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Futures with Jaime Escalante - Module 1: Environmental Sciences
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
Module 1 Episodes:
Renewable Energy
Environmental Science and Technology
Meteorology
Ocean Exploration
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Futures with Jaime Escalante - Module 2: Applied Arts
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
Module 2 contains:
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Cartography
Fashion
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Futures with Jaime Escalante - Module 3: Design and Engineering
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
Module 3 contains:
Aircraft Design
Putting Man in Space
Automotive Design
Architecture and Structural Engineering
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Futures with Jaime Escalante - Module 4: Life Sciences, Sports and Fitness
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
Module 4 contains:
Sports Performance
Fitness and Physical Performance
Agriculture
Animal Care
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Futures with Jaime Escalante - Module 5: Communications
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
Module 5 contains:
Personal Communication
Mass Communication
Optics
Sound Engineering
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Futures with Jaime Escalante - Module 6: Government and Civil Engineering
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
Module 6 contains:
Statistics
Water Engineering
Future Habitats
Advanced Transportation
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Futures with Jaime Escalante Complete 24 Episode Series
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante (grades 9-12)
FUTURES was designed to motivate interest in mathematics by showing students that math is the language of the future--and a passport to creative and rewarding jobs in fields ranging from fashion and skateboard design to architecture and space exploration.
The most popular instructional television series in the history of PBS. FUTURES features acclaimed math teacher Jaime Escalante (profiled in the feature film Stand and Deliver), and is intended for use with students in middle school, high school and community colleges.
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Futures with Jaime Escalante Episode 01: Renewable Energy
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante: Renewable Energy (grades 9-12)
Energy can come from windmills spinning in the desert wind, changes in ocean temperature, steam generated deep in the molten core of the earth, or even from burning vegetation. Locations include California's Mojave desert, where solar engineers explain how giant mirrors capture the sun's energy, and Hawaii, where scientists experiment with tidal energy. Classroom guest: Ed Begley, Jr.
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Futures with Jaime Escalante Episode 02: Environmental Science and Technology
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante: Environmental Science and Technology (grades 9-12)
Some of the most promising careers of the future will solve the pollution problem. Locations include New York City's 2,400 acre Freshkills Landfill and the renowned recycling program in the City of Seattle. Also featured: Amazon rain forest specialists, a "garbage anthropologist," and the unique work of musicologist Bernie Krause, who records and catalogs the sounds of nature. Classroom guest: Olivia Newton John.
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Futures with Jaime Escalante Episode 03: Meteorology
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FUTURES with Jaime Escalante: Meteorology (grades 9-12)
How hard will the winds blow? Where will the lightning strike? Predicting the weather is the science of meteorology. In this episode, meet hurricane specialists, tornado trackers and other people who collect data on weather systems. Not all storms take place on Earth, as space weather scientists explain when they discuss the need to predict huge solar flares. Classroom guest: TV weatherman Spencer Christian.
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