I asked Ss why they think we spent so much time exploring and proving formulas rather than memorizing. This answer is my favorite: "If you use a formula that you blindly trust, it's harder to use. It's like making a friend. You have to become closer to them to fully trust them."

Heading to #NCTM? Come hang out with me at Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct 16 in Atlanta! Trivia, games, food, and fun! RSVP here:

✨ Math is everywhere—even in a kite’s flight! In this Amplify Classroom geometry lesson, high school students explore angle bisectors through transformations and congruence. Try out the activity: https://t.co/L01oKBkfQM. #FreeActivityFriday #FAF #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Heading to NCTM? Win prizes, mingle with math teachers, and maybe even bring home the new trivia champ title at the annual @Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct. 16, 2025! Sign up at https://t.co/HejNNG9MM1

📣 Hey teachers—new year, new routines! Don’t forget fluency practice. Deck 1 of Addition and Subtraction by Heart 1 builds the “counting on” strategy. Explore it for yourself—plus 16 free decks of flash cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. 🧡 Get started:

🎨 Each year we host the Polypad Art & Music Contest—where students and teachers bring math to life through art and sound. 📣 Meet one of our 2025 winners: Celia Coda! This botanical design was created by Celia using pentagon tilings and other geometric tools in Polypad. Give

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👀 Amplify Classroom is here! Access free, interactive lessons and gain insights into student thinking—all in one place. Join 300,000+ teachers who are exploring this new platform to energize classroom learning. 💻 Create your free account: https://t.co/JVeEAgAd0X

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This is the final week of the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest! Looking for a great end-of-year activity? This is the perfect thing. Learn more at https://t.co/reV7qnQcoL

In case you missed the announcement, the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest is on-going! Looking for a great end-of-year activity? This is the perfect thing. Learn more at https://t.co/reV7qnQcoL

Desarrollo plano de los 5 poliedros regulares. Vídeos, fichas imprimibles y tableros interactivos en #Polypad @Amplify. Comparto: 1. Vídeo 2. Ficha imprimible 3. Tablero interactivo de cada uno de los desarrollos planos de los 5 poliedros regulares, por separado, y uno con todos.

Want to learn about making a piece of visual art of the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest? Get started here: https://t.co/spuMbEyKLZ

Still teaching this school year and looking for a fun, engaging, FREE end-of-year activity? Check out the Polypad Art and Music Contest at https://t.co/pUJgKyJIhh to learn more and to find links to activities to help students get started!

Algebra 1 rocked their Des-Face projects this week! Some students even created self-portraits this year! Here's a gallery for your viewing pleasure, and a link to the iteration of the activity we used! 😍 @desmosclassroom #DesMan #iteachmath https://t.co/gxMWAXxXxD

🎨 Boost end-of-year fun with our annual Polypad Art and Music Contest! All students are welcome, and we've added a new teacher-only category for educators to join in the fun. 👀 Get started here: https://t.co/MfmyZngT82

Take a swing at our latest monthly challenge: Contour Golf! ⛳️ In this activity for grades 8+, students will aim for a hole-in-one by mastering the right combination of power and direction on various 3D graphs. Join classrooms nationwide here: https://t.co/nLSkxTt77t #MTBoS

🐼 We can bear-ly contain our excitement for Free Lesson Friday! Try out Panda Patterns, a grade 3 lesson that helps students use known addition facts and patterns to determine sums: https://t.co/hTO2GIDrFo #MTBoS #ITeachMath @desmosclassroom

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🔑 Kicking off our May Monthly Challenge with the ever-popular Escape Room! Compete with students across the country to see who can make a break for it. 👀 Join the fun: https://t.co/S3rQrfHehe #MTBoS #ITeachMath @desmosclassroom

🔑🚪It’s time to escape! Check out the newest Desmos escape room! To play yourself: https://t.co/ppDVNwMmaE (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: https://t.co/xZ1hcHqxCe Have fun!