In this episode of Room to Grow, Joanie and Curtis take some time to have fun with math. We share some of the puns, memes, and GIFs about math that make us laugh, make us think, and have been or would be great to share with students.

We all appreciate the chance to laugh, and although puns and memes are often silly and sometimes groan-worthy, sharing the lighter side of ourselves and of math with students is a great way to build relationships and classroom culture. No doubt, your students will appreciate knowing what makes you laugh or groan when it comes to math. Bear with us as we describe our favorites, and click below to find the visual images we discuss in this episode. Share YOUR favorites with us using our email address, [email protected]. 

We encourage you to explore the resources below, referenced in this episode:

• A snow “angle” Tweet by STEM Spark
• Joanie’s Algebra 1 textbook with punny word problems (it does still exist!) 
• “Dad jokes” for math
• Graph of past relationships
• What does Bob have now?
• Seven-digit number
• Factored quadratic expression Tweet by David Glasberg
• Visualizing the quadratic formula by Lane Walker on myNCTM (NCTM membership required)
• Schoolhouse Rock! The Preamble
• Quadratic formula song
• Clock with math expressions
• Willy Wonka meme

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