Tim Chartier

terdragon transforms into duck curve

Dancing Tree

And the gold medal goes to Pierre Bézier.

#olympics #mathsky #iteachmath #desmos

One superpower #math gives me is the ability to picture an interesting object in my head, spark up #Mathematica, and within a few minutes figure out how to make it "real." It's intoxicating!

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Was watching the Game of Thrones spin-off and saw mathematical designs. Decided to try one. This isn't what I saw but what I made AFTER I made what I saw!

Went out to eat, saw a pattern on a tapestry, took a picture, and came home and replicated it in python! Gracious!

YouTube video by Math Figures Hit the Slope: Horizontal and Vertical Lines

It snowed… so naturally I started thinking about slope. ❄️🐇

Horizontal: ski across.
Vertical: fall down.

That’s the whole slope story.https://youtu.be/_TdNhrS4RXA?si=yFmSNRksi6-actZw

YouTube video by Math Figures GCM: Finding the Most in Common

My son is teaching one-on-one in an elementary math classroom. I've been making animation and puppet videos to support his work. Here is a video on Greatest Common Multiple. youtu.be/K9qpGEiFYn0

Coffee Containers by Jenkins & Ungher

My wife Dr. Jennifer Quinn is more than a mathematician and math museum director. She is an artist! Here is her #LuxPortrait of Einstein, painted with luminous bacteria on a Petri dish. Such talent! #DontFearTheMicrobe #LuxArt @univpugetsound @microbe.tv @ASMicrobiology

I love when a simple image helps students stop “trying to remember” and start reasoning.

Skiing for horizontal. Falling for vertical.
It sticks because it makes sense.

YouTube video by Math Figures Hit the Slope: Horizontal and Vertical Lines

What’s the slope of a horizontal line?
What about a vertical one?

Horizontal is like cross-country skiing
Vertical is like falling.

Math is easier when you can feel it.
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Turns out math behaves better when everyone waits their turn.

YouTube video by Math Figures PEMDAS animation (no puppet narration)

I’ve also posted just the animation (no characters) as a classroom-ready clip—easy to pause and talk through why order matters. youtu.be/WcPEIub-Gas

PEMDAS isn’t about memorizing an order—it’s about avoiding chaos.

Bob the Counting Sheep gets a visual explanation (with a little help) of why order matters in math.

More sketches at Math Figures: www.youtube.com/@mathfigures...

#iTeachMath #MathEducation

Mathematics takes “almost” seriously.

What does it mean to get
    closer and
    closer and
    closer
to zero without arriving?

In mathematics, approaching can matter—even without arriving.

More sketches at Math Figures: www.youtube.com/@mathfigures...

#iTeachMath #MathEducation #MathArt

One of my favorite moments: When Clara saw the video of Zippy and jumped into showing him the correct reasoning. And THAT became the video!

YouTube video by Math Figures zippy math = good at math?

I put just the Zippy clip on the channel as a classroom-ready resource—easy to pause and ask, “What went wrong here?” youtu.be/l74WoFSDodw

Zippy thinks he’s good at math because he’s quick.

A second grader shows him where he went wrong.

Speed isn’t understanding.

Thinking matters.

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A small Sunday thought: a function keeps its promise.

Same input → same output.

What is a function… and what definitely is not? 🤔 Puppet Dr. C introduces a very pushable example: touch a button → get a predictable result.

Math with puppets, clarity, and a little mischief.

▶️ More videos coming soon: youtu.be/yn3hPqJQBs8 #MathEducation #ITeachMath #TeachingWithJoy

The Lakers are due for a massive regression to the mean The 2025-26 Los Angeles Lakers currently have best win percentage for a team with negative point differential NBA history. That could be a bad sign.

Not to be mean….

Astronaut Debuts a New Geometrical Shape That Can Only Be Achieved in Space Want to sculpt this shape? You'll need to go to outer space for that.

Spaced out shape!

Video Professor of mathematics and computer science sets us straight on lottery odds ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Davidson College professor Tim Chartier who says you're 20,000 times more likely to get hit by lightning than win Wednesday’s $1.7B Powerball jackpot.

'Tis the season - not only for the holidays but right now for a > billion dollar Powerball drawing. What are the odds? Watch my clip on on ABC News Live. abcnews.go.com/US/video/pro...

Sometimes google is charming.

If you search for "times new roman" your results show up in Times New Roman font. Same with Calibri. Same with "Impact Font", and "Georgia font", and "Verdana font". (Maybe Helvetica too? I can't tell.)

(I learned about this via Daring Fireball)

I'm in charge of the depart mental display. I have a few slides for "finals". I thought I'd share.

I'm in charge of the depart mental display. I have a few slides for "finals". I thought I'd share. This one works for faculty too! 😀