Videos to teach statistics, in Spanish and English
With a dose of Mayan culture
In AzTech, as with all of our games, students can choose to learn by watching a video, reading a webpage, having a page read to them or doing an activity.
Math Videos are listed by topic, followed by Social Studies Videos
The videos below address topics of special concern to schools using our games, either because these were prerequisite to learning statistics, or were math or social studies concepts with which students have particular difficulty. For Spanish-speaking students in your class, we have video voiceovers in Spanish. Feel free to use any of these videos to teach your children. To check out our games, click here.
Videos Ordered by Math Topic
Time-rate-distance problems
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What is a time-rate-distance problem – and how to solve one. |
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A distance – rate – time problem example – Grandpa Goes To Texas |
El abuelo viaja a Texas – Un problema de velocidad, distancia y tiempo. |
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Grandma Goes to Honduras – Another distance-rate-time problem |
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Fractions and decimals
Converting fractions to decimals – 2 1/2 = 2.5
Fraction and Decimal Equality – This video gives an example of finding the equivalent decimal for a fraction. It ends asking the students to solve several practice problems. Note that some of these are repeating decimals like .333. This video provides a good “jumping off” point to discussing repeating and terminating decimals.
Statistics
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Learning about distributions using bar graphs , with examples from Mayan trading. |
El comercio Maya – Aprendiendo sobre distribuciones usando gráficos de barra |
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Why did the Maya Hunt? – What’s an X axis? What’s a Y axis? Another example of using bar graphs, explaining Mayan hunting practices. |
¿Por qué cazaban animales los Maya? Qué es el eje Y? Qué es el eje X? Otro ejemplo del uso de gráficos de barra. |
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Explaining distributions and variability, with bananas and angry villagers -How can knowledge of distributions save you from angry, spear-wielding villagers? Watch this video from the AzTech Games series to find out. |
Explicando distribuciones y variabilidad, con plátanos y aldeanos enojados – ¿Cómo puedo el conocimiento en distribuciones salvarte de aldeanos furiosos? Mira este video de nuestra serie de juegos AzTech para descrubrirlo. |
Social Studies Standards (Using Math)
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What’s the Word? History terms explained. |
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Using Timelines With B.C.E. – How do we use timelines with years before the current calendar came into use? |
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How To Solve Timeline Problems With B.C.E. – Example of how to solve a timeline problem, from AzTech: Meet the Maya |
Línea de tiempo con A.E.C. Ejemplo sobre cómo resolver un problema de linea de tiempo, del juego AzTech: Conoce a los Maya |