Math

Fleeting Foxes

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In this crazy competition each player tries to be the first to catch the hen with his fox. A player rolls, one by one, the four fox dice. After each throw he has to decide if he wants to move his own fox or the fox of another player as many squares as dots on the dice. But beware!

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
10 min.
Fleeting Foxes

Trinkets (Krims-krams)

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What a mess! Squirrel Sammy Walnut likes to collect trinkets, and they are piled up all over the place in his home. The bicycle helment is in the refrigerator and the toothbrush underneath the sofa. It's time to clean up! But what will fit in which box?

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
10 min.
Trinkets (Krims-krams)

Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)

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This highly acclaimed, Acadamy-Award®-nominated film (Documentary Short Subject, 1959) is one of the most popular and entertaining educational films ever made by Walt Disney. A curious Donald Duck ventures into a mystical world of fantasy. Mathmagic Land is his destination- a wondrous land of discovery where the trees hav square roots an the rivers are brimming with numbers!

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:27
Donald in Mathmagic Land

Flatland: A Journey of Many Dimensions (2007)

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"FLATLAND" is based on Edwin A. Abbott's classic novel, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Flatland is a world that exists entirely on a two-dimensional plane. All different kinds of shapes live, work and play in this world. The story follows Arthur Square (MARTIN SHEEN) and his curious granddaughter Hex (KRISTEN BELL).

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:35
Flatland: A Journey of Many Dimensions

Printing & Minting Money (2004)

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Illustrates how engravings are made for U.S. dollars, how money is tested for durability, and how money is recycled regularly. Visits government offices to show the steps of making money, identifies the denominations of bills and coins, and follows money from design to production to banks to consumer.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
Printing & Minting Money

What's a Bank? Safe & Sound! (2004)

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Explores how ancient banks functioned, emphasizes the important role that banks play in communities, and visits a bank to show how loans, interest, and bank transactions work. Discusses the system of exchange, presents the Federal Reserve Bank, tours a vault, and explains how banks secure and insure our money.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
What's a Bank? Safe & Sound!

What's it Worth? It's as Good as Gold! (2004)

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Outlines auctions, discusses why people collect valuable things, considers the benefits of shopping around, and presents the concept of trade. Describes the gold rush and investigates why gold is valuable and how it is used.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
What's it Worth? It's as Good as Gold!

Young Money Makers & Turning Milk into Money (2004)

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Joins a young boy on his farm to show how he earns and saves money and follows a 15-year-old airbrush artist, who owns his own business and manages his own expenses and profits. Introduces the men behind Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and illustrates how they built their company and gave back to their community.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
Young Money Makers & Turning Milk into Money

Money Basics (2004)

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Featuring clear graphics and real life examples of economic concepts, this program demystifies the world of cash and commerce.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
Money Basics

Fractions (2004)

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Make sense of math! Using number sense, algorithms and hands-on manipulative, kids tackle math problems found in real-life situation. Whether splitting a pizza evenly, estimating the cost of a new toy or graphing the results of a science project, math is encountered in many forms.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
Fractions

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