PBS’s Cyberchase Teaches Math Concepts
Cyberchase is an adventurous show on PBS that teaches different math concepts through the episode plots that show real life application of math concepts. The show is best suited for kids between ages 8 and 10, but some depending on the math skills some younger kids may be able to enjoy this show without being totally confused. As for older kids, they may enjoy it as well because the plots are good and the math can serve as a refresher to them. Thus it does not just teach math concepts, but teaches that math is an important life skill. For example, this week there are new episodes of the Cyberchase that show how math plays a role in Sports, which is a great theme this time of year with the baseball season starting and March Madness ending.
The three main characters of the show are Matt, Jackie, and Inez, who are three kids from Earth. In the show they transported into Cyberspace, where they try to stop Hacker’s evil plans to rule Cyberspace as well as often save Motherboard. Each episode focuses on a specific math concept, such as fractions and patterns. The concepts are presented in a way that makes learning the concepts fun and useful, which is something a lot of kids do not get when they are learning math in school. Additionally, the show is entertaining because of the different plots and action involved in saving Cyberspace from Hacker’s evil plans. The concepts are further shown as being applicable in real life with the Cyberchase For Real segment at the end of the episode that features real life people using the concept taught in the episode int the real world, i.e. it is a live action segment.
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