Cooking Up Maths:
Author background
Emma Tomkinson
Emma Tomkinson is the author of Cooking Up Times Tables.
Emma is a Western Australian maths teacher and writer with a passion for cooking and children. She produced 'Cooking up Times Tables' after successfully working with young children to inject some fun into their maths learning. Emma has used the activities in this book to engage primary and secondary school students in maths in the kitchen, from remote Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, to students at risk in metropolitan Perth.
Emma has taught secondary mathematics for 6 years. She has worked in two states and has taught mathematics to students of all levels. Emma currently is writing Course Materials for the new upper school mathematics courses at WestOne services.
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