Pat Nelson (he/him)
@patnelsonbc.bsky.social
Math/Science teacher in Fort Nelson,BC.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? #iTeachMath
August 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
What do you notice? What do you wonder? #iTeachMath
Public libraries are just amazing! My daughter is doing a D&D campaign as part of the summer reading program and while I am waiting, someone got a document scanned, then an elderly person got help with their fit-bit, a bunch of books were signed out, and it is all just so damn pleasant.
July 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Public libraries are just amazing! My daughter is doing a D&D campaign as part of the summer reading program and while I am waiting, someone got a document scanned, then an elderly person got help with their fit-bit, a bunch of books were signed out, and it is all just so damn pleasant.
Idea for fraction practice, grab a set of sockets for a socket wrench and get students to order them largest to smallest. This may or may not have been inspired by dropping a toolbox on the floor. #iteachmath
May 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Idea for fraction practice, grab a set of sockets for a socket wrench and get students to order them largest to smallest. This may or may not have been inspired by dropping a toolbox on the floor. #iteachmath
Real life math: I am adding a title to an audio file to make a video for youtube. The video editing software lets me stretch the length of the title clip to double its current length (more or less). The clip is initially 5 seconds long, how many times do I need to do this to make it an hour long?
April 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Real life math: I am adding a title to an audio file to make a video for youtube. The video editing software lets me stretch the length of the title clip to double its current length (more or less). The clip is initially 5 seconds long, how many times do I need to do this to make it an hour long?
Watching Wheel of Fortune and people always buy vowels at the first opportunity, but surely that is more likely to help your opponents? I would think you should wait until you think you will be able to solve.
January 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Watching Wheel of Fortune and people always buy vowels at the first opportunity, but surely that is more likely to help your opponents? I would think you should wait until you think you will be able to solve.
#iTeachMath Used the WHO baby growth charts when teaching percentiles and quartiles. Solid stuff.
January 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#iTeachMath Used the WHO baby growth charts when teaching percentiles and quartiles. Solid stuff.
Okay, I think I muddled my way into an awesome sequence of chemistry experiments for science for citizens 11 (a general science course)
On Monday we did PhET simulations on building atoms and building molecules then did burning gummy bear as demo.
On Monday we did PhET simulations on building atoms and building molecules then did burning gummy bear as demo.
December 12, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Okay, I think I muddled my way into an awesome sequence of chemistry experiments for science for citizens 11 (a general science course)
On Monday we did PhET simulations on building atoms and building molecules then did burning gummy bear as demo.
On Monday we did PhET simulations on building atoms and building molecules then did burning gummy bear as demo.
For the second year I got students in Workplace Math 11 to do a Robot Prior's awesome motion graph matching exercise. I was nervous both times because it is legit tough, and tough doesn't always go well, but both times have been an absolute hit.
#iTeachMath
science.robertprior.ca/physics-11/k...
#iTeachMath
science.robertprior.ca/physics-11/k...
Physics 11: Kinematics
science.robertprior.ca
December 12, 2024 at 4:40 AM
For the second year I got students in Workplace Math 11 to do a Robot Prior's awesome motion graph matching exercise. I was nervous both times because it is legit tough, and tough doesn't always go well, but both times have been an absolute hit.
#iTeachMath
science.robertprior.ca/physics-11/k...
#iTeachMath
science.robertprior.ca/physics-11/k...
What major skills do you think should and/or will be dropped from a standard K-12 curriculum in the next 20 years?
Equation solving maybe? I can't imagine what it would mean to be good at math without being able to do basic algebra but maybe it is possible.
#iTeachMath
Equation solving maybe? I can't imagine what it would mean to be good at math without being able to do basic algebra but maybe it is possible.
#iTeachMath
December 11, 2024 at 1:48 AM
What major skills do you think should and/or will be dropped from a standard K-12 curriculum in the next 20 years?
Equation solving maybe? I can't imagine what it would mean to be good at math without being able to do basic algebra but maybe it is possible.
#iTeachMath
Equation solving maybe? I can't imagine what it would mean to be good at math without being able to do basic algebra but maybe it is possible.
#iTeachMath
Do you know what the SECOND most populous continent is?
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Do you know what the SECOND most populous continent is?
What is the area of the middle i.e. the overlap of the 4 quarter circles?
Told to me at a BCAMT conference several years ago.
#iTeachMath
#recreationalMath
Told to me at a BCAMT conference several years ago.
#iTeachMath
#recreationalMath
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 AM
What is the area of the middle i.e. the overlap of the 4 quarter circles?
Told to me at a BCAMT conference several years ago.
#iTeachMath
#recreationalMath
Told to me at a BCAMT conference several years ago.
#iTeachMath
#recreationalMath
Made fruitcake from an old recipe that makes one large (8x8), one medium (6x6) and one small (4x4) cake.
How would you turn this into a math problem?
#mtbos #iteachmath
How would you turn this into a math problem?
#mtbos #iteachmath
November 30, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Made fruitcake from an old recipe that makes one large (8x8), one medium (6x6) and one small (4x4) cake.
How would you turn this into a math problem?
#mtbos #iteachmath
How would you turn this into a math problem?
#mtbos #iteachmath
Neat effect in the sky today, on either side of the sun there was a very bright yellow/red dot that kinda looked like part of a rainbow. I didn't get a great picture that included both sides.
November 28, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Neat effect in the sky today, on either side of the sun there was a very bright yellow/red dot that kinda looked like part of a rainbow. I didn't get a great picture that included both sides.
I like teaching financial math with spreadsheets. #iTeachMath
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I like teaching financial math with spreadsheets. #iTeachMath
I wonder if kids raised in places with temperatures regularly in the negatives have an easier time with integers. #iteachmath
November 21, 2024 at 1:28 AM
I wonder if kids raised in places with temperatures regularly in the negatives have an easier time with integers. #iteachmath
Had students implement the compound interest formula in Sheets today and got them to see if the values approached a limit as # of compounding periods increased. Unfortunately ran into some kinda bug after about a billion compounding periods per year. #iteachmath
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Had students implement the compound interest formula in Sheets today and got them to see if the values approached a limit as # of compounding periods increased. Unfortunately ran into some kinda bug after about a billion compounding periods per year. #iteachmath
This year in Physics 11 I decided to make the problem sets in-class assignments. The reason was AI, but I like it. Students all get the same challenging questions but with different values and are encouraged to collaborate and use their notes. Lots of great discussions happening.
November 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
This year in Physics 11 I decided to make the problem sets in-class assignments. The reason was AI, but I like it. Students all get the same challenging questions but with different values and are encouraged to collaborate and use their notes. Lots of great discussions happening.
Coil of magnet wire, with two ends sticking out. One fully sanded, one sanded on only one side. Held up by two paperclips over a plastic cup with a magnet on top. A few batteries to provide electricity to the paper clips. I have made this so many times but each time it is magical. #iteachphysics
November 15, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Coil of magnet wire, with two ends sticking out. One fully sanded, one sanded on only one side. Held up by two paperclips over a plastic cup with a magnet on top. A few batteries to provide electricity to the paper clips. I have made this so many times but each time it is magical. #iteachphysics
One of the odd effects of the phone ban is seeing kids playing with their calculators when they have a spare moment.
November 14, 2024 at 12:23 AM
One of the odd effects of the phone ban is seeing kids playing with their calculators when they have a spare moment.
Found this problem in one of Michael Dispezio's puzzle books. I got a different solution than the key did. I am interested in how others would approach it. #iteachmath
August 23, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Found this problem in one of Michael Dispezio's puzzle books. I got a different solution than the key did. I am interested in how others would approach it. #iteachmath
Ran the problem sets I normally assign for intro Physics through ChatGPT and it can now do them (mostly at least). I don't see any way to assign them out of class going forward. Maybe I will try to find some in class time for pared down versions. #iteachphysics
August 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Ran the problem sets I normally assign for intro Physics through ChatGPT and it can now do them (mostly at least). I don't see any way to assign them out of class going forward. Maybe I will try to find some in class time for pared down versions. #iteachphysics
MY GO TO REVIEW. Make sheets with topic title on top (5-10 topics), hand out sets in order. Students write all they can about their topic for x min then pass sheets 'til everyone has seen every topic plus a couple extra. All who ended with the same topic go to the same VNPS to condense key points.
June 14, 2024 at 2:02 AM
MY GO TO REVIEW. Make sheets with topic title on top (5-10 topics), hand out sets in order. Students write all they can about their topic for x min then pass sheets 'til everyone has seen every topic plus a couple extra. All who ended with the same topic go to the same VNPS to condense key points.
#iteachmath #mtbos
Has anyone created a traditional summative test as a Desmos activity? So students would have the test but at least on some questions there could be nudges that they should think a bit more about their answer.
Has anyone created a traditional summative test as a Desmos activity? So students would have the test but at least on some questions there could be nudges that they should think a bit more about their answer.
March 6, 2024 at 9:02 PM
#iteachmath #mtbos
Has anyone created a traditional summative test as a Desmos activity? So students would have the test but at least on some questions there could be nudges that they should think a bit more about their answer.
Has anyone created a traditional summative test as a Desmos activity? So students would have the test but at least on some questions there could be nudges that they should think a bit more about their answer.
Textbook had an error, but I think I will give the question with the prompt "Solve what you can and show why no more can be known".#iteachmath
February 26, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Textbook had an error, but I think I will give the question with the prompt "Solve what you can and show why no more can be known".#iteachmath