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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · 2d

No formal plans to present this exact session again, but I am glad to share resources from this event and answer any questions about AP Precalculus. My email is [email protected].

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · 2d

#NCTMATL25 Materials from Session 288: AP Precalculus for ALL: Access and Support for Your Students uploaded to the app. Keep in mind that the app will be inactive in 1 month. Download now while thinking about it. #NCTM #APPrecalculus

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · 2d

We edited a slide in the middle of our session. Type A and typos made me do it.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · 2d

The info on implementing captions was easy to follow and I used it in my session. Should be listed higher up on the information page to make sure more do it.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll be sharing at the #NCTMATL25 Annual conference. Session 288: AP Precalculus for ALL: Access and Support for Your Students on Friday, October 17 at 11AM in Georgia World Congress Center, A302. Excited to be co-presenting with Laurie McDonald. #NCTM

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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 16d

🎲✨ NCTM Game Night 2025!✨🎲
Join us for math games, puzzles, raffle prizes & fellowship! Bring a friend & connect in a fun, relaxed setting.
📅 Wed Oct 15
🕕 8 PM
📍Omni Intl Ballroom E
🍸 Cash bar.
Play, laugh & celebrate math together! #MTBoS #ITeachMath #NCTMATL25! #GameNight #ElemMathChat

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here’s to one year. #mathteacher #education #iteachmath mathteacher24.blogspot.com/2025/09/one-...

One Year Anniversary: No Longer Playing Tetris

geometry teaching, math teaching, AP Statistics, statistics

mathteacher24.blogspot.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Jul 24

@queenmather.bsky.social great to hear the Queen Mather herself at the PCTM annual conference!

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Mar 18

#MTBoS #iteachmath Another blog entry: mathteacher24.blogspot.com/2025/03/coun...

Counted Out: An Urgent Call to Action

geometry teaching, math teaching, AP Statistics, statistics

mathteacher24.blogspot.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Mar 7

Finished a blog on polar functions, which are though in #precalculus. Enjoy my #MTBoS and #iteachmath friends. mathteacher24.blogspot.com/2025/03/pola...

Polar Function Intersection?

geometry teaching, math teaching, AP Statistics, statistics

mathteacher24.blogspot.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Mar 1

Started to blog again. #APstats #iteachmath (even if no longer in the classroom) #MTBoS forever. mathteacher24.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

The World Fertility Rate: A Relevant Mathematics Topic

geometry teaching, math teaching, AP Statistics, statistics

mathteacher24.blogspot.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Dec 13

Ugh! The AI tutor called reciprocals opposites. Later if we tell the student that 4 and -4 are opposites by the AI definition here 4 and -4 are reciprocals.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Dec 12

This will be an amazing conference. One of the keynote speakers will be @eluberoff.bsky.social.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Dec 2

Was the root square?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Nov 26

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.

Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

www.businessinsider.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 26

20x20 is 400, but that is one 20 too many. So, 380.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 26

10x6 plus 5x6 is 60 plus 30 or 90. Then divide by 10 because it was 6 tenths and not 6 that we really want to use. So, 9 is the answer.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 26

High school geometry. For great problems, there are so many approaches. I’m not talking about parallel lines and write an equation to solve for x. Ick.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 22

Here’s an experiment for my #APStats friends on ultra-processed food. #mtbos #iteachmath www.cnn.com/2024/11/22/h...

Inside the push for dietary guidance on ultraprocessed foods — and why it’s failing right now | CNN

Federal guidance on the pitfalls of ultraprocessed foods, which likely play a key role in the US obesity epidemic, isn’t yet available. Here’s what’s at stake.

www.cnn.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 20

So excited to see items I have created being used in new ways. I created this to use in a college intro stats class. We did it as a Stand and Talk which I learned about at NCTM Annual 2018 with @saravanderwerf.bsky.social

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 16

I had my college students choose two and then describe why they read them and what they learned. They need to understand that all students can be math students.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 16

#MTBoS This is a great resource to help all students see themselves as mathematicians. Very powerful stories. maa.org/wp-content/u...

maa.org

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 15

Here is a collection that may have some items in it. teacher.desmos.com/collection/5...

Active Calculus Activities

These activities are adapted from activities and exercises from Active Calculus by Matthew Boelkins.

teacher.desmos.com

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 15

My X account is now officially deactivated. Should have broken up with that account about 6 months ago.

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Leigh Nataro @mathteacher24.bsky.social · Nov 14

#APStats teachers who do the response bias project. Here is how you can use #CODAP. youtu.be/xY3xeEBD87w?...

CODAP for Response Bias Project

YouTube video by Leigh Nataro

youtu.be

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