E26 Eddie Woo and the Fun Guys (who are actually quite serious)

Looking for Pi (Or is that pie?)

Maths whiz Eddie Woo shows us the patterns in circles that lead to Pi / π. But all Billy can think about is pie… This episode acts as a springboard for our own explorations of Pi in the natural and constructed world and we learn about the remarkable properties of mushrooms and fungi.

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E26 Eddie Woo and the Fun Guys (who are actually quite serious)

Yr Level

Learning Area

Curriculum Code

ShroomTech & Beyond

7 8 9 10

Technologies Work Studies

AC9TDE8K01 AC9TDE8K02 AC9TDE8K04 AC9TDE8K05 AC9TDE8K06 AC9TDE10K02 AC9TDE10K04 AC9TDE10K05 AC9TDE10K06 ACWSCL006 ACWSCL010 ACWSCL011

Fungi Farming

4 5 6

Science Technologies

AC9S4U01 AC9S5U01 AC9S6U01 AC9TDE4K03 AC9TDE6K03

Looking for Pi (Or is that pie?)

7 8

Mathematics

AC9M7N08 AC9M7M03 AC9M8N01

Concentric Circles

4

Mathematics

AC9M4SP01 AC9M4SP03

E26 Eddie Woo and the Fun Guys (who are actually quite serious)

ShroomTech & Beyond

Yr Level

7 8 9 10

Learning Area

Technologies Work Studies

Curriculum Code

AC9TDE8K01 AC9TDE8K02 AC9TDE8K04 AC9TDE8K05 AC9TDE8K06 AC9TDE10K02 AC9TDE10K04 AC9TDE10K05 AC9TDE10K06 ACWSCL006 ACWSCL010 ACWSCL011

Fungi Farming

Yr Level

4 5 6

Learning Area

Science Technologies

Curriculum Code

AC9S4U01 AC9S5U01 AC9S6U01 AC9TDE4K03 AC9TDE6K03

Looking for Pi (Or is that pie?)

Yr Level

7 8

Learning Area

Mathematics

Curriculum Code

AC9M7N08 AC9M7M03 AC9M8N01

Concentric Circles

Yr Level

4

Learning Area

Mathematics

Curriculum Code

AC9M4SP01 AC9M4SP03

Factastical #2

Tuber is an ancient Latin word meaning ‘lump, bump or swelling’. Must be why Tuberman’s sense of adventure is always swelling.