Carter Orieux
carterorieux.bsky.social
Carter Orieux
@carterorieux.bsky.social
IB Mathematics Teacher. BRC
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🔑🚪It’s time to escape! Check out the newest Desmos escape room!

To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
(no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do)

Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class:
teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...

Have fun!
May 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I'm bored of the hotdog sandwich debate. Try this one. Is rice a dish or an ingredient? Is there a recipe for a banana? @carterorieux.bsky.social . Is there a minimum requirement for a recipe?
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Saw this on LinkedIn and I beg to differ. They are not equal and the triangle sandwich is better, as every child knows.
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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palindrome | noun | a word, verse, or sentence or a number that reads the same backward or forward

It comes from Greek 'palindromos,' meaning "running back again."

The best palindrome of all time is...
February 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
High school educators, do you value a cumulative final? If so, why? If not, why?
January 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I love this from Ben Orlin.

“Mathematical truth may be black and white, but mathematical thinking is not.”

Also that maths class can be both welcoming and challenging.

hechingerreport.org/teacher-voic...
TEACHER VOICE: Instead of worrying about whether math is easy or difficult, let’s make it welcoming - The Hechinger Report
There’s an assumption that teaching math should move students from “easy” to “difficult.” But easy and difficult are only proxies for two higher virtues, the actual qualities of successful instruction...
hechingerreport.org
December 27, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Things I have learnt from the quadratic formula.

A 🧵

#ITeachMaths #UKMathsChat
December 14, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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I quite enjoy this problem.
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December 14, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Centering Indigenous Pedagogies in Math Education: Assessment. Free three-part webinar series hosted by Indigenous Math Education Network & Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre at UBC. elvlc.educ.ubc.ca/2024/10/17/i...
December 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM