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Glen Gilchrist

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STEM stuff. Purely personal thoughts. YouTube https://xitter.cf/t.co/ERVBft22D6 Life saved by the NHS 1983, 1985 and 2021. ND.

 Newport, sunny Wales
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Which (all?) of the five proficiencies does this show? Excellent activity for Curriculum for Wales. @WG_Education #cfw #curriculumforwales
Howie Hua (@howie_hua) profile pictureHowie Hua@howie_hua25 Aug 2022
New TikTok video: My first mathematical activity I do with students
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As we go back to school....
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Pause for thought:
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Reality shatter. Our illusory world. The psychology of perception. These boxes are not moving. (GIF by @jagarikin) xitter.cf/pickover/status/147548…
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Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, from 1995. From The Demon-Haunted World
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Can someone explain to me (in a non partisan way and without blame storming Russia / Covid ) how/why we as a "mature" democracy can allow Energy companies to make £billion profits whilst people plunge into poverty? @GOVUK @WelshGovernment? #losttheplot
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part 2/2 (3) Will they be available to buy? (4) Any chance I can access the data via Circuit Python on a Raspberry PI Pico - would make a great part of a standalone logger. @RedfernElec
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Wanting to use the DataHive Green (from @RedfernElec) as part of a coding activity (JavaScript) - have questions: (1) Can I use the JavaScript libraries from you web site please? (2) Will "logging" be available or will I need to roll my own (see 1)? part 1/2
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Hackster.io@Hacksterio25 Jul 2022
Anders Nielsen's Simple Universal Modem saves your vintage computer's data to almost any audio device: bit.ly/3z1Y2FU
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What a talented artist - perfect thoughts for #curriculumforwales
Shamsia Hassani (@ShamsiaHassani) profile pictureShamsia Hassani@ShamsiaHassani24 Jul 2022
ای کاش کلمه ای وجود میداشت که حس وابستگی و عشق به وطن را تشریح میکرد که من حالا میتوانستم آنرا عنوان این اثرم بگذارم. I wish there was a word that could describe the feeling of belonging and love for homeland. I would use that word as a title
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Before mathematicians used modern symbolic algebra, they would reason geometrically. For instance, these figures show the equation (𝑎 + 𝑏)² = 𝑎² + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏². quantamagazine.org/the-scand…
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Fascinating thread - one for @forteantimes about how ancient artifacts are reinterpreted which in turn alters our interpretation which in turn.....
Lisa McNulty (@LisaIRMcNulty) profile pictureLisa McNulty@LisaIRMcNulty20 Jul 2022
So, I’m not normally one for conspiracy theories, but: is there any way that Britons living some time in the Bronze Age had access to photographs of a horse from 1879? 🧵
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Monk Makes@monkmakes18 Jul 2022
Clever eh? Watermarked 400pt breadboard 😁 He thinks of everything!
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"The Gallium Man" - a new fork of the Stone Man saga @LukeSmitherd ;-)
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A new Pi to inspire our teachers with? #ebenana they say, maths education says "Singingbanana" aka @jamesgrime
We will randomly select 1 follower per week through to September 1st for retweeting this post to receive a free TFFB device😃 #teachertwitter #teacher
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Peter Rowlett@peterrowlett29 Jun 2022
Saw this earlier today in London. Nice pic for demonstrating “survey” is not a synonym for “questionnaire”.
Box chained to a lamppost connected to wires crossing a cycle lane. Box is labelled “TRAFFIC DATA Survey in Progress”.

ALT Box chained to a lamppost connected to wires crossing a cycle lane. Box is labelled “TRAFFIC DATA Survey in Progress”.

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The only thing which has improved since Brexit is the average IQ of EU citizens.
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This is my new favourite metaphor for some educational fads; - it’s simple - it feels revolutionary - it’s seductive - it doesn’t make a difference My new book - “Turning the Straw Upside Down”
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