About Interactives: Inquiries.link

I would like to start this post with a thank you to members of this site for making both this blog and inquiries.link more sustainable. I've been asked about some of the toys I've made for interactive math play. I implement them on a site called inquiries.link. This post is a summary of why I made it, what the site is, how to use it, and plans. Heads up – this is more of a down-in-the-weeds post. Note: I use the words tool and toy interchangeably here - a toy is a fun tool. The WhyI created inquiries.link for quite a few reasons, but here are a few:I want tools for moving beyond the whiteboard or pencil and paper to develop understanding of various concepts (these tools aren't stand-alone)I want toys to explore math and art togetherI want to share – these are some of the rabbit holes I have gone down. I can't visualize anything in my head, so I often code, doodle, or manifest patterns through art. Rather than letting a whole bunch of one-off tools pile up, I have started to bring them…