Students explore the relationship between input and output values and learn to use algebraic expressions and equations.
Students are introduced to graphing on the coordinate plane, in the first quadrant, using (x, y) coordinates.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares.
Harry keeps track of the number of times he sneezes in certain locations to try to diagnose the cause of his allergy in this video segment from Cyberchase.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Inez estimates whether she has enough jelly beans in her large container to decorate all of the cookies in her batch.
The CyberSquad creates a bar graph representing the amount of bugs that are infecting the Cybrary in this video from Cyberchase.
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad locates the Cyberchase Council by using negative numbers.
Following a profile of fashion designer and Project Runway winner Chloe Dao, students are prompted to alter garment designs, using their sense of style combined with their math skills to hit target price points. Algebra concepts explored include: linear relationships; rates (percents), ratios, and proportions; using multiple representations; algebraic and numeric expressions, equations, and inequalities. Please click the Display SPL link below to view. This resource is part of the Math at the Core: Middle School Collection. Using segments and web interactives from Get the Math, this lesson helps students see how Algebra I can be applied to the world of fashion, challenging them to use algebraic concepts and reasoning to modify garments and meet target price points.
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must measure the length of the rope that will lower Digit from the ceiling to remove the voice box from a statue of Hacker.
Measuring and Saving Water is a PBS media gallery with accompanying activities for K-2.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Music of the Spheres plays a song using the correct beats and patterns, which helps to restore balance and harmony at Mount Olympus.
his Cyberchase video features Bianca who uses Venn Diagrams to make a pizza that satisfies the topping preferences of her friends.
In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad helps Ms. Fileshare realize that Hacker has been deceiving her as they take a look at the scale of a bar graph.
Students learn about probability and the law of large numbers. Through increasingly large trial sizes, students witness the way in which results get closer and closer to 50%.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie and Inez figure out how to break an Electro-Root into 2/5, one of the ingredients for the antidote to Motherboardë_í__ virus.
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad learns what happens to the area of a rectangle when the shape enclosed by the perimeter changes.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares.
This TV 411 segment features a lesson from Question Man on how to informally calculate 15% tips at restaurants.
Jackie and Matt are looking at the same object along two different lines, in this video segment from Cyberchase.
Using manipulatives, students figure out patterns in problems involving seating arrangements. They write algebraic equations to describe the relationships.