(Music plays)

An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.

Mathemagician Eric appears on screen. He’s in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show’s logo, blue jeans and red Tennis shoes.

The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.

Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go
WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!

The episode starts with Eric entering the workroom dancing.

Eric says AHH!
DID YOU KNOW THAT
SOMETIMES MATH AND DANCE
ARE ACTUALLY ONE
AND THE SAME?
HOW ELSE COULD IT
BE THAT SOMEONE WHO
SPENDS THEIR DAYS DOING
MAGIC AND MATH IS ALSO
A TOTAL... DANCING MACHINE?
HA!
DON'T BELIEVE ME?
I'LL PROVE IT.
TODAY I'M GOING TO
SHOW YOU SOME SUPER CHILL
DANCE MOVES THAT ALSO
TEACH US ABOUT MATH
WITH EVERY STEP.
WANNA DANCE WITH ME?

He grabs a small little toy man and puts it in his hand. As he talks to him, he magically stands up.

Eric says DO YOU WANT TO DANCE
WITH ME, BUDDY?
COME ON, COME DANCE.
NO, NO, NO, GET UP, GET UP.
YEAH, YEAH.
GOOD, NOW DANCE.
DANCE.
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
JUST GO BACK TO BED.

Next, Eric is ready to start. The lights flash in the workroom.

He says NOW BEFORE WE GET
TO BUSTING SOME MOVES,
WE'RE GOING TO LEARN
ABOUT FRIEZE PATTERNS.
YUP, YOU HEARD ME.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL
DESIGNS ON FLAT SURFACES
THAT REPEAT IN ONE DIRECTION
BASED ON THE SYMMETRIES
IN THAT PATTERN.
BUT WHAT DO FRIEZE PATTERNS
HAVE TO DO WITH DANCE?
LET'S BOOGIE ON OVER
HERE AND I'LL EXPLAIN.

The screen zooms out and shows cutouts of feet on the floor. It’s three columns in pink, blue and yellow.

Eric says NOW THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN
WAYS A SHAPE CAN REPEAT IN
A FRIEZE PATTERN.
THESE FOOTSTEPS ILLUSTRATE
THREE OF THE COOLEST ONES.
BY DANCING THROUGH
THEM WE CAN LEARN
HOW THEY WORK.
CHECK IT OUT.

As he speaks, the captions for numbers 1, 2 and 3 appear next to each row.

He says THIS FIRST PATTERN
IS CALLED THE JUMP.
YEP, YOU HEARD
ME RIGHT.
SEE HOW THE FOOTSTEPS
REPEAT THE SAME WAY
OVER AND OVER
AS THEY GO?
LIKE YOU WERE JUST
JUMPING ALONG.
WE CALL THAT
REPETITION A SLIDE.

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Eric completes different routines when dancing over the foot cutouts.

He says THIS NEXT PATTERN IS
CALLED THE SPINNING JUMP.
SEE HOW THE FOOTSTEPS ARE A
MIRROR IMAGE OF THEMSELVES?
THAT'S WHAT WE
CALL A FLIP.

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Next, he tries a third routine.

He says AND THIS PATTERN IS
CALLED THE SPINNING SIDLE.
I LOVE THAT NAME.
WE'RE GOING TO DO
THE FIRST TWO MOVES
WE LEARNED SLIDING AND
FLIPPING AND ADD A THIRD,
A COOL LITTLE NUMBER
CALLED A TURN.
SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO
ROTATE FROM ONE DIRECTION
TO THE OTHER?

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He stumbles and almost falls.

He says WHOA.
SLIDING, FLIPPING
AND TURNING...
THOSE ARE ONLY THREE OUT
OF THE SEVEN FRIEZE PATTERNS,
BUT SURE CAN
TIRE A GUY OUT.
COME ON.

(music plays)

Eric draws a circle and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays. The screen shows colourful stripes with footprints on them, all in different directions.

He says A SERIOUSLY COOL MATHEMATICIAN
NAMED JOHN CONWAY CAME UP
WITH THESE FOOTSTEPS AS FUN
EXAMPLES TO DANCE THROUGH.
BUT FRIEZE GROUPS AREN'T
JUST USED IN DANCE.
THE SAME SEVEN PATTERNS
ARE ACTUALLY SEEN ALL OVER
THE WORLD IN EVERYTHING
FROM ARCHITECTURE TO ART.
CHECK IT OUT.

Next, the screen shows a series of pictures with patterns in different buildings.

He says WHO KNEW PATTERNS COULD
BE SO AMAZINGLY SHOWY?
IT MAKES ME WANT
TO DANCE AGAIN.
SEE IF YOU CAN DANCE THROUGH ALL
THOSE FRIEZE PATTERNS AT HOME.
AND, REMEMBER, IT'S NOT
MAGIC... IT'S MATH.

A big explosion brings the show’s logo back on the screen.

(music plays)

The end credits roll.

Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.

Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.