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Four Sevens

Four Sevens

Hosted by: Alex Box & Marissa Cashmore

A seven part podcast series exploring and sharing different ways that people are learning maths through play. This podcast series will be published in the lead up to celebrating the 2024 International Day of Maths...

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Episode 7: Playful maths across the years with Matt Skoss

Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or YouTube. In this episode we chat with Matt Skoss about making maths playful in the senior years and why this is so important. Matt shares stories about the connections he has...
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Episode 6: Number Talks (and other maths talk routines) with Alex Box

In this episode, Alex and Marissa chat about Number Talks, including a bit about how they're different from other Maths Talks, and more. Here are links to resources mentioned during this conversation: Mental play...
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Episode 5: Brick challenges with Ryan Evans

Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or YouTube. Ryan Evans is a teacher, creator, LEGO Master and the founder of Brickulum which provides students with the 'LEGO masters' experience. In this episode, Ryan joins...
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Episode 4: Maths manipulatives with Marissa Cashmore

Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or YouTube. In this episode, Marissa steps out of the co-hosting chair to join Alex as a featured guest to discuss the use of physical manipulatives and materials to teach maths...
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Episode 3: Exploring maths outdoors with Sam Millar

Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or YouTube. Outdoor Learning Coordinator and Teacher Sam Millar joins Marissa and Alex to chat about maths in the outdoor classroom across all primary school years. Sam explains...
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Episode 2: Playful games and puzzles with Andrew Lorimer-Derham

Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or YouTube. Maths educator and inventor Andrew Lorimer-Derham joins Alex and Marissa to chat about games, puzzles and the power of intentional fun as a guiding principle for game...
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Episode 1: Playful and joyful maths with Dr David Butler

Listen on the Maths Play site, Spotify or Youtube. Dr David Butler is, among many things, a mathematician and lecturer at the University of Adelaide. In this episode, David explains what it means to experience joyful...
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Four Sevens - Introduction

Four Sevens is a seven part series created to celebrate this year's International Day of Maths (IDM) theme: 'Playing with maths.' Four Sevens hosts: Alex Box, Teacher and Australian IDM Ambassador Marissa Cashmore,...
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