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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers BUILDING A ROVER DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers BUILDING A ROVER
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Building a Rover: To traverse the surface of the Moon or Mars, a vehicle must be able to think for itself. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's testing ground, a team of scientists demonstrates the rover that will soon wander over the Martian landscape. Geometry, Patterns/Functions
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers COACHING AN ATHLETE DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers COACHING AN ATHLETE
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Coaching an Athlete: What young athlete doesn't dream of being in the Olympics? From a five mile run at dawn, to workouts on the mats, the head judo coach for the U.S. Olympic Training Team uses math to create training programs that put athletes at the peak of physical ability. Percents, Statistics
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers Complete Series on DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers Complete 12 episode series
Price: $289.95

Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
A "field trip" like no other, Interactions takes middle and high school students on-site to meet professionals in fields ranging from sports to space exploration, to discover the role that middle school math concepts play in solving real-life problems.

Teacher and student materials accompanying the series enable students to become "colleagues" of the professionals they meet and use their math skills to plan their own recycling programs, to monitor the recovery of endangered animals, to design vehicles to explore other planets, to calculate the power generated by solar cells, and so on.
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers DEEP SEA MISSIONS DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers DEEP SEA MISSIONS
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Deep Sea Missions: It's cold; it's dark. The pressure is immense. A pilot and scientist from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute navigate a remotely operated deep-sea vehicle through underwater canyons, filming the ocean floor and collecting samples. Geometry, Ratios, Patterns/Functions
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers DESIGNING A PRODUCT DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers DESIGNING A PRODUCT
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Designing a Product: How is a pair of sunglasses like a coffee maker? Both are the end result of problem-solving. A senior product designer at Bausch and Lomb, takes viewers into the design studios and factory to see how a new style of Ray Bans are created and manufactured. Statistics, Percents, Geometry
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers DIGITAL COMMUNICATION DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Digital Communication: What is the information "Superhighway" really all about? Communications engineers at GTE, and US WEST provide a remarkably clear introduction to the basic concepts of the digital communications revolution. Viewers will see how 1's and 0's represent graphics, video, and even sounds. Exponents, Patterns/Functions, Powers of 10
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers ENDANGERED SPECIES DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers ENDANGERED SPECIES
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Endangered Species: Can we bring back species that are on the brink of extinction? A Native American wildlife biologist, Robert Mesta, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, combines scientific training and traditional Indian values to help bring the Arizona bald eagle off the "endangered species" list. Ratios, Patterns
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers MAKING MUSIC DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers MAKING MUSIC
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Making Music: Do musicians really use much math? A composer takes students behind the scenes as she creates music for HBO's "Comic Relief," and a renowned percussionist demonstrates the  rhythmic patterns used in jazz, rock, hip-hop and other popular music styles. Ratios, Proportions, Fractions
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers RECYCLING DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers RECYCLING
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Recycling: A few years ago, Seattle, Washington faced an overwhelming garbage crisis. City planners and engineers describe how they created a recycling program that has become a model for the nation. Viewers will see, from beginning to end, how the recycling process gets done. Percents, Fractions
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Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers SOLAR ENERGY DVD
Interactions: Real Math-Real Careers SOLAR ENERGY
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Interactions:Real Math-Real Careers (grades 6-9)
Solar Energy: Can people in remote rural areas who are far from electric generating plants get power for their lights and appliances? Solar cells make it possible. Mechanical and electrical engineers at the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories take viewers through the process of designing and installing solar cell panels in remote locations. Geometry, Percents
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