Episode Guide

1. Fraction Tracks — Using a board game, a fifth-grade class studies and practices fractions and equivalent fractions.

2. Hexominoes — A fifth-grade class studies geometry by creating hexominoes, figures made up of six squares.

3. The Location — A sixth-grade teacher uses a secret location game to teach the class about statistics, connections and reasoning.

4. Building Viewpoints — Seventh-graders learn about spatial sense and geometry from a blueprint of ancient buildings. They then create their own three-dimensional models and draw them from different viewpoints.

5. The Largest Container — Seventh- and eighth-grade students work on geometry and measurement as they attempt to create the largest container from a single sheet of paper.

6. Building Rafts With Rods — Groups of students learn about patterns, functions and problem-solving as they calculate the surface area and volume of various-sized rafts, then graph their data.