Bob Lochel
@boblochel.bsky.social
HS math teacher. Interested in the intentional intersection of technology, conversation, and beautiful Mathematics. President - Philadelphia area NCTM affiliate.
Curious how these new features could be used to walk through some of this year's AP Statistics questions? Check out this tutorial video from @boblochel.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnCT...
AP Stats Exam 2025 with Desmos!
YouTube video by Bob Lochel
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These cuts are ruining people’s careers. This is not efficiency - capricious changes to funding damage science for generations. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
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Can you think of a scenario when someone improved their score by 16 strokes from one day to the next like JT? @pganews.bsky.social
The screaming crowd who voted for deep cuts now screaming that they were cut. Welcome to the party pal!
Exciting updates to probability distributions on Desmos just dropped. Check it out! youtu.be/0Yhf0V_lBgA?...
Desmos Distribution Updates
YouTube video by Bob Lochel
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I play the Linkedin games every day I watch Severance How is there not a daily @linkedin.com game where I swat the scary numbers into a bin? I'd solve Cold Harbor better than 95% of CEOs!
Here’s the pitch: They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident! It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY! Need a title.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2y agoUSDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Truly appreciate Orange leading the cars around at Daytona....leading us all towards many future left turns!
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
The Washington Commanders, trying their best to apply Zeno's Paradox to the gridiron.
Is @nctm.org giving up on spring conferences after 2025? There are no future ones listed on the website.
@nbcsportsphiladelphia.com pre-game live predicted Saquon would break the Birds playoff record with and run over 62. This TD was 62 yards. Man, that pre-game show is a bunch of clowns.
Yesterday I was on the front line when a student went into a seizure. Today I consoled a student who came to school the day after her dad died. So the next time you want to talk shit over my career.... keep this all in mind. Thanks for the Friday ventilation...
Reflecting back to 2015 and the great times we all had at Twitter Math Camp at Harvey Mudd in Claremont, CA. Hoping that all of our friends there are safe and thinking of you all.
Tennessee wearing Oilers uniforms today against the Texans isn't only super-confusing to watch, it also seems blatantly disrespectful.
Is there a bigger waste of manpower and resources than a blimp providing "coverage" outside of a domed stadium?
When public education operates as a free market, there will be winners, and there will be losers. In this case, the losers were parents, kids and taxpayers. Via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.
Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.
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So, I want to be able to slide into public-school retirement but eventually teach college courses which leverage my experience in the tech and math space to help new teachers. But I don't have a doctorate and don't plan for paying for one. My options are.....?
Am open flane in the @nflredzone.bsky.social studio? Did we learn nothing from the fire alarm incident!
What these college football playoffs have taught us is that maybe we only needed 8 teams?
A mostly fun @nytimes.com article shows math of the lottery, except it starts with usual "you must be scared of math" trope. Is it that difficult to assume that people are reasonably intelligent? A Lottery Drawing Included Four Consecutive Numbers. What Are the Odds? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/u...
A Lottery Drawing Included Four Consecutive Numbers. What Are the Odds?
A Mega Millions drawing turned up 66, 67, 68 and 69. Is that unusual?
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