Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Running a Function Machine

For Students 3rd - 8th
The connected machine is a single function that takes an input, runs it through the network inside and produces an output. You control a network of function machines along with the input and the operation performed by each machine to...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Function Machine

For Students 6th - 8th
Control the inputs and operations of a function machine to produce specific outputs. This interactive exercise focuses on exploring operations, making patterns, and the rules for calculations with positive and negative integers.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Reading a Thermometer

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Made in America: The High Cost of Fashion

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate data on changes over time in where our apparel is made and how much we spend on it in these images from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and graph the data. They also look for...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Thinking About Slope

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Explore the concept of slope. Ask yourself why the slope between pairs of points would change or why it would stay the same.