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Closeup on a sheet of paper in a typewriter with the word, "Week," typed out in all caps. Caption. The Egyptian week was ten days long.

Uses practical applications of money and time to show how math is part of everyday life. Segment 1, Money: Looks at how money systems have changed over the centuries. Explains how to count change, open savings and checking accounts at a bank, bala...Read More

This program addresses concepts for teaching math skills to early learners. Leading young students in fun and playful ways to engage with math will help them build confidence in their math skills and generate excitement for the subject. They’ll al...Read More

Cartoon person that looks like the king on playing cards has an angry expression on their face. They point in front of them and say, “Pie de la Reina.”

Two besotted rulers must embrace proportional units in order to complete a bridge to unite their lands. It takes mathematical reasoning to deduce and solve the problem. Part of the "Math Snacks" series.

Large square leans forward in front of a fence next to an oval that's next to a pole and flowers. There’s a ruler measurement under the image that’s labeled, “four, fifteen over three, six.”

Whole numbers are no better than any others. Practice plotting values on the number line as a passionate activist rises up and demands equity for all numbers, including fractions and decimals. Part of the "Math Snacks" series.

Cartoon woman dressed in a black jumpsuit stands in a power stance and holds her arm out. Out of her hand is a green ray of powers. Text reads, “Outta Sight.”

The evil Scaleo has escaped from prison and is transforming the length, width, and height of objects until they become useless. Who can put things right? Super heroine Scale Ella uses the power of scale factor to foil the villain. Part of the "Mat...Read More

Cartoon sports scoreboard with a red team that has two hundred thirty points and a yellow whale team that has two hundred thirty-one points. A dodgeball is thrown in front of the board as a crowd of people behind the board cheer.

Ratio errors confuse one of the coaches as two teams face off in an epic dodgeball tournament. See how mathematical techniques such as tables, graphs, measurements, and equations help to find the missing part of a proportion. Part of the "Math Sna...Read More

Cartoon characters that look like queens on playing cards are dressed in red and blue gowns. They look at each other with confusion and question marks over their heads.

Two besotted rulers must embrace proportional units in order to complete a bridge to unite their lands. It takes mathematical reasoning to deduce and solve the problem. Part of the "Math Snacks" series.

Photos of a smiling woman and a serious looking man are cut out and placed on cartoon bodies. They sit at a table with a vase of flowers in between them. Behind them is a chart with a graph showing that the woman spoke thirty-five words while the man only spoke six words.

In this humorous animation, who speaks how many words turns out to determine whether a date goes well or horribly. Part of the "Math Snacks" series.

Star Maths cartoon. Girl in a spacecraft sits at a table with a microphone and monitor. She looks up at a person to her side. A spotted, cat-like creature sits on the table. A robot stands in the background. Caption. Will Lisa be able to get here?

Uncle Zak gets lost as he hurries to the launch site to say goodbye before Sam and Amber return to Earth. He radios them for the correct space coordinates. Numberella helps them interpret and send the coordinates to Uncle Zak, who arrives just in ...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Man sits and leans against a pipe-like post. This pipe is connected to another pipe that has an attached monitor displaying a bar graph with 4 vertical bars. Caption. The name's Botler, by the way.

Botler, the chief robot, wants to attract more tourists to Junkiter, and he creates a bar chart of its chief attractions to send to the Tourist Board. Sam and Amber cannot understand how to read the bar chart. Numberella teaches them about vertica...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Red, all terrain vehicle drives through a hilly dirt area with 2 trees that have sparse foliage. Caption. Amber as narrator. Well, there's not much junk this morning.

Sam and Amber decide to increase the egg production on Junkiter by giving their domestic birds some "superfeed." The number of eggs the birds produce rapidly grows, and they ask Numberella to help them create pictograms to show the relationship be...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. A small and taller robot stand next to each other, conversing. Caption. Eleven, clear up the picnic.

Sam and Amber have a pet called a pozzle, which needs to eat five times its weight each day. Since all measurement on Junkiter is metric, they must learn about the relationship of grams and kilograms. Part of "Star Maths" series.

Star Maths cartoon. Boy looks at a handheld device in 1 hand while his other hand is palm up. He stands outdoors with hills and mountains in the background. Text on the screen reads, "Meters." Caption. We need to measure out 1,000 meters.

On the planetoid Junkiter, everything is measured by the metric system. Sam learns the relationship between centimeters, meters, and kilometers. Part of the "Star Maths" series.

Star Maths cartoon. Woman sits in a spacecraft pilot's chair while a boy and girl stand next to her. All 3 look sideways and in the same direction. Caption. Rocks in space. They can do damage.

Sam and Amber play a simulation game and record their reaction times. Lisa says Amber's reaction time of 0.1 seconds is great, but they don't really understand what 0.1 means. Numberella gives them a lesson in decimals so they can make sense out o...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Large robot hovers next to an industrial floor scale in a warehouse. Text on the scale face reads, "100."

Amber gets more practice in estimation when she sees something unusual in the load of a spaceship ready to take off. By rounding off the load weights, she realizes the ship is dangerously overloaded. She warns Uncle Zak, avoiding an accident. Part...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Boy turns to watch an older man exiting the darkened room. Caption. Boy as narrator. Where are we going? Caption. Man as narrator. Into space, of course!

In order to avoid a collision with some space junk, Uncle Zak asks Sam and Amber to measure the distance between the different pieces. Numberella introduces them to the concepts of "estimation" and "approximation" so they can solve these problems ...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Hand extends over a paper with a painting of a butterfly's body and 1 set of wings. 6 pots of paint in different colors, brushes, and colored pencils sit on the table top. Caption. I'm making her a card.

Sam and Amber discover some pictures and books that don't make sense because some parts are missing. With Numberella's help, they learn how lines of symmetry can help solve the mystery and how a mirror can be used in this process. Part of the "Sta...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Side view of a boy and girl sitting at a dining table eating. Caption. Do you want all of them?

Sam and Amber try to put a new battery in one of Uncle Zak's machines. They don't have the exact replacement sizes, but Numberella teaches them about equivalent fractions so they are able to make the correct substitutions. Part of the "Star Maths"...Read More

Sam and Amber discover a machine that breaks junk rods into pieces, and Numberella helps them learn how to name and write fractions. These concepts gain importance when they try to divide up some candy bars they are eating. Part of the "Star Maths...Read More

Star Maths cartoon. Girl sits on a couch in a manufacturing plant. Caption. Hi, I'm Lisa. You must be Amber!

Space pilot Lisa takes Sam and Amber in her cargo ship to Junkiter, Uncle Zak's planetoid. Lisa asks if they would like to help her fly the ship, which involves recognizing numbers quickly and accurately. Part of the "Star Maths" series.

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