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The Hare and the Tortoise

5th - 8th Standards
Does slow and steady really win the race? Class members listen to an audio version of "The Tortoise and the Hare" before completing a math activity, which prompts them to calculate distance, rate, and time. A writing assignment prompts...
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BBC

Bbc Podcasts: Episode 17: Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 9 Feb 2010

9th - 10th
An ancient Egyptian papyrus from around 1550 BC, used to train scribes. It contains 84 different calculations to help with various aspects of Egyptian life, from pyramid building to working out how much grain it takes to fatten a goose....
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Career Cornerstone Center

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center: Podcasts: Careers in Stem and Healthcare

9th - 10th
A collection of podcasts (in MP3 format) that showcase careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, and healthcare. Podcasts include information on salary, daily responsibilities, education...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Women, Girls, and Math

9th - 10th
In this episode of Science Friday, they take a look at the progress American girls are making in mathematics.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Danica Mc Kellar, Girls, and Math

9th - 10th
Actress and author Danica McKellar joins us to talk about getting young girls fired up about mathematics.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Steven Strogatz Talks Math

9th - 10th
What are the odds? How are we connected? And does it all add up? Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, joins us to run the numbers.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Happy Pi Day

9th - 10th
A celebration of March 14, or 3.14, which is Pi Day. People on the street are questioned about their knowledge of pi, and we see how the Exploratorium in New York observes this special mathematics day. Aired Mar. 14, 2008 [17:50]
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Math and the Mona Lisa

9th - 10th
Did Leonardo da Vinci use math to create his famous portrait of the Mona Lisa? Open an audio file and listen to an interview with two scientists who have uncovered the mystery behind the Mona Lisa's smile.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: How Fibonacci Introduced the World to Numbers

9th - 10th
Keith Devlin, the author of the book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, talks about the history of arithmetic and how Leonardo of Pisa, or Fibonacci, changed commerce and the way arithmetic was done. Aired Aug. 12,...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Grammy in Math

9th - 10th
Joe talks with Kevin Short, a mathematician at the University of New Hampshire who shared in a Grammy award for work in restoring an historic recording of Woody Guthrie.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Steven Strogatz: The Joy of X

9th - 10th
A discussion with Steven Strogatz, author of The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity. Strogatz makes concepts such as infinity understandable in an entertaining way. Aired Oct. 5, 2012 [28:53 min]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Keeping Up With Math

9th - 10th
Ira talks with actress and math author Danica McKellar about keeping students' math skills sharp over the coming summer months.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Kiss My Math

9th - 10th
Ira talks with actress and math advocate Danica McKellar about her new book 'Kiss My Math:Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Are Math Skills Built in to the Human Brain?

9th - 10th
Amazonian villagers with no schooling understand basic geometry as well as math-schooled adults.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Alan Turing at 100

9th - 10th
A look at the man who is the father of modern computing. [15 min, 25 secs]
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Manjul Bhargava: An Artist of Music and Math

9th - 10th
Twenty-eight-year-old Manjul Bhargava has found a way to fuse his two loves (number theory and playing the tabla): he claims that there are dozens of hidden rhythms in Indian music that correspond to complex number theories. Check out...

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