Patrick W. Nelson (he/him)

High School Math/Science Teacher in Fort Nelson, BC, Canada.

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@NoamLoyola Maybe the stand for a set
of slotted weights?

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@exceleducations I got 79, but my daughter got 78 which I think was pretty clever.

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@TeaKayB Diametrically opposed.

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@sig225 I looked for a run of 5 in a row and so conclude it is real...

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@heymrsbond I'm listening to the audiobooks for the fist time with my daughter and am seeing the wizard world as a distopia. So far we have seen a man sent to a torture prison with no evidence or trial, slavery accepted throughout society, plus the abuse and neglect you mention.

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@divbyzero I found a solution if it is binary then both a 1 and 2 pixel solution for if the LHS is abs. Had to go to the come the for the "correct" answer (which is very cute).

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Last week of physics 12, general prompt to make or do something related to the course. Took some tinkering but one group got this classic working.

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@EmissaryOfNight https://t.co/C3bs58oHOD

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@abakcus @mathladyhazel "His ex-wife reportedly testified that on several occasions when she unwittingly disturbed either his calculus or his drums he flew into a violent rage, during which time he choked her, threw pieces of bric-a-brac about and smashed the furniture."

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@TheMathGuru Citizenship

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Bit more of a learning curve than expected but had fun with it.

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#iteachphysics We have a little extra time, so I think I will try and get the grade 12 physics class to try and program a simulation of a topic we have covered, will just use Scratch as most don't have programming experience. I think it should be pretty doable... will see :-)

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@shskaercher 100% would love that

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@SchettinoPBL I think schools work best when leaning is a social experience shared between the students in the class. Generally I think KA and such undermine that.

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@edsouthall Follow up, what range does the smallest number you personally have never said out loud reside in? I bet there is some number between 200 and 300 I have never spoken...

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@syncing_sinking I've found putting it on quizzes most effective.

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@mrmalvikscience I did a double take at that framing too. I think it certainly can be but so can its opposite.

Still probably useful to frame it as a flaw sometimes since we often tend to treat it as an unequivical positive.

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@bobsonwong Imagine I tossed a coin 100 times and got heads exactly 50 times. That is actually pretty unlikely. If I did it 1000 times and got exactly 500 heads even more so. However that shouldn't make me think the coin is biased...

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@TheMathGuru Its gotta be rationalizing denominators right?