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Videos
From family engagement to educator instruction guides, this video library provides resources to help deepen your understanding of Unite with Numeracy and the Mathematical Habits of Mind.
Explore the positive side of mathematics and share tips on how to keep students and families engaged in numeracy.
Common Factor – Episode 1: Charleston
Join PK-12 Academic Support Coordinator Timothy Flatley as he walks around with Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin as they discuss how city planning requires making sense of problems and persevering to solve them.
Common Factor – Episode 2: Bridge Day
Join us for Bridge Day, where we try to figure out how Mathematical Habit of Mind 6, attend to precision, applies to Bridge Day operations.
Common Factor – Episode 3:
West Virginia University Football
Join Tim Flatley and West Virginia University’s Zach Frazier as they discuss how football strategy utilizes Mathematical Habit of Mind 7: find and make use of structure.
Common Factor – Episode 4: Catering
Join Tim Flatley as he discusses the mathematics behind catering with Carver Career and Technical Center Chef Tommy Grant.
Common Factor – Episode 5: Elk Reserve
Special guest Randy Kelley of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) joins us to learn about how the West Virginia DNR uses mathematical thinking to facilitate elk management as their population grows.
Common Factor – Episode 6: Woody Williams Center
Special guest Construction Administrator Joe Doeffinger with ZMM Architects and Engineers shows us how they construct the Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers in Cabell County.
Common Factor – Episode 7: Creating Viable Arguments
Special guest Haley Robb, a law clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of WV, to see how Mathematical Habit of Mind 3, “construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others” is applied by students of Wheeling Park High School’s Speech and Debate Team.
Common Factor – Episode 8: Creating Viable Arguments
Tim Flatley meets with West Virginia Air National Guard Instructor Pilot Major Shawn Porter and Instructor Loadmaster Tech Sergeant Emily Knight to see how Mathematical Habit of Mind 2: “Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively” applies to flying aeronautic missions in the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft.
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Expand your understanding of mathematics with these familiar math4life resources categorized by grade level.
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