- Description
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programs expand the concepts presented in the original series. Each episode links classroom math and science to
rewarding careers. Escalante, students, and
celebrities work with math principles and interview professionals who use math at MTV, the
San Diego Wild Animal Park, the National Hurricane Center, and the Lakers’ Basketball
Training Center. |
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- Episodes
1. “Animal
Care” addresses the role of math in the science of animal care and shows that math is
vital to the preservation of endangered species. Students
visit an exotic wildlife-training center, a thoroughbred breeding farm, and an inner city
vet clinic. (14:45)
2. “Fitness & Physical Performance” explores career opportunities in
dietetics, nutrition, biomechanics, injury treatment, orthopedics, prosthetics research,
and space medicine. Students see former
Lakers great Michael Cooper with Jaime on the court. (14:45)
3. “Renewable Energy” introduces technologies related to alternative energy
sources and shows that math, especially algebra, is the key to careers in the energy
industry. Students meet actor Ed Begley, Jr.
and visit Zond Industries, Sandia National Laboratories, and Luz Corporation. (14:45)
4. “Environmental Science & Technology” shows the role of the math concept
of inequalities in solar detoxification, bio-diversity, and other technologies that will
have a positive impact on the planet. Students
meet Olivia Newton-John, the first Ambassador to the United Nations on the Environment.
(14:45)
5. “Graphic Design” takes students to USA Today, Disney World, and MTV to learn
about seven graphics-related professions. Graphic
designer Roland Young demonstrates the role of symmetry and scale in design. (14:45)
6. “Industrial Design” shows that products’ performance and appearance
depend upon design. Industrial designer Syd
Mead demonstrates how geometric shapes and proportions are applied to every design.
(14:45)
7. “Future Habitats” presents math and science as the tickets to opportunities
to work in space. Star Trek legend Leonard
Nimoy reveals cinematic secrets related to scale, ratios, and proportion.
8. “Advanced Transportation” explores the facts and fantasies of designing and
engineering transportation systems of the future. Discussions
with an astronaut-pilot-engineer include electric and solar cars, magnetic levitation
trains, human-powered submarines, and interstellar travel. (14:45)
9. “Personal Communication” introduces microchip technology, geo and low orbit
satellites, and fiber optics and shows how the concept of symbols and operations with
positive and negative values applies to personal communications. Technologies that enable people with disabilities
to work in the personal communications field are presented. (14:45)
10. “Mass Communication” shows that math is the language of the technology that
makes modern mass communications possible. Ted
Koppel, in his Nightline studio, is the special guest via two-way satellite hook-up.
(14:45)
11. “Meteorology” stresses the role of math in careers related to weather. Good Morning America weatherman Spencer Christian
discusses positive and negative numbers, and hurricane specialists, tornado chasers,
lightning experts, and climate scientists are featured. (14:45)
12. “Ocean Exploration” introduces students to career opportunities in
oceanography. The functional relationship of
pressure to depth is explained, and Eugenie Clark, the “shark lady,” is
featured. (14:45) |
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