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Choose a season and click on any title to find out more about the episode and related material.
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Math Topic: Navigation A map is a mathematical tool you can use to find your way from one place to another, anywhere on earth. For Real Clip: Gorillas in the Midst | Web Games: Virus Hunt Lesson Plan/Activity Kits: Monkey Map | |
Math Topic: Using Data Data is a lot more than "a collection of numbers." When you gather it, organize, and analyze it, you can discover useful information hidden in the numbers. For Real Clip: Bianca's Greatest Hits | Web Games: Pattern Quest | |
Math Topic: Probability and Chance A game of chance is fair when nobody can tell who will win, but everyone has the same chance of being a winner. For Real Clip: Bianca Flips Out | Web Games: Coin Toss | |
Math Topic: Area To find the area of an object, count how many squares fit on it. But there's an easier way! Measure an object's dimensions, and you can use mathematics to calculate its area. For Real Clip: The Big Sleep | Web Games: Tangram Game Lesson Plan/Activity Kits: Boxed In | |
Math Topic: Number & Operations Let numbers stand for things in a regular pattern, and you have the power to keep track of anything and everything on Earth. For Real Clip: Bianca on the Run | Web Games: Number Machine Printable Activities: 100 or Bust! | |
Math Topic: Symmetry Symmetries are patterns you can find hidden within many objects that create balance, order, and a pleasing regularity in the world around us. For Real Clip: This Takes the Cake | Web Games: Symmetrizer Printable Activities: A Gift for Mother's Day | |
Math Topic: Logic When you have to choose from a confusing mix of possibilities, you can use logic -- a set of tools for thinking clearly -- to picture and refine your choices so you can get exactly what you want. For Real Clip: A Pizza to Go with Gross Anchovies | Web Games: Logic Zoo Lesson Plan/Activity Kits: Out of Order | |
Math Topic: 2 & 3D Geometry When you follow simple rules to make flat geometrical shapes, and join them together, you can discover new shapes that, instead of staying flat, rise up to make three-dimensional objects! For Real Clip: All Dolled Up | Printable Activities: 2-D to 3-D Lesson Plan/Activity Kits: Boxed In | |
Math Topic: Liquid Volume Just because one container appears bigger than another to the eye doesn't mean it holds more liquid. A container's volume depends on all its dimensions. For Real Clip: Bianca's Babysitting Blues | Web Games: Can You Fill It? | |
Math Topic: Algebra When you use a letter to stand in for a number that repeats or changes in a problem, you can simplify the arithmetic and make the problem easier to solve. For Real Clip: That Suits Me Fine | | |
Math Topic: Codes You can use a code (a communication system that substitutes one thing for another) to send top secret messages as long as your code has an adjustable rule that can be reversed to read the message. For Real Clip: Harry's Cracked Code | Printable Activities: Shh…It's a Secret! | |
Math Topic: Line Graphs You can use a line graph to tell a story about how things change, and to make predictions. For Real Clip: An Endless Cycle | | |
Math Topic: Problem Solving When you tackle a tough math problem, treat it like a challenging game. Your chances of solving it will be better if you follow a game plan, and the more you play, the better you will be at problem solving next time. For Real Clip: Following the Paper Trail | Printable Activities: Who Gets Which Gift Lesson Plan/Activity Kits: Digit's Cyber-Dough Recipe | |
Math Topic: Multiplication Stuck on a multiplication problem? Relax! Remember that multiplication is just repeated addition, and you can use what you already know to find the answer For Real Clip: Donut Doze Off | | |
Math Topic: Monetary Systems Instead of trading what you have for what you want, you can make it easy to buy and sell by creating a system where you exchange goods for tokens of different fixed values. For Real Clip: All That Glitters is Not Gold | Printable Activities: Donut Dinero | |
Math Topic: Negative Numbers Numbers don't have to stop at zero! Negative numbers - numbers that are less than zero - can extend the range of what you can measure on a scale and give you the ability to compare numbers using direction as well as amount. For Real Clip: Keeping It Positive | Web Games: Space Race | |
Math Topic: Linear Measurement To measure length and communicate your results easily and precisely, identify a system of units based on a single standard length that everyone using it agrees on. For Real Clip: On the Right Track | Web Games: Wacky Ruler | |
Math Topic: Scale and Size You can create an exact likeness of something - though one that is a different size - by multiplying the size of every part of your original by the same number. For Real Clip: Bianca Gets the Big Picture | Web Games: Jigsaw Puzzle Size-Up | |
Math Topic: Balancing Equations You can use an equation - a statement that two different expressions are equal to each other - to find unknown values that make the equation true. For Real Clip: Bianca's Corny Act | Web Games: Poddle Weigh-In Printable Activities: How Heavy is Delete? | |
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