The podcast could be described as above average this week as Bobby and Susan get to grips with statistics.  Puzzle King Bobby puts on his dancing shoes for a Strictly-themed puzzle, and our guest is the brilliant Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, co-founder of Stemettes. In the first of a two-part interview, Anne-Marie tells us about her early love of maths, passing 2 GCSEs at the age of 10, and why she loves Galois theory just as much as she loves Beyonce.

Maths Appeal Ep 9 - Statistics / Anne-Marie Imafidon pt.1

Bobby and Susan talk about angles and lines, explaining how they teach the subject to their students and the common challenges faced by people getting to grips with it. Bobby's puzzle features pizza - not for the first time - and Susan speaks to the brilliant Anne-Marie Imafidon, co-founder of Stemettes. Anne-Marie explains how the idea for Stemettes came about and why it's more about creativity than curriculum.

Maths Appeal Ep 10 - Angles and Lines / Anne-Marie Imafidon pt.2

Bobby and Susan tackle 2D and 3D shapes, and Puzzle King Bobby sets a puzzle related to a Rubik's cube with a casual West Ham reference thrown in for good measure. Our guest is machine learning scientist Catherine Breslin who gets us excited (and slightly terrified) about voice recognition devices.

Maths Appeal Ep 11 - 2D & 3D Shapes / Catherine Breslin

In the final episode of series 1, Bobby and Susan discuss measure and Bobby sets a puzzle related to it - with a Harry Potter twist! The guest is Zoe Griffiths from Think Maths, and Bobby's Maths Fact has a French connection. Thank you for your support over our first series - please keep an eye on @mathsappeal on Twitter for news of series 2!

Maths Appeal Ep 12 - Measure / Zoe Griffiths

Bobby and Susan present a special edition of the podcast for students preparing to sit GCSE Maths exams - and it's also a support guide for parents of students and teachers too,

Susan and Bobby discuss the exam structure, feedback from exam boards and share their top tips!

Links:

This Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Maths Information Guide gives a good overview of the GCSE Maths qualification: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/mathematics/2015/misc/T772%20GCSE%20Maths%20Guide%20(web%20-%20final).pdf

Here is a list of the need to know formulae for the Maths GCSE (9-1) exam from Edexcel: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/mathematics/2015/teaching-and-learning-materials/W148-GCSE-Maths-A4-Poster-colour.pdf

Here is the NCETM Podcast GCSE Maths 9-1: How did it perform in its second summer? where representatives from Exam Boards explain what areas students found difficult in the 2018 Maths GCSE exams:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gcse-maths-9-1-how-did-it-perform-in-its-second-summer/id1313216073?i=1000419984262

Bobby & Susans’ Favourite GCSE Revision Resources

Murderous Maths (GCSE Tips): http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/books/GCSEtips.htm

Corbett Maths: https://corbettmaths.com/

BBC The Maths Show: https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/maths-gcse-the-maths-show/z4f692p

Maths Bot (GCSE Resources): https://mathsbot.com

Share your favourite GCSE Maths Resources with us on Twitter or Instagram @MathsAppeal

Maths Appeal 2019 GCSE Special

Bobby Seagull and Susan Okereke are two maths fans on a mission to make maths more accessible to everyone! 

The Maths Appeal podcast features discussions about key maths topics, maths puzzles and interviews with maths champions from the worlds of tech, entertainment, comedy and education.

Maths Appeal is an independent project created by Bobby Seagull, Susan Okereke and producer Jenny Nelson. The music is written and performed by Kele Okereke and the logo design is by Calixte Davis.

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