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Mary Bourassa

@marybourassa.bsky.social

High school math teacher - she/her. Desmos Fellow. #ThinkingClassroom. #MTBoS. Also, mom to four, foodie, dog person.

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So sorry to hear that. I'm glad you gave Roo such a good home.

04.03.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A clothesline strung across a classroom with fraction cards and pictures sitting upon it.

A clothesline strung across a classroom with fraction cards and pictures sitting upon it.

Thanks to @jennalaib.bsky.social , @natbanting.bsky.social and others for the inspiration to do a fractions clothesline. My student were very engaged! #ITeachMath

19.02.2026 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

#ITeachMath

07.02.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HAPPENING NOW IN MILAN

Hundreds of people have gathered at Piazza XXV Aprile in Milan for an anti-ICE protest.

This comes after it was announced an ICE unit will deploy to Italy for the Winter Olympics.Β Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE would not be welcome in his city.

31.01.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

Wow. It's going down to -30 here this weekend. I'll take that over your weather.

22.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The British Isles (Ok, Britain AND Ireland) drawn using different numbers of polygons. Source: www.reddit.com/user/simonge...

20.01.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, there is no support to attend conferences anymore. I was told last year that I could only go if I either paid for my supply teacher myself or found someone else to pay for them. Sigh.

15.01.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's fantastic! Congratulations!

15.01.2026 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Your 2026 word: joyous

Your 2026 word: joyous

If only!

02.01.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe @astadel.bsky.social needs to cover another filing cabinet?

01.01.2026 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Dogs of 2025
YouTube video by WeRateDogs The Dogs of 2025

The Dogs of 2025

youtu.be/K_1tNbud-8g?...

31.12.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2509    πŸ” 716    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 221
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This chart to me says that opportunities are very unequal in the US. Source: buff.ly/NpnJeWy

06.12.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Thinky Dailies, a daily puzzle adventure! Join our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles - every day, a new puzzle, new rules, new surprises.

Side note: "crafted lovingly by humans" is becoming the next premium something or other.

More to the point: I need more people to go solve the preview pass puzzle so the batch gets to 100 and we get in.

I just solved this puzzle to get access to Thinky Dailies! Try it out!
thinkygames.com/dailies/

04.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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3. MCV4U

No idea if any of this would be helpful, but this is my Desmos collection from the pandemic: classroom.amplify.com/collection/5...

(We don't do nearly as much as most calculus classes.)

19.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder to all maths teachers and people who do maths related things that the #MathsToday hashtag is great for sharing what you've been up to 😊 If you pin the feed to your homepage you can also follow what other people are doing in their classrooms. All welcome!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

04.09.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And today...
S is for stupid

04.08.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#MathsToday #MathsTeaching #Maths

30.07.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Wild Dark Shore, a novel by Charlotte McConaghy

The cover of Wild Dark Shore, a novel by Charlotte McConaghy

Thank you. Just finished reading it and agree with everything you wrote.

25.07.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait. You went to Starbucks?!?

06.07.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Karen, Shelli and Julie at NCTM 2023

Karen, Shelli and Julie at NCTM 2023

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Words cannot express the shock and sorrow we feel hearing that Shelli Temple, @druinok.bsky.social
has passed. Shelli was a connector, a builder, and a believer in the power of community. 🧑 #MTBoS #iteachmath

03.07.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10
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Did someone say folders?! πŸ“‚ πŸ‘€

You now have more options when saving and sharing. πŸŽ‰ Access all your saved graphs across tools in a refreshed view. Share your graphs with more control. Quickly switch between tools. And did we mention folders?

πŸ—’οΈ Learn more: help.desmos.com/hc/en-us/art...

26.06.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

@jennalaib.bsky.social Is this slow reveal worthy?

01.06.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My school's Relay for Life event was yesterday. We raised an amazing $146,888.00! The students showed spirit, determination, and community and made us all so proud.

31.05.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Weather for 12 pm showing partly cloudy and feels like -99 degrees

Weather for 12 pm showing partly cloudy and feels like -99 degrees

I'm a little worried that the whole "hell freezing over" thing might be happening today.

24.05.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of mine was "direction or decision?"

I think I'll be processing that for a while. Thanks.

10.05.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nat wearing a beige hoodie with the word basic on the front

Nat wearing a beige hoodie with the word basic on the front

Back to basics hoodie with @natbanting.bsky.social at #OAME2025

09.05.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Nat wearing a shirt that says Graham

Nat wearing a shirt that says Graham

@gfletchy.bsky.social Nat's a big fan of you.

08.05.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A mysterious room with an enormous key.

A mysterious room with an enormous key.

πŸ”‘πŸšͺIt’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!

02.05.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Not talking about hockey today, huh?

30.04.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Check this out @amcsquared.bsky.social!

30.04.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0