Queer Eye’s Mathematical Mishap
On an episode of Queer Eye, a family of 3 was about to become a family of 4.

On an episode of Queer Eye, a family of 3 was about to become a family of 4.
I don’t know about you, but as a secondary school teacher I’ve not often thought about teaching some of the maths fundamentals. We assume students can already add, subtract, multiply and divide single digit numbers. Secondary teachers don’t pay enough credit to primary teachers, who have the critical job of embedding concepts like place value.
But sometimes students come in without these skills, and I’ve always found breaking them down really difficult.
This video is lovely It’s one of a series, talking about the progression of skills from first principles. I highly recommend all maths teachers watch them. I will certainly be trialling some of these ideas. I found the talk of five and tens grids particularly interesting.
I’ve made my first youtube video! I went to the Crytek offices to find out how they use maths to make incredibly complex videogames. Watch it below.
This is really cool. The graphs look like trig functions! Might be a way to introduce them.
A while ago, Chris Moyles had a TV show called ‘Quiz Night’. Part of the program was a maths quiz, done by various pop acts (including, shudder, One Direction).
A lot of these are available on YouTube, so I collected them all together to make a convenient playlist.
I’ve used these a lot. They’re fun and engaging.