Chris Hunter
@chrishunter.bsky.social
Former secondary math teacher • Current K-12 Numeracy Helping Teacher, Surrey Schools • President, BCAMT • #MTBoS
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New #tmwyk!
If you've been following #vehiclechat (or if you've been puzzled by it), here's some more depth and background.
talkingmathwithkids.com/blog/on-vehi...
If you've been following #vehiclechat (or if you've been puzzled by it), here's some more depth and background.
talkingmathwithkids.com/blog/on-vehi...
On vehicles and the meanings of words | Talking Math With Your Kids
The following is an extended excerpt of a cover letter for Is It a Vehicle?, a book I have play-tested many hundreds of times in a wide range of situations over the last five-plus years and not yet fo...
talkingmathwithkids.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New #tmwyk!
If you've been following #vehiclechat (or if you've been puzzled by it), here's some more depth and background.
talkingmathwithkids.com/blog/on-vehi...
If you've been following #vehiclechat (or if you've been puzzled by it), here's some more depth and background.
talkingmathwithkids.com/blog/on-vehi...
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New Blog Post:
Inputs & Outputs
Reflecting on a session with Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik at NCTM 2025, examining areas of cognition and micro-routines for engagement of all students.
Inputs & Outputs
Reflecting on a session with Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik at NCTM 2025, examining areas of cognition and micro-routines for engagement of all students.
Inputs and Outputs
I recently returned from NCTM in Atlanta. It was a beautiful week of learning and connection (and late night karaoke -- priorities). "Let's See What You're Saying." On Friday, I attended a session with Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta entitled "Engage all students in mathematical ideas and processes by planning from the margins in." (It was predictably brilliant; I love…
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October 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New Blog Post:
Inputs & Outputs
Reflecting on a session with Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik at NCTM 2025, examining areas of cognition and micro-routines for engagement of all students.
Inputs & Outputs
Reflecting on a session with Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik at NCTM 2025, examining areas of cognition and micro-routines for engagement of all students.
Lovely collection of Same & Different prompts for high school from @karencampe.bsky.social!
Enjoy! All the images from my 2 blog posts on "Same & Different" are in the google drive.
Here's the main post, also check out the "calculus edition"
karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/s...
Here's the main post, also check out the "calculus edition"
karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/s...
Same and Different
I’ve been using “Same and Different” as an inquiry strategy with my students for several years. Read on for more about this thinking routine and some of my favorite prompts. What is “Same and…
karendcampe.wordpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lovely collection of Same & Different prompts for high school from @karencampe.bsky.social!
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By revealing graphs piece by piece, teachers can build student curiosity and guide them to more effectively make sense of data! 📊
#DataLiteracy #EduSky #MathSky
#DataLiteracy #EduSky #MathSky
The Power of Slow Reveal Graphs
Teachers can leverage students’ curiosity to explore visual representations of data in an engaging way.
edut.to
September 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
By revealing graphs piece by piece, teachers can build student curiosity and guide them to more effectively make sense of data! 📊
#DataLiteracy #EduSky #MathSky
#DataLiteracy #EduSky #MathSky
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Don't forget about the 100+ free challenging tasks for secondary math teachers at www.map.mathshell.org/lesso... There are around 20 per grade level.
July 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Don't forget about the 100+ free challenging tasks for secondary math teachers at www.map.mathshell.org/lesso... There are around 20 per grade level.
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I remember learning about the associative property in school and remembered it was so boring, but it can help us with mental math!
July 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I'm having a blast revisiting Estimation 180 tasks.
My next attempt: Cheeseballs day 207. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you missed 206...it's there too. #estimation180 #iteachmath #mtbos
My next attempt: Cheeseballs day 207. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you missed 206...it's there too. #estimation180 #iteachmath #mtbos
My Attempts at Estimation 180 tasks - YouTube
Andrew estimates tasks that he has not seen in years.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'm having a blast revisiting Estimation 180 tasks.
My next attempt: Cheeseballs day 207. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you missed 206...it's there too. #estimation180 #iteachmath #mtbos
My next attempt: Cheeseballs day 207. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you missed 206...it's there too. #estimation180 #iteachmath #mtbos
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May 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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🚨Attention #Algebra Ts, are you looking for ideas to review for a final exam❓🤔Check out this @geogebra.org collection of resources: interactive, engaging, and great for #MathPlay 🧮
🔗👇
www.geogebra.org/m/bmyse2ca
#MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky #MathsToday #STEM #ElemMathChat #EdTech #EdChat #EduSky
🔗👇
www.geogebra.org/m/bmyse2ca
#MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky #MathsToday #STEM #ElemMathChat #EdTech #EdChat #EduSky
April 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🚨Attention #Algebra Ts, are you looking for ideas to review for a final exam❓🤔Check out this @geogebra.org collection of resources: interactive, engaging, and great for #MathPlay 🧮
🔗👇
www.geogebra.org/m/bmyse2ca
#MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky #MathsToday #STEM #ElemMathChat #EdTech #EdChat #EduSky
🔗👇
www.geogebra.org/m/bmyse2ca
#MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky #MathsToday #STEM #ElemMathChat #EdTech #EdChat #EduSky
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New lesson added to our free lesson library!
__The Tax Collector__
This is an expanded writeup of my original @nytimes.com Numberplay writeup from 2015. Features a tie-in to my more recent @ted-ed.bsky.social riddle too!
Great for grades 4 - 10.
mathforlove.com/lesson/tax-c...
__The Tax Collector__
This is an expanded writeup of my original @nytimes.com Numberplay writeup from 2015. Features a tie-in to my more recent @ted-ed.bsky.social riddle too!
Great for grades 4 - 10.
mathforlove.com/lesson/tax-c...
The Tax Collector (aka The Tarot Card Riddle) - Math For Love
mathforlove.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New lesson added to our free lesson library!
__The Tax Collector__
This is an expanded writeup of my original @nytimes.com Numberplay writeup from 2015. Features a tie-in to my more recent @ted-ed.bsky.social riddle too!
Great for grades 4 - 10.
mathforlove.com/lesson/tax-c...
__The Tax Collector__
This is an expanded writeup of my original @nytimes.com Numberplay writeup from 2015. Features a tie-in to my more recent @ted-ed.bsky.social riddle too!
Great for grades 4 - 10.
mathforlove.com/lesson/tax-c...
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Did the Dog vs People Names scatter plot today with a room full of k-12 computer science teachers, and WOW, the discussion we had! 🤓 #slowrevealgraphs
Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese
Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar…
Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar…
Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese
Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Original graph - McCalip, Andrew (@andrewmccalip). “Since we're talking manufacturing this week... I think a lot about the price of cheese vs vehicles per pound.” …
slowrevealgraphs.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Did the Dog vs People Names scatter plot today with a room full of k-12 computer science teachers, and WOW, the discussion we had! 🤓 #slowrevealgraphs
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Happy Friday, everyone! Same old me, but my blog has a new home:
fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/new-blog-h...
Please come by to visit when you have a moment!
#MTBoS #iteachmath
fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/new-blog-h...
Please come by to visit when you have a moment!
#MTBoS #iteachmath
A Great Day of Teaching—and a New Home for the Blog
Hey friends,
fawnnguyen.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Happy Friday, everyone! Same old me, but my blog has a new home:
fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/new-blog-h...
Please come by to visit when you have a moment!
#MTBoS #iteachmath
fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/new-blog-h...
Please come by to visit when you have a moment!
#MTBoS #iteachmath
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links-My favourite #math related links from this week:
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/05/math...
links&help from @mrvalencia24.bsky.social @comapmath.bsky.social @openmiddle.com @robertkaplinsky.com @howiehua.bsky.social @unsolvedmre.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/05/math...
links&help from @mrvalencia24.bsky.social @comapmath.bsky.social @openmiddle.com @robertkaplinsky.com @howiehua.bsky.social @unsolvedmre.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
[New Post] Ontario Math Links-My favourite #math related links from this week:
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/05/math...
links&help from @mrvalencia24.bsky.social @comapmath.bsky.social @openmiddle.com @robertkaplinsky.com @howiehua.bsky.social @unsolvedmre.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/05/math...
links&help from @mrvalencia24.bsky.social @comapmath.bsky.social @openmiddle.com @robertkaplinsky.com @howiehua.bsky.social @unsolvedmre.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
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Dynamic window size in @desmos.com means that we only need 1 parabola now! Hooray!
www.desmos.com/calculator/z...
www.desmos.com/calculator/z...
same parabola
www.desmos.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Dynamic window size in @desmos.com means that we only need 1 parabola now! Hooray!
www.desmos.com/calculator/z...
www.desmos.com/calculator/z...
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Canucks have made marketing misstep after marketing misstep over the past decade...but never done anything like this
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Canucks have made marketing misstep after marketing misstep over the past decade...but never done anything like this
Join me for "Multiplication: More Than Repeated Addition and Times Tables" at the 2025 @mypita.bsky.social Spring Conference in Squamish on May 9!
May 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Join me for "Multiplication: More Than Repeated Addition and Times Tables" at the 2025 @mypita.bsky.social Spring Conference in Squamish on May 9!
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Launch for tomorrow's polynomial division lesson. #iteachmath #MTBoS
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Launch for tomorrow's polynomial division lesson. #iteachmath #MTBoS
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With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
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This year, I joined NCSS (social studies) as part of my registration for their national conference. (I presented about slow reveal graphs!) Today, their journal arrived.
What a beautiful surprise to see an article from fellow math educator/SS enthusiast @mathillustrated.bsky.social! 🤩
What a beautiful surprise to see an article from fellow math educator/SS enthusiast @mathillustrated.bsky.social! 🤩
April 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This year, I joined NCSS (social studies) as part of my registration for their national conference. (I presented about slow reveal graphs!) Today, their journal arrived.
What a beautiful surprise to see an article from fellow math educator/SS enthusiast @mathillustrated.bsky.social! 🤩
What a beautiful surprise to see an article from fellow math educator/SS enthusiast @mathillustrated.bsky.social! 🤩
April 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Gr8 Chase Is Over! www.desmos.com/calculator/t...
(From 5 years ago… chrishunter.ca/2021/10/08/o...)
#MTBoS #iTeachMath
(From 5 years ago… chrishunter.ca/2021/10/08/o...)
#MTBoS #iTeachMath
April 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Gr8 Chase Is Over! www.desmos.com/calculator/t...
(From 5 years ago… chrishunter.ca/2021/10/08/o...)
#MTBoS #iTeachMath
(From 5 years ago… chrishunter.ca/2021/10/08/o...)
#MTBoS #iTeachMath
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March 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This is a nice problem for students to think about!
My wife and I have very different opinions on how to handle this situation. I am glad to see students agree more with me! What would you do? #iteachmath
December 7, 2023 at 5:47 PM
This is a nice problem for students to think about!
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#MathsToday
Today was day 1 of logarithms in #MHF4U so I presented students with this, inspired by James Tanton.
Today was day 1 of logarithms in #MHF4U so I presented students with this, inspired by James Tanton.
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
#MathsToday
Today was day 1 of logarithms in #MHF4U so I presented students with this, inspired by James Tanton.
Today was day 1 of logarithms in #MHF4U so I presented students with this, inspired by James Tanton.