Teaching Math: A Video Library 5-8

Curriculum Areas: Mathematics
Grades:
Show Length: Six 15-minute programs
Usage Rights: Unlimited
Production Date: 1997
Distributor: Annenberg Media http://www.learner.org
Availability: CMSD-TV; duplication; streamed on Annenberg website
WVIZ/PBS Broadcast:
Internet Site(s): http://www.learner.org
Teacher Guide: Materials available on website

CLOSED CAPTIONED: YES
Available for duplication on DVD to WVIZ member educators only for $20. Other orders should go directly to Annenberg Media.

See real middle school teachers incorporating the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards into their lessons, while learning as much about teaching as their students do about math. The programs demonstrate how teachers guide and assess student understanding, and offer strategies for keeping students motivated and engaged at this critical age.

A video library for grade 5-8 math teachers; 6 fifteen-minute video programs and guide.

Produced by WGBH Boston. 1997.

1. Fraction Tracks
Using a board game, a fifth-grade class studies and practices fractions and equivalent fractions.

2. Hexominoes
A fifth-grade class studies geometry by creating hexominoes, figures made up of six squares.

3. The Location
A sixth-grade teacher uses a secret location game to teach the class about statistics, connections, and reasoning.

4. Building Viewpoints
Seventh-graders learn about spatial sense and geometry from a blueprint of ancient buildings. They then create their own three-dimensional models and draw them from different viewpoints.

5. The Largest Container
Seventh- and eighth-grade students work on geometry and measurement as they attempt to create the largest container from a single sheet of paper.

6. Building Rafts With Rods
Groups of students learn about patterns, functions, and problem-solving as they calculate the surface area and volume of various-sized rafts, then graph their data.