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SESSION F: Friday, 12.10pm-1.10pm (cont.)
F25 CREATING AND USING INDIVIDUAL
‘FOOTY’ CARD STATISTICS
Sub-category: Mathematical content and concepts
Peter Clerks, Newhaven College
Y7 - Y10
This session explores how Year 7 students learned statistics
through creating personalised footy cards featuring a photo,
player number, motto, and survey responses that became
a class dataset. Their work sparked genuine engagement,
with students discussing maths even at recess. The approach
supported learning of concepts such as mean, median,
mode, box plots, data types, pie charts, and time series plots.
Participants will learn from our classroom experiences and
receive practical resources, including a template, rubric, and
sample questions, to use in their own teaching.
Key takeaways:
1. A novel and engaging way of teaching statistics.
2. A plan and some templates for creating student footy
card.s
3. Some reflections and tips when teaching the unit.
Key takeaways:
1.Some initial thoughts about working mathematically with AI
2. Recognise that evidence of mathematical learning needs
rethinking in an AI active environment
3. Sample activities to try out with colleagues or students at
school
F27 MATHS ON TAP - HAPPY HOUR FOR THE
MATHS CLASSROOM
Sub-category: Mathematical content and concepts
Kara Fox, Jack Cooke and James Fearn, Bendigo Senior
Secondary College
Y9 - Y12
Three VCE co-presenters delivering a happy hour of hands
on, entertaining games and ideas that can be used in the
classroom to enhance learning and make maths fun again
for senior students. We combine our wealth of experience to
entertain you and more importantly to give you some great
ideas that you can take home to use.
Key takeaways:
F26 USING AI TO SPARK
MATHEMATICAL REASONING, NOT
REPLACE IT
1. Some new fun and exciting hands-on activities to use.
2. Combining new technologies with old style learning.
3. Ideas on how to combine maths and sport.
Sub-category: Digital technologies
Luke Kerr, Flinders Christian Community College, David
Leigh-Lancaster and Antje Leigh-Lancaster, LeighLancaster Consulting
Y7 - Y12
How can AI be used in ways that strengthen mathematical
learning without outsourcing the thinking?
When it comes to learning and assessment, what should
count as evidence of mathematical learning given AI can now
generate substantial parts of mathematical work?
In this interactive session, we will explore practical ways
teachers can use AI to support mathematical reasoning,
discussion and feedback, while ensuring students remain
mathematically active and in charge of the work.
You will have the opportunity to try some sample tasks during
the session.
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F28 COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
THROUGH PLAY
Sub-category: Mathematical content and concepts
Chris Wetherell, Australian Maths Trust
Y5 - Y10
Pencil and paper, winner takes all, planar graphs, the illusion of
control … what could be more fun? In this session, you’ll get to
experience an activity that we run with primary and secondary
students at our AMT Awards Nights across Australia and
AMC Camp in Shanghai.
Key takeaways:
1. Introducing graph theoretic concepts through games.
