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Cyberchase . For Parents & Teachers . About the Show . Episode Descriptions | PBS Kids
| Data Collection |
| Spot a pattern in a player's performances and you can predict what that player will do in a game. |
| Data Analysis & Probability |
| Introducing Memoryville, home to a vast storehouse of Cyberspace data, where The Slugball Open, a Cyberspace version of baseball, is in progress. In their attempt to win for a day the Key to the City, Team Motherboard has made it to the finals ... along with, you guessed it, Hacker! Unbeknownst to most (except, of course, to Hacker), this Key opens all doors to the city-including the door to the data storehouse! With surefire plans to win, Hacker can hardly wait to delete the data and create untold chaos. Undaunted by the awesome array of Hacker's bad guys, Team Motherboard discovers distinctive patterns to these nefarious sluggers' past performances. But can the hit charts they develop be enough to help the good guys win? |
Harry Cries Foul
Harry's scored a job working as a vendor at Shea Stadium - where he can see his favorite team, the NY Mets, play baseball. He has his heart set on catching a foul ball, but to his dismay, he never seems to be in the right part of the stadium at the right time. Mets Pitcher John Maine tells Harry that data collected over the years indicates that right-handed hitters tend to bat fouls down the first base line, while lefties usually hit down the third-base line. By following the lineup for the next game, Harry is able to be at the right place at the right time, and manages to catch a foul ball in a soda cup.
Math Message: Patterns in players' performances can help you predict what they will do in a game.
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