Exciting Polypad update!

Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad.

Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new

Interested in learning more about the FREE Polypad Virtual Manipulatives from @amplifyeducation.bsky.social? Sign up for the next Polypad webinar on Nov 5th at 7 PM ET. Even if you can’t make it, sign up to receive a link to the recording. tinyurl.com/5fb4m48z

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 go.info.amplify.com/fy25_amplify...

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The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest

Check out the new Multi-Input Function Machine on Polypad!

Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions

Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE

For high school, in Buffon's Needle, students approximate Pi using a fun (but inefficient) method. Join the activity here: student.desmos.com/join/ny934f

For 6-8 students, in Circle Relationships, students will explore different relationships of parts of a circle: radius and diameter, diameter and circumference, and radius and area. Students will create many different circles and plot the relationship. Join here: student.desmos.com/join/v64g28

For K-5 students, in Drumming with Angles, students experience a full circle as one bar of music and each quadrant as a beat. They'll investigate different sectors, compose beats of their own, and solve a variety of rhythmic challenges. Join the challenge here: student.desmos.com/join/ramtgr

Learn about the math behind neural networks 🧠. Then, train your own neural network to classify sketches & share them with the class!

Join the challenge here: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...

The Desmos Classroom February Monthly Challenges are live!

In "Shape the Beat," students create music using only the internal angles of different triangles and quadrilaterals. What rhythms can YOU make?

Join the fun with students and teachers nationwide: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...

Check out the new enhanced search experience in Desmos Classroom - one of the most highly requested updates!

Now you can:
✅ Filter by grade, author & language
✅ See results in tabs: All, Activities, Collections
✅ Use the collapse icon for better viewing & search refinement

I'm excited to share with you the first Desmos Classroom Monthly Challenge!

For January, we invite students to learn about Kolam, a traditional art form from India, and create their own designs. Share this link with students to have them join the global challenge.

student.desmos.com/join/evfqxc

Happy New Year!

Play around with Prime Factor Circles from @mathforlove.bsky.social at polypad.amplify.com/p#primes

Check out the new Hand Tile on Polypad! It's in the Additional Tools section in the Numbers category.

Learn more about this new tile in this video: youtu.be/Xa7OF-TLC9s

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