Jeremy Hughes

A STEM teacher.
#MTBoS #100Factorial #teach180

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

I'm particularly happy with today's (the first one), but here's some others I've previously assembled.

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Over the last months, I've ended up accumulating a number of those little clasps that come with masks. Turns out they make satisfying tessellations and other shapes. 👀

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@howie_hua For some reason, I went:
20+30+10=60.
60+5+7=72.
72+9=81.

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

@howie_hua I wonder if "5, 3 times" is how you're meant to say "3 5 x" (3x5 in Reverse Polish Notation). 🤔

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The QR code/marker if anyone was interested.

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Technically Wednesday's experiment, but I played with AR.js to make a QR code that loads an AR experience. The model itself is a 3D scan from MyMiniFactory shared by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, figuring you could do a mini exhibit with a much of these maybe.

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Also, I was reminded of how helpful and supportive you were as I worked through my placements @DavidKButlerUoA and @nomad_penguin. Thanks once again!

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

Been reviewing my daily tweets from my teaching placements, and I kept wanting to like them - past!me had some useful thoughts for present!me.

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Found an old 3D scanner abandoned in one of the cupboards in my room. Managed to get it working enough to get this out of the 3D printer. Pretty happy with the result for an initial attempt. Will have to experiment with what else can be scanned and then printed.

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Wordle 221 5/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

Wordle 219 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I've been playing Wordle occasionally, but sharing this one as I'm pleased to have gotten it.

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Wordle 220 5/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not pictured are the dozen attempts to try and think of what the first two letters could be for that final step... Made a pretty shape though.

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

Just thought of an interesting result of this.

If you balance this sort of d8 on one of its points and let go, the expected value is still always going to be 4.5, the same as rolling any fair d8.

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I was reminded yesterday that my favourite arrangement of numbers on a d8 doesn't sum opposite faces to 9. Instead, opposite faces are consecutive (1-2). Any 4 faces around a point always add to 18, any 4 around an odd face (including the odd) add to 19, and 17 if it's an even.

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

The space was new as of the start of last year, and I've only coordinated the space since the middle of last year. Goal for this year is create activities to encourage students to come in to learn the space during breaks.

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

First day back was slow - students don't start until next week. Got a new sign to advertise the space which was nice.

Not currently in a teaching role, I work with students to use 3D printers, laser cutters and a green screen room to work on creative projects for any subject.

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

Looking through my old tweets to see if I'd said anything about the dice thing, I found my teaching prac daily tweets. Hasn't happened since I graduated.

Maybe it's time to start that up again, as record of what I'm getting up to and possibly as a way to stimulate my creativity.

[Jeremy Hughes @JeremyInSTEM]

@shskaercher I wonder if they're so divided because of the way d100's are done: with a second d10 with 00, 10, 20, ..., 90, so having a 10 on the first d10 would make it weird (rolling a 20 and a 9 is clearly 29 just taking the tens and the units, but a 20 and a 10 means you add to get 30).🤔

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[Emily Hughes @EmilyLHughes]

105 minute long theory classes are a struggle to get through. Anyone have ideas on some good brain break activities that take 5-10 minutes for a class of yr 9's?