Aiming For the Basketball Hall of Fame

In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances.

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Bianca Gets in Gear

Bianca visits a bike shop and learns how bicycle gears work in this Cyberchase video segment.

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Gears and Proportions

Students learn about proportions and ratios through learning about the gears on a bike.

In a Land of Giants

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must scale down a large boat to escape the land of Proporciona, a land of giants.

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Island of the Little

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad is on the Island of the Little and must scale up a small boat that will fit Widgit.

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Scaling Down, Scaling Up

Students learn about scaling an object, first smaller (1/10) and then larger (2x).

Scaling Up a Photograph

Students learn about proportions and figure out the dimensions of enlargements of rectangular photographs (and some reductions), based on the percentage of the enlargement.

Scaling Up Photographs

In this Cyberchase video segment, Bianca volunteers to take over an important job at a copy shop. She must make a life-size copy of a photo of the King of Sloovoonia.

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Using Maps and Scales to Get to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Students learn about proportions by using map scales to estimate travel distances. They use understandings of ratios to calculate travel time using an estimated speed.