really have to tweet them one per day?

S: Maybe we should get Grandpa a replica Panthers Stanley cup for $200. M: that's more expensive than like an actual Stanley cup. Me: 😐

"I'm totally motivated to do math now that you told me it might useful to solve unrelated, irrelevant problems in my undefined future."

*tap tap Ambitious, equitable mathematics instruction across the board will make standardized test scores irrelevant.

You know how you put stuff away for a while and you forget it exists? Here's a whole bag of crochet animal body parts.

Geomagic squares are my new favorite thing

Oh yay! My friends are here! Hi friends! #mtbos