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Math for All-Plus
 

A video series for families of children grades 4-6; 8 half-hour video programs and guide

This series helps parents become more comfortable as they work with their children to incorporate math into their daily lives. Math for All—Plus provides hands-on activities and advice for parents of older elementary school children (grades 4-6).

This series is no longer available for purchase.

Produced by Educational Telecommunications Network (ETN), Los Angeles County Office of Education. 1994.

ISBN: 1-55946-905-6

Basic geometry through gumdrops and toothpicks
Basic geometry through gumdrops and toothpicks

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VOD1. Making Connections
Shows math in action: shopping for bargains, picking out clothes for school, and doing many other common activities. Explains how to understand and use mathematics and estimation. (Also available in Spanish.)

VOD2. Shapes in Space
Points out two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes in our world using fruit, cereal boxes, and canned goods. Viewers learn how to construct and examine geometric figures. (Also available in Spanish.)

VOD3. Information, Please!
Looks at ads, election polls, and other types of information. Helps children understand how information is collected, represented, and analyzed so that better informed decisions can be made. (Also available in Spanish.)

VOD4. Is It Fair?
Lets children try to “beat the odds” as they find out how mathematics is used every time we play games. (Also available in Spanish.)

VOD5. Measure Up!
Explains customary and metric measurements and how they are used to measure objects and distance. Helps children learn when estimation can be used, when accuracy is required and which tools are best to use when.

VOD6. We've Got Your Number!
Helps viewers understand whole and fractional numbers and how they are used in real situations. (Also available in Spanish.)

VOD7. What's My Rule?
Shows relationships between numbers including patterns, models, tables, rules, and formulas. Includes games to help unlock the mystery of relationships between numbers. (Also available in Spanish.)

VOD8. Connecting Again!
Counts the beat of music, the geometry in art, and the rhythmic patterns in poetry to illustrate that mathematics is found and used everywhere.

 

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