robert maccarthy

Had a minute on the courts after the library field trip. SUMMASKOOL… Postered a kid.

Mini Slam Dunk Contest after the Library Field Trip. SummaSkool.

Ummm..... pig zombies....

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/zombie-pigs-brainex?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1573141205

Yale scientists restore brain function of 32 dead pigs Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.

http://berkeleyearth.lbl.gov/downloads/CaliforniaFire.gif

Exactly what my students are learning. Climate change and ratios. Love this one. Data don’t lie.

berkeleyearth.lbl.gov

Bringing writing into math... I do love it. Read this ratio story for a 4:1.

Visssssssco Rattler!! Born this week at Willard.

Fighting for our students and our jobs!!
http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/berkeley-teachers-rally-demand-raise-new-contract

Berkeley teachers rally; demand raise, new contract Hundreds of teachers, parents, staff, and students marched through the streets of Berkeley, demanding higher wages and a new contract for educators on Wednesday. 

IT’s ABOUT TIME!! Finally!! mathisnotacrime!

https://sports.theonion.com/jordan-lyles-becomes-first-brewer-to-wear-irrational-nu-1836828384?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=theonion_copy&utm_campaign=top

Jordan Lyles Becomes First Brewer To Wear Irrational Number All the latest sports coverage from The Onion, America's finest news source.

Ccccccccccrunch! Sorry Aubrey!

MART (Math+Art). GeoMonsters. Was really blown away with their math, design, art & teamwork. Surface Area & Volume of the polyhedrons was covered. Each group followed it all up with a movie explaining their processing (go metacognition!).

https://www-m.cnn.com/2015/03/09/africa/esther-okade-maths-genius/index.html?r=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com

Esther Okade, 10-year-old math genius starts college - CNN Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old -- she's loves Barbie dolls and Frozen. But she's also a mathematics marvel who just enrolled at college!

In case you missed it (6th grade)

https://youtu.be/qG_W1TD8YhY

WILLARD ORATORICAL 2019 6th Grade 2nd annual Oratorical Fest. Willard Middle School. Berkeley. CA. 6th Grade.

In case you missed it (7/8th graders)

https://youtu.be/atZc3GTU6BI

WIllard Oratorical 7th and 8th Grade 2018-19 WIllard Middle School. 2nd Annual. Berkeley. CA

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwvvCOPBI-K/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ynpkzc1cha3c

Next up: Houston 🤠

This Sat 10-2
Get ur Tukus there
It’s something great 2 Do

Support our Cooking/Gardening program.

Plants, pizza, free compost... and more!

My fav fundraiser of the year.

http://www.growingleadersbayarea.com/events.html

Events Saturday, April 27th | 10am - 2pm in the Willard Middle School Garden, enter through gate on Telegraph We'll be selling a variety of veggie starts, like tomatoes and peppers, as well as flower starts...

Day of Silence. Willard is amazing. Another great turnout to support our 🏳️‍🌈! Great job Sharon Arthur & the GASA squad!

Cowabunga=Math+Art+Dali

https://www.facebook.com/19440638720/posts/10156411155843721?sfns=mo

America’s Most Elaborate Corn Maze Is Made of GPS and Math | WIRED One farm in Massachusetts has used an arsenal of high- and low-tech tools, and over the years that gear available has changed the look of the maze.

Pi Week Pics 2019

https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/karen-uhlenbeck-first-woman-to-win-abel-prize-in-math.html

A Woman Has Won the ‘Nobel Prize of Math’ for the First Time Ever Karen Uhlenbeck is the first woman to win the Abel Prize for mathematics.

August Fink! 802 digits of Pi! New Willard record (by 2). Pi Week! Watch my boi rattle em off!

He did 750 at the Pi Party, froze up on a string of 10. I told him to brush up on it then see me Monday... he showed up at my classroom 20 minutes later and rattle them all off.

https://youtu.be/mldHQTPKrI0

802 digits of Pi! Breaking a 10 year record (of 800)! August, way to go!

Help me win a vacation!! YEEEE! Vote 4 me!!

https://nclgivingjoy.com/voteme/30373/632419773?lc=eng&ep1=fb

CAST YOUR VOTE! 15 TEACHERS, 15 GIFTS OF JOY https://youtu.be/b3X1S3T7udY Please watch video showcasing Robert MacCarthy. I, Robert, have been loving working with middle school students for over 20 years. This job picked me. My students bring so much to the table, so I just meet them where they are at and let the learning fly off the pages int...

Set your alarm for 1:59 and 26 seconds for a Pi day Giggle. It will be 3.1415926 (3/14 1:59:26) on the 👃. Have an irrational day everyone!!

Pi 4 PE!!

https://youtu.be/dF6jQnTdcNM

Pi Jacks R Back! Willard! 6ers. Great energy!!

Drum roll 🥁: THE 2019 PI WEEK ACTIVITIES! A 5 min video by Willard’s Math Dept.

https://youtu.be/VMKDpX-M8dM

PI TEASER 2019 v 2.0 A few of the fourteen 2019 pi week activities mildly explained. Be sure to get your 10 stamps so you can head down to the PI PARTY this Friday, March 15th, i...

Willard is ready for PI WEEK!! R U???

http://huffp.st/OCHomgC

NASA's First All-Female Spacewalk Will Happen During Women's History Month Astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch, along with flight controller Jackie Kagey, are set to conduct the International Space Station spacewalk on Ma...

Willard is in East Bay Times. We support Oakland Schools.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/02/26/picket-lines-hold-on-day-4-of-oakland-teachers-strike-bargaining-continues/

District: Oakland teachers strike costing $1 million a day in state funding Plummeting daily attendance is costing the debt-ridden Oakland Unified School District around $1 million in state funding each day teachers strike for more pay and better working conditions.

From my friend and long time WIllard teacher.... SMDH!

Math party & 🌈. 4 day weekend!!! Yeee! Baby Friday!

https://www.wired.com/story/rip-opportunity-rover/?utm_source=facebook&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=wired&mbid=social_fb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wired

R.I.P., Opportunity Rover: the Hardest-Working Robot in the Solar System NASA announced that, after 15 years and 5,000 charge cycles, the Mars rover Opportunity is officially dead. Here’s what killed the tenacious little robot.

You got it?

NERDOUT! New math shirt. .

What did my school do this morning? FOUGHT FOR PUBLIC EDUCTION! Things are getting fired up in Oakland and LA. Public schools—- they need your help. Please hit up Oakland tomorrow for an important rally for all Bay Area teachers. Things are NOT good. Teachers are getting hit hard.

https://youtu.be/Kak6JZEqBhA

RED4EDWILLARD Public education NEEDS YOUR HELP! BUSD has some work to do. Supporting OAKLAND and LA public districts to get their work done. We are all in this together!

NEW WILLARD FIREBIRD TRACK JACKET IS HERE! (I just designed it). Message me if you wanna piece. Based off the 1979 Pontiac Trans Am Car. VRROOOOOM! $50. Cash or Venmo.

Guess what we’re learning more about?

You got the answer? Do ya?