Adventures of Jasper Woodbury

Available Episodes:

  • The Big Splash
    Students must develop a business plan for a hypothetical school principal in order to obtain a loan for their project.
  • Bridging the Gap
    Students learn about statistical concepts and their environment as they look for worthy projects.
  • A Capital Idea
    A Capital Idea involves a sample within a sample, making the problem more difficult to conceptualize than the other statistics adventures.

Available Episodes:

  • Blueprint for Success
    The Challenge is for students to help Christina and Marcus design a playground and ball field for a vacant lot.
  • The Right Angle
    As they watch The Right Angle, students learn about topographic maps, as well as about important concepts of geometry (e.g., isosceles right triangles) and their usefulness for measurement.

  • The Great Circle Race
    To solve The Great Circle Race students need to interpret a topographic map, correctly draw the legal race area on the map, interpret data about the speed of various non-motorized vehicles, and use compass clues to determine racers' starting locations and routes.

Available Episodes:

  • Journey to Cedar Creek
    Students are challenged to help Jasper determine if he can make it home before sunset without running out of fuel.
  • Rescue at Boone's Meadow
    Students are challenged to deal with the numerous alternatives that Emily must consider in helping Jasper get the injured eagle to the veterinarian.

  • Get Out the Vote
    Students must prepare plans to drive as many voters as possible to the polls on election day.

Available Episodes:

  • Working Smart
    Students use data from the story to create tables and graphs to help them answer questions involving car rental costs, fuel costs, rates and times of travel and overtaking someone on a trip who has a head start.

  • Kim's Komet
    Students need to examine rate data involving distance and time and find a common rate in order to compare the performance of different cars.

  • The General is Missing
    Students collect data from the adventure and interpret the algebraic messages sent by Grandpa in order to locate the kidnappers' hiding place on a map.