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Rory's Story Cubes Actions

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An expansion to the creativity game Rory's Story Cubes. This set includes 9 new dice with 54 action images or "picto-verbs."

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Content Area:

Special Education

ELA

Play Time:

20 min.

Exponents: We Are The Power (2007)

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This entertaining and informative program explains all about exponents, the powers to which numbers are raised. Examining positive and negative indices, the uses and benefits of using exponents to express very small and very large numbers, and how to calculate approximations this is a program that will empower all math students with clear and accurate explanations.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

00:34

Decimals: The Accuracy of Numbers (2007)

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Decimal numbers come into our lives just about every day. This program explores the world of decimal numbers where we share a day in the life of the presenter who entertains us in her own quirky way.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:24

Roots: The Radical Idea (2007)

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In this entertaining program, we cover an introduction to roots and radicals, explore how roots can be simplified, carry out some operations with radicals, examine methods of approximation of roots and finish off by looking at an application involving the Pythagorean Theorem. A clear, concise and engaging explanation of roots and radicals.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:30

Rational Numbers: We Are Proportional (2007)

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This program provides students with a lively introduction to key concepts involved with triangles and quadrilaterals. It includes defining rational numbers as the ratio of two integers, defining rational numbers as a terminating or repeating decimal, the concept of proportional reasoning and examples of converting between decimals and rational numbers.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:31

Geometric Transformations (2006)

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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

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:30

Shackleton

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Based on the detailed diaries of expedition members, this program starring Kenneth Branagh tells the story of endurance. The 27 men who joined Ernest Shakelton in his dream to become the first man to cross Antarctica became stranded in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. This is the story of their rescue. Bonus features with this program include the 2 hr. History Channel program "Antacrtica: A Frozen History."

Director:

Charles Sturridge

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

03:20

Abalone

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This beautiful and functional board has room for two teams of large marbles. Players take turns pushing the marbles around the board, with the goal of pushing six of the opposing player's marbles off the board.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Play Time:

20 min.

Planet Earth (2007)

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From the stunning creators of Blue Planet: Seas of Life comes this epic 5-disc series celebrating the Earth as never before. With an unprecedented production budget, using high definition photography and revolutionary high-speed cameras.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

11:40

2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution (2009)

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Executive Producer Robert A. Compton has searched the world for the best high schools in the hopes of discovering a solution to America's education crisis. Then, in one of the poorest areas of America, Compton discovered a school that teaches ordinary U.S. children at an extraordinarily high academic level.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:50

2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution

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Rory's Story Cubes Actions

Exponents: We Are The Power (2007)

Decimals: The Accuracy of Numbers (2007)

Roots: The Radical Idea (2007)

Rational Numbers: We Are Proportional (2007)

Geometric Transformations (2006)

Shackleton

Abalone

Planet Earth (2007)

2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution (2009)

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