Firefighter Training

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry decides to train as a firefighter and uses line graphs to chart his physical fitness progress.  

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Bianca Goes to the Movie

This Cyberchase video segment features Bianca, who must figure out the fastest route to a movie premiere.

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Calculating Speed

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad calculates the speed of each broom.

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Defining, Describing and Calculating Rate

Students explore their prior knowledge of rate and extend it to create tables of values coordinating time and distance. They learn how to examine distance-time graphs and how to calculate unit rates.

Determining Rates from Graphs

Students learn about and practice calculating rates (positive, negative and zero) using data from graphs.

Digit in Pursuit

The CyberSquad tracks Digit’s position in time and then studies graphs to figure out what Hacker is scheming in this video from Cyberchase.

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Estimating Distance and Time

Students learn to estimate the time it takes to travel different distances based on an estimation of the time it takes to travel a part of the whole route. This reinforces basic fractional/ratio thinking, as well as early multiplication as repeated addition.

Estimating Distance and Travel Time

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad estimates how much air supply they will need to complete an underwater mission.

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Estimating Time from Rate

Harry estimates how long it will take him to get to the front of a long ticket line in this Cyberchase video segment.

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Estimation

Students practice their estimation skills by estimating time and numbers of objects in situations in which counting is not feasible or necessary.

The Fastest Broom

The CyberSquad tests which broom can travel the furthest in five seconds in this video from Cyberchase.

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Fitness Evaluated Using Rate

Students study rate and learn to fill in missing values in order to keep a constant rate.  They also learn to distinguish graphs of rate versus time and graphs of quantity versus time.

Get Me to the Premiere on Time

Students solve simple speed and distance problems as a means to develop a generalization of the distance equation d=rt. Assessments examine whether students can solve equivalent forms of the equation for different variables.

Graphing Distance and Time: Travel

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

Intercepting Villains Using the Correct Rate

Students learn about calculating rate and practice solving the equation d=rt for different variables.

Predicting Travel Time Using Line Graphs

In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry decides to ride his unicycle to his grandmother's house. He uses a line graph to predict the time it will take him to travel the 20 miles to her house.

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A Race to Motherboard

In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad figures out how fast their broom must go so they can reach Motherboard before Wicked.

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