Teach Math with Film for Math and Stats Month

Teach Math with Film for Math and Stats Month

Did you know you can teach math with film? For Mathematics and Statistics Month in April, we’re highlighting some of our favorite math teaching tools. Our free film teaching guides feature classroom-ready lesson plans across the curriculum suitable for grade 4 all the way to grade 12 — including math lessons!

Our most popular math lesson is part of our Hidden Figures Curriculum Guide, about The Math of Space Travel: Orbits and Conic Sections. For grades 9-12.

Children of Heaven features two math lessons:  Lesson 8: Keeping Secrets and Lesson 9: Iran: The Land of Earthquakes. For grades 6-11.

Like Stars on Earth Lesson 4 explores the math of Determining Your Grade: Calculating Percents. For grades 5-9.

Please Vote for Me Lesson 4 introduces students to Integer Calculations with Chinese Number Rods. For grades 5-9.

The Cup Lesson 9 looks at the math of The Value of Money. For grades 7-12.

The Way Home Lesson 9 teaches students about Using Graphs. For grades 8-12.

Whale Rider Lesson 9 shows students how to Count the Uncountable with Fermi problems, using examples from the film. For grades 7-10.

Get your free math lesson plans from our library and liven up your math classes today!

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