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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: English Bus: Length

For Students 4th - 6th
Abbie and her brother are measuring how far they are traveling with an English Bus. Will you join them?
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Good Bye Training Wheels!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Take a bike ride with Max and add up the miles he has traveled. Use the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges to create an engaging learning experience!
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Symbol Maps English Lengths and Distances

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine total distance traveled using a symbol map. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the skills...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Using Symbol Maps With Compound Units

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine distance traveled using a symbol map, and convert between different units of measurement. The video is followed by additional...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Lengthy Journeys: Olympic Torch Relay

For Students K - 1st
Can you plan routes for the Olympic Torch to visit these cities? How far will it travel? How long will it take? This activity gives children the opportunity to calculate using distance and time and is aimed at Key Stage 2 primary school...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Traveling on Good Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this high-level math lesson has students delve into the topic of Great Circles on a sphere (specifically, the Earth), in order to find the shortest distances between locations. Students will...
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NASA

Nasa: Exploring Space Through Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These lesson plans allow students to learn about space exploration while refining their math skills. Each activity provides instructions for both the educator and student.
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Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Math Journey

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
In this online game London is your starting place! This game lets you practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and rounding as you "Travel," around the world. You can also choose the level of difficulty
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Night Without Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses light and the properties of electricity in a storybook format. The theme of the story is that a family lost their power, so the animations discuss power and electricity and how it travels into homes.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Harbor Seal Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the harbor seal in a storybook format. It follows the life of Phoca the seal as she is born and travels through the ocean.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Time Travel: Learn to Tell Time

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Students practice telling time by changing both a digital and analog clock to the correct time.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Taco Cart: A Pythagorean Journey

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This interactive exercise uses distance and speed of travel to solve a real-life problem focusing on the Pythagorean theorem and rate of change.
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NASA

Nasa: Space Shuttle Glider

For Students 9th - 10th
Assemble a basic scale model of the space shuttle as a hands-on activity. The activity features math-related concepts such as finding the scale of the paper model and the glide ratio of its flight.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Estimating Distance and Travel Time

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad estimates how much air supply they will need to complete an underwater mission.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sailing Through the Fog: Solving Systems of Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Tracking equipment is used to help ship navigators traveling in dense fog determine if they are in danger of colliding with other ships that may be in the area. For this activity, we are going to assume two ships are traveling along...
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Jabara: Algebraic Simplification

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn about the origins of algebra when you travel to Baghdad in the 9th century. You will have algebra problems to solve by moving terms around and simplifying numbers, until you have just the value of the variable left.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Rocket Trip Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Animated sing-along storybook "Zoom Zoom" takes readers on a ride to the moon.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Fastest Broom

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The CyberSquad tests which broom can travel the furthest in five seconds in this video from Cyberchase.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Aiming for the Basketball Hall of Fame

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Quadratic Formula

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the Quadratic Formula and discriminant. It also uses models for when an object is thrown or dropped and has a velocity to find the distance the object traveled.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: How Does Light Travel?

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a four step procedure to deriving the law of reflection using algebra, Fermat's principle, and calculus (simple derivatives). This is good for an in-class theoretical exercise.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Far Does the Robot Go?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice their multiplication skills using robots with wheels built from LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kits. They brainstorm distance travelled by the robots without physically measuring distance and then apply their math skills to...
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NASA

Dawn Mission: Dawn Classrooms: The History and Discovery of Asteroids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups explore scientific breakthroughs and the development of technologies that eventually led to asteroid discovery aboard the Dawn space mission. Learning module components include jigsaw reading, model building, math...

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