From Patterns of Input and Output to Algebraic Equations

Students explore the relationship between input and output values and learn to use algebraic expressions and equations.

Arrangement 1

The CyberSquad tries to figure out a table arrangement for 20 workers in this video from Cyberchase.

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Arrangement 2

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Matt tries for a second time to arrange tables and chairs to accomodate 20 workers.

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Arrangement 3

Matt’s third table arrangement helps fit all 20 workers at five tables in this video segment from Cyberchase.

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Balancing Equations with Multiple Terms

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Digit and Inez must balance two number sentences to save the bunnies of Cyberspace.

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Balancing Number Sentences to Introduce Missing Values

Students learn about balancing equations and keeping an equation balanced by adding/subtracting the same amount to both sides of the equation. Students solve missing value problems and justify their solutions.

Crack Hacker's Safe

In this Cyberchase interactive, select the color, number, and shape of the next term in the pattern.

Crack the Code

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must get into a vault before Hacker, Buzz and Delete by cracking a code of shapes and numbers.

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Creating a Code

The CyberSquad communicates using a secret code in this video segment from Cyberchase.

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Finding the Right Combination of Clothes

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry has a fixed budget for clothing, so he must figure out what combination of jackets and pants he can buy with $100.

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Find Those Gleamers

The CyberSquad uses algebra to figure out how many gleamers they need and how many power glows are produced by each gleamer as they must power up a Cyberspace ship in this video from Cyberchase.

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Frog Hops, Part 1

The CyberSquad tries to figure out how Hacker’s cyberfrog moves when its various buttons are pressed, in this video from Cyberchase.

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Frog Hops, Part 2

In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must figure out the new input/output pattern on Hacker’s larger cyberfrog.

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Graphing Distance and Time: Travel

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how to read and interpret a distance–time graph.

Math in Special Effects

Using segments and web interactives from Get the Math, this self-paced lesson helps students see how Algebra I can be applied in special effects, challenging them to use algebraic concepts and reasoning to calculate lighting high-speed effects like explosions.

The Importance of Patterns

Students are introduced to several geometric shapes, patterns of geometric shapes and numbers and patterns of beats that make up rhythms.

Inverse Square Law

This animation from KET's distance learning physics course demonstrates the mathematical formula for a scientific law as it applies to light.

Lifting with Levers

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad figures out how to use a lever to help them remove a stack of heavy objects blocking their path.

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Like Items

After their carts collide in a hardware store, two teachers discover that they both bought the same items in different quantities. With limited information, this segment demonstrates how to use an equation to determine the cost of each item.

Linking Number Patterns and Algebraic Expressions

Students practice using algebraic expressions by recording data from a video segment in which two staircases ascend at different rates. They record the patterns in two-column tables, draw line graphs and write simple algebraic relations.