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Curricular
Area:
Mathematics
Teacher
Guide:
Record
Rights:
Recording/duplication
allowed as long as IPTV broadcasts
the series.
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Series
Length:
2 programs
Program Length:
60 minutes
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Educational highlights from the original PBS series explore thousands of aspects of modern life that have mathematics at their core. Looking from the depths of the oceans to the farthest spot in the universe known to scientists, this remarkable series reveals the crucial role mathematics plays in sports, work, education, exploration, chance, technology, and life in general. Each segment has a detailed mathematics lesson associated with it and was selected by teachers for its particular relevance to the high school mathematics curriculum.
Program 1 - Modules 1-6
MODULE 1 - Mathematics and Monsters
[11:22]
MODULE 2 - New Geometry [8:37]
MODULE 3 - Artificial Life [9:26]
MODULE 4 - Linear Perspective [6:20]
MODULE 5 - Pictures From Numbers
[10:01]
MODULE 6 - Crunching Numbers [5:01]
Program 2 - Modules 7-12
MODULE 7 - To Spin and Jump/A Fine Line
[12:15]
MODULE 8 - House Rules [8:37]
MODULE 9 - Reading Minds [6:20]
MODULE 10 - Ground Truth [6:50]
MODULE 11 - Circles, Angles and Echoes
[10:12]
MODULE 12 - Machines of the Future
[11:01]
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