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.

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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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.

Math in Music

Using segments and web interactives from Get the Math, this lesson helps students see how Algebra I can be applied in the music world, challenging them to use algebraic concepts and reasoning to calculate the tempos of different music samples.

Math in Videogames

Using video segments and web interactives from Get the Math, this lesson helps students see how Algebra I can be applied in the world of videogame design and challenges them to use algebraic concepts and reasoning to plot the linear paths of items in a videogame.

Quantus

This original animation from KET introduces Pythagoras’ belief that “all is number.” The virtual world of computer animation shows how the movement and shape of computer characters can be described with numbers, or “quantified.”

A Simple Balance

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Digit and the CyberSquad learn that equations are balanced when the same number is on each side.

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Solving an Equation for a Missing Value

The CyberSquad solves a number puzzle to help save Motherboard in this video segment from Cyberchase.

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Stop That Creature

In this Cyberchase interactive, try to shut down a series of creature-controlling machines by determining the solution to a function.