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Highly Rated! |
Note: This work of mathematical fiction is recommended by Alex for children. |
Three kids go inside "cyberspace" to help the maternal Mother Board
fight the evil Hacker. Each episode, in addition to learning about
computers, the kids have to develop their mathematical skills to save the
day.
"Intelligent - and current wrt today's world. My 6yo enjoys it and LEARNS, as do I." says Website visitor Elizabeth Koziel.
"Cyberchase=Best kid's show ever. "this show I would say is 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007840 times better than powerpuff girls and bugs bunny. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Contributed by severin murray) "This is an amazing way to get kids interested in math without them knowing they are actually learning. My 5 year old LOVES the show. The program has a cartoon story where 3 kids use problem solving and mathematical topics to save 'Motherboard'. After the cartoon segment a real person applies the same math principle to a real situation. EXCELLENT SHOW!" (Contributed by R. Kauffman) "I love this show for my son. He is 6 years old and has high-functioning autism. He is in 1st grade and is just starting to learn long division, so the way the show takes math principles and applies them to real life situations helps him "get it" even better. This is one of the few shows that grabs his attention and keeps for the entire episode. " (Contributed by Anonymous) "Excellent show!! My two girls, age 4 and 2, watch this one. Even at this early age the influence is evident and they get something. Would love to see more shows like this, where kids really learn something!!!" (Contributed by Finn Augensen)
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More information about this work can be found at pbskids.org. |
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Exciting News: The total number of works of mathematical fiction listed in this database recently reached a milestone. The 1,500th entry is The Man of Forty Crowns by Voltaire. Thanks to Vijay Fafat for writing the summary of that work (and so many others). I am also grateful to everyone who has contributed to this website. Heck, I'm grateful to everyone who visited the site. Thank you!
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