Cyberchase: Algebraic Variables: Find Those Gleamers (27:08) Grades 6-8

A fun, instructional look at using algebraic variables to simplify arithmetic and make a problem easier to solve.

 

Cyberchase: Decimals: Mother's Day (27:10) Grades 6-8

Use this adventure to help students discover how decimals can make fractions easier to work with.

 

Cyberchase: Negative Numbers: Less than Zero (27:08) Grades 6-8

Demystify the concept of negative numbers by scaling a building and turning it into a giant number line.

 

Discovering Math: Statistics and Data Analysis (Grades 6-8) (1:25:15)

From measuring central tendency to frequency and distribution using statistical measures for a variety of purposes to sample selection methods, this video introduces middle school students to more advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.

 

Math at Work (1:04:39) Grades 9-12

Everywhere you look, math is there! math at Work takes students behind the scenes to explore how math is fundamental to our daily lives. Lively interviews with a cellist, glider pilot, video game designer, and many others provide insight to the important tool of math.

 

Maths Mansion: 5. Fraction Aid (09:14) Grades 3-8

Maths Mansion is a math adventure in which contestants are trapped in a Gothic Mansion by their host, Bad Man, until they can successfully crack a range of math challenges. In this episode, the children learn how to do fractions and decimal representations.

 

Maths Mansion: 6. The Rounding Machine (09:03) Grades 3-8

Maths Mansion is a math adventure in which contestants are trapped in a Gothic Mansion by their host, Bad Man, until they can successfully crack a range of math challenges. In this episode, the children learn to round up decimals.

 

 

Maths Mansion: 7. Get Some Fraction Action (09:00) Grades 3-8

Maths Mansion is a math adventure in which contestants are trapped in a Gothic Mansion by their host, Bad Man, until they can successfully crack a range of math challenges. In this episode, the children learn to relate fractions to division.

 

Maths Mansion: 8. The Whole Class Should Be Expelled (09:15) Grades 3-8

Maths Mansion is a math adventure in which contestants are trapped in a Gothic Mansion by their host, Bad Man, until they can successfully crack a range of math challenges. In this episode, the children learn to understand the percentages and the equivalence between percentages and fractions.

 

Maths Mansion: 26. More Fraction Action (09:13) Grades 3-8

Maths Mansion is a math adventure in which contestants are trapped in a Gothic Mansion by their host, Bad Man, until they can successfully crack a range of math challenges. In this episode, the children learn to determine fractions of whole numbers.

 

Near Enough (20:25) Grades 6-8

Often, it is necessary to make estimates because the available information is incomplete or inaccurate. This program explains how estimates are made, and in what circumstances they are useful. Students will learn several estimation methods, such as mean, median and mode.