Resource: Lily Pad Escape
Media Type:
QuickTime Video
Length: 2m 49s
Size: 7.7 MB
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad is trying to escape from a desert island by crossing a large body of water. They find a special lily pad that was left for them by the Red Warrior. When the lily pad is put in water it doubles and the number of lily pads keeps on doubling. The CyberSquad tries to use this doubling effect to help them create a lily pad bridge to cross the water and escape.
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Transcript (Rich Text Format Document)
Teachers' Domain, Lily Pad Escape, published August 22, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.math.number.exp.lilyescape/
- Frame and Focus
- Follow Up
- Connections
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Here are some Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions for using this video in a math lesson.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame: When we double a number, what are we multiplying it by? If you start with the number one and double it five times, what new number is created? If you write all these numbers down, what kind of pattern do you see? A doubling pattern can create large numbers fairly quickly.
Focus: As you watch this segment, look at the numbers Inez generates on the Skwak pad. Record these numbers and look for the pattern that occurs. Think about how doubling is being used to help the squad cross the water.
Source: Cyberchase: “Double Trouble”
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Funding for the VITAL/Ready to Teach collection was secured through the United States Department of Education under the Ready to Teach Program.




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