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Pbs Learning Media: Making Rock Candy

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this video segment from Cyberchase, two friends make rock candy while learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes.
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Pbs Learning Media: Finding the Circle's Center

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this video segment [3:10] from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must find the exact center of a circle in order to save Motherboard.
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Pbs Learning Media: Calculating Rectangular Area

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad measures Judge Trudy's land claim by using tarps, fence posts and a grid made with rope.
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Pbs Learning Media: Comparing Regular and Irregular Areas

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The CyberSquad proves that the area of Hacker's land is equal to the area of Judge Trudy's land in this video segment from Cyberchase.
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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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Pbs Learning Media: Estimating Time From Rate

For Students 4th - 6th
Harry estimates how long it will take him to get to the front of a long ticket line in this Cyberchase video segment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Body Matches

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad searches for a kidnapper using their only clues: a footprint and a handprint.
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Pbs Learning Media: A Cage to Save a Whale

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must estimate the measurements of Spout the Whale in order to find a cage that will fit him.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cooking Contest

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, Matt uses subtraction to help Digit figure out how much time he has left in a cooking contest with Hacker.
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Pbs Learning Media: Wnba Supermom

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from TV411, WNBA player Olympia Scott Richardson discusses her techniques for effective time management.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Right Amount of Cupcake Mix

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca doubles the ingredients in a cupcake recipe that includes fractional amounts.
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Pbs Learning Media: Choosing the Most Orange Crystal

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must locate a crystal with the highest fraction of orange color.
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Pbs Learning Media: Finding the Common Beat

For Students 3rd - 8th
The CyberSquad figures out how to represent the patterns of music played by four instruments in this Cyberchase video segment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Harry the Substitute Teacher

For Students 3rd - 4th
Harry and his students look at various arrangements of classroom desks in this video from Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Calculating Clones

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Inez and Lucky figure out how to keep track of the number of clones as they continue to multiply.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sharing Halloween Candy

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie shows Buzz, Delete and Harold how to deal out rounds (or sets) of objects to solve a problem.
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Pbs Learning Media: What's in That Box of Cookies, Anyway?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts.
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Pbs Learning Media: Finding the Right Crystal

For Students 6th - 8th
The CyberSquad has to find a crystal that is between 65% and 85% orange to power up their escape from Hacker in this video from Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Island of the Little

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad is on the Island of the Little and must scale up a small boat that will fit Widgit.
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Pbs Learning Media: In a Land of Giants

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must scale down a large boat to escape the land of Proporciona, a land of giants.
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Pbs Learning Media: Patterns in Nature

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: To Survive at High Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at speed, velocity, and centripetal force on the racetrack. [6:28]
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Pbs Learning Media: Stem Cells: Seeds of Hope?

For Students 9th - 10th
This video explores the basic scientific and ethical questions surrounding the use of stem cells in medical research.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Tunnel Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity, from the Web site developed for the PBS series "Building Big," explores tunneling and the tools and methods used to do the job.