Bob Lochel
@boblochel.bsky.social
HS math teacher. Interested in the intentional intersection of technology, conversation, and beautiful Mathematics. President - Philadelphia area NCTM affiliate.
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Curious how these new features could be used to walk through some of this year's AP Statistics questions? Check out this tutorial video from @boblochel.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnCT...
AP Stats Exam 2025 with Desmos!
YouTube video by Bob Lochel
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May 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Curious how these new features could be used to walk through some of this year's AP Statistics questions? Check out this tutorial video from @boblochel.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnCT...
Our long, national Shedeur Sanders nightmare is over.
April 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our long, national Shedeur Sanders nightmare is over.
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These people are bad at counting motorcycles.
April 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
These people are bad at counting motorcycles.
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These cuts are ruining people’s careers. This is not efficiency - capricious changes to funding damage science for generations.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts
The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.
www.nature.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
These cuts are ruining people’s careers. This is not efficiency - capricious changes to funding damage science for generations.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can you think of a scenario when someone improved their score by 16 strokes from one day to the next like JT?
@pganews.bsky.social
@pganews.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Can you think of a scenario when someone improved their score by 16 strokes from one day to the next like JT?
@pganews.bsky.social
@pganews.bsky.social
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The screaming crowd who voted for deep cuts now screaming that they were cut. Welcome to the party pal!
March 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The screaming crowd who voted for deep cuts now screaming that they were cut. Welcome to the party pal!
Exciting updates to probability distributions on Desmos just dropped. Check it out!
youtu.be/0Yhf0V_lBgA?...
youtu.be/0Yhf0V_lBgA?...
Desmos Distribution Updates
YouTube video by Bob Lochel
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March 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Exciting updates to probability distributions on Desmos just dropped. Check it out!
youtu.be/0Yhf0V_lBgA?...
youtu.be/0Yhf0V_lBgA?...
February 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I play the Linkedin games every day
I watch Severance
How is there not a daily @linkedin.com game where I swat the scary numbers into a bin?
I'd solve Cold Harbor better than 95% of CEOs!
I watch Severance
How is there not a daily @linkedin.com game where I swat the scary numbers into a bin?
I'd solve Cold Harbor better than 95% of CEOs!
February 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I play the Linkedin games every day
I watch Severance
How is there not a daily @linkedin.com game where I swat the scary numbers into a bin?
I'd solve Cold Harbor better than 95% of CEOs!
I watch Severance
How is there not a daily @linkedin.com game where I swat the scary numbers into a bin?
I'd solve Cold Harbor better than 95% of CEOs!
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Here’s the pitch:
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Here’s the pitch:
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
Truly appreciate Orange leading the cars around at Daytona....leading us all towards many future left turns!
February 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Truly appreciate Orange leading the cars around at Daytona....leading us all towards many future left turns!
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the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
A @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social - themed Slow Reveal Graph.
#iTeachMath #MTBoS
docs.google.com/presentation...
#iTeachMath #MTBoS
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social - themed Slow Reveal Graph.
#iTeachMath #MTBoS
docs.google.com/presentation...
#iTeachMath #MTBoS
docs.google.com/presentation...
The Washington Commanders, trying their best to apply Zeno's Paradox to the gridiron.
January 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Washington Commanders, trying their best to apply Zeno's Paradox to the gridiron.
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Every math professor on the first day of class this term:
Here by “X” i mean a variable, not the platform where Nazis argue with pedophiles over how to close a Cybertruck glove compartment without amputating a finger.
January 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Every math professor on the first day of class this term:
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January 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@nbcsportsphiladelphia.com pre-game live predicted Saquon would break the Birds playoff record with and run over 62. This TD was 62 yards.
Man, that pre-game show is a bunch of clowns.
Man, that pre-game show is a bunch of clowns.
January 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@nbcsportsphiladelphia.com pre-game live predicted Saquon would break the Birds playoff record with and run over 62. This TD was 62 yards.
Man, that pre-game show is a bunch of clowns.
Man, that pre-game show is a bunch of clowns.
Yesterday I was on the front line when a student went into a seizure. Today I consoled a student who came to school the day after her dad died. So the next time you want to talk shit over my career.... keep this all in mind.
Thanks for the Friday ventilation...
Thanks for the Friday ventilation...
January 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Yesterday I was on the front line when a student went into a seizure. Today I consoled a student who came to school the day after her dad died. So the next time you want to talk shit over my career.... keep this all in mind.
Thanks for the Friday ventilation...
Thanks for the Friday ventilation...
Reflecting back to 2015 and the great times we all had at Twitter Math Camp at Harvey Mudd in Claremont, CA. Hoping that all of our friends there are safe and thinking of you all.
January 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Reflecting back to 2015 and the great times we all had at Twitter Math Camp at Harvey Mudd in Claremont, CA. Hoping that all of our friends there are safe and thinking of you all.
Tennessee wearing Oilers uniforms today against the Texans isn't only super-confusing to watch, it also seems blatantly disrespectful.
January 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Tennessee wearing Oilers uniforms today against the Texans isn't only super-confusing to watch, it also seems blatantly disrespectful.
Is there a bigger waste of manpower and resources than a blimp providing "coverage" outside of a domed stadium?
January 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Is there a bigger waste of manpower and resources than a blimp providing "coverage" outside of a domed stadium?
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When public education operates as a free market, there will be winners, and there will be losers.
In this case, the losers were parents, kids and taxpayers. Via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
In this case, the losers were parents, kids and taxpayers. Via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.
Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2024 at 2:06 PM
When public education operates as a free market, there will be winners, and there will be losers.
In this case, the losers were parents, kids and taxpayers. Via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
In this case, the losers were parents, kids and taxpayers. Via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
So, I want to be able to slide into public-school retirement but eventually teach college courses which leverage my experience in the tech and math space to help new teachers. But I don't have a doctorate and don't plan for paying for one. My options are.....?
December 28, 2024 at 12:45 AM
So, I want to be able to slide into public-school retirement but eventually teach college courses which leverage my experience in the tech and math space to help new teachers. But I don't have a doctorate and don't plan for paying for one. My options are.....?