Links we accessed in class (or tried to access):
Grade 9
Bill Nye on the scale of the planets and the distances between them
If the moon were replaced by other planets
If the moon were situated at the same distance as the ISS
Running the numbers, Chris Jordan
Numberphile, the Enigma machine
How a measles outbreak spreads (a simulation). Run more than once.
More misleading graphs (incroyable, n'est ce pas?)
Grade 10
Math 10 Foundations and pre-calculus online quizzes (eng., online courses) - free
Online tutoring on YouTube (FortBend Tutoring, some students find it helpful)
Wolfram Alpha - computational knowledge engine
Edudata - provincial exam statistics for Moscrop
A website with lessons provided by the Coquitlam School district:
http://www.sd43.bc.ca/Resources/ParentResources/math/10/Pages/default.aspx
A website with videos (looks like a khan academy repository, grouped by topic): Mathmaster
Other links:
Statistics Canada research documents on education budgets in various provinces: http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?ObjId=81-595-M2013099&ObjType=46&lang=en&limit=0
Table Top Whale - A science illustration blog. Charts, infographics, illustrations. Tres interessant:-)
Dan Ariely on cheating and stealing
Conformity quotes http://fiveminutevacations.com/Blog/we-are-what-we-think-i-think/
How (not) to argue and what to say
Wait but why - numbers and statistics about anything and Everything!
Things to do with stuff (hacking everyday objects)
We were bullies - nothing to do with mathematics, but since I know for certain that you will all see some bullying in your lives...
World population cartogram - 2015
Less wrong ("a blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality")
What ... no Big Bang? (for realz :-) )
Petit cours d'autodefense intelectuelle
Population pyramids in various countries
Overdevelopment, overpopulation, overshoot - the book
PHET simulations (science and mathematics)
Self-esteem vs. self-compassion
Too dumb for democracy? (CBC Ideas podcast)
Mistakes in mathematics and the brain (youtube video; there's in fact a whole series on how the brain learns mathematics which I highly recommend)
The Nizkor Project - thorough debunking of claims made by Holocaust denialists.
PowerPoint is killing critical thinking (article in The Guardian UK)
Why graphing calculators (still) cost so much
Mass shootings in USA- a powerful visualization
Source data from Mass Shooting Tracker
and, in the interest of science, an opposing view:
Mass shootings may be tragic, but they're not that frequent
Robert Bjork - The future of learning
Mathematics and computers acko.net
xkcd The One (the mathematics of Soul Mates)
Why your brain is not a computer
Coursera course "Learning how to learn"!
Under pressure - why athletes choke
The illusion of explanatory depth
Terminaisons des substantifs en francais
TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
The Tech Industry's War on Kids
Have smartphones destroyed a generation?
Bored and brilliant - a plan for smartphone addiction rehab
A minimalist phone that will make you smarter
Center for humane technology - check out the ledger of harms for more research
If you think you're good at multitasking, you probably aren't
Never get high on your own supply - why social media bosses don't use social media
Brain drain - the mere presence of one's own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity