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Internal Review and Professional Learning Design Lead

Hexaflexablog

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 25 March 2022
The three sides of the Cambridge Mathematics hexaflexagon design shown side by side
Have you heard of a hexaflexagon? Learn how to make one with Lucy Rycroft-Smith
Mining for maths

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Whose location counts?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 09 February 2022
A close up of a blue front door, with the number 1 in black
Join Lucy Rycroft-Smith as she ponders what proportion of the world has an address
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Did you mean to call my Holmes number?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 16 September 2021
A sketch drawing of a man typing away on a typewriter, with the light from a lamp shining on him
Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores the mysterious world of logical reasoning, piecing together the clues about what kind of mathematics we practise when we reason differently
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Trying trees

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 03 June 2021
A tree shape made up of lines and circles in a range of different colours.
Join Lucy Rycroft-Smith as she thinks creatively about using tree diagrams, from Morse Code to “choose your own adventure” stories
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Mathematics as an ethical practice

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 08 April 2021
A dice with an arrow pointing forwards, one to reverse and the words stop on each visible face. Placed in a 5 way crossroad
Lucy Rycroft-Smith asks whether it is possible to do ethical harm using mathematics and looks at some possible ways to prevent doing so
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Roman around in maths history

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 12 February 2021
A range of illustrated animals and fauna arranged in an evolutionary timeline
Join Lucy Rycroft-Smith as she explores the idea of evolution and development in relation to mathematics
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What counts?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 04 December 2020
A collection of 'I voted' stickers styled in the American flag
Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores the mathematics around vote counting
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Donation estimation

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 24 September 2020
A microscopic view of blood
Lucy Rycroft-Smith considers the mathematical practice of estimation in the context of blood donation
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Time to have your mind blown

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 20 August 2020
An old fashioned alarm clock on a half pink half blue background
Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores some cultural, and sometimes controversial, aspects of time
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A matter of scale

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 01 May 2020
A graphic image similar to a microscopic view
Lucy Rycroft-Smith discusses the effect of COVID-19 on individual and global scales
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