Math

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.

Students will learn about multiplication number sentences, factor - factors, products, multiplication and equal signs, and tips including ordering factors, fact families, multiplying by one and zero, skip counting, using patterns. Also looks at prime and composite numbers, and multiplying using single and double-digit numbers.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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).

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!

Numbers are important from how old you are, to your address and telephone number, to how many cookies you get to eat!

The program uses everyday situations and examples to explain the major types of geometric transformations: translations, rotations, reflections and dilations. Teacher Guide available: www.veavideo.com

The program demonstrates the following constructions in the context of a student creating a mobile to hang above a baby's cot: * Bisecting an angle * Perpendicular bisector of a line * Constructing a triangle using three known side lengths * Determine the center of gravity by constructing medians * Determine the inscribed circle of a triangle by constructing the angle bisectors * Determine the