Help Students Master Math with Infobase

We rely on many kinds of technology every day. We use it to turn on lights, take life-saving medicine, and make calls on pocket-sized computers. In fact, we rely on them so often that we take them for granted. In addition, they seem to improve over time. They are tools that help us better understand our world and the universe, from a school microscope to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Yet, any scientist or inventor will tell you that no new technologies would exist without mathematics. Space travel would be impossible without calculus, and math is a key part of any architecture or construction projects. Math is a key part of medicine, too. Being able to calculate and measure the correct drug dose can save lives. Ultimately, being able to make the right calculations, measurements, and estimates makes technology possible.

Take time to explore math resources in Infobase products. They help students feel comfortable and confident using math every day. They also help students prepare for college and future careers, including STEM careers.

The World Almanac® for Kids and The World Almanac® for Kids Elementary

The World Almanac for Kids and The World Almanac for Kids Elementary cover a wealth of math topics for middle school and elementary students. In The World Almanac for Kids Elementary, students can learn and practice math skills. They can work on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They can also explore geometry, measurement, place value, fractions, time, and money. Meanwhile, The World Almanac for Kids covers more challenging topics for intermediate students. These topics include expressions and equations, geometry, ratios and proportions, and statistics and probability. It also covers the four operations and number systems. Additionally, students will also find book-length biographies and short bullet biographies. These biographies feature scientists, inventors, and mathematicians. They include Benjamin Banneker, Niels Bohr, Maria Goeppert Mayer, and Katharine Johnson. They also include Mary Jackson, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, and other trailblazers.

Both award-winning products work together. They offer exclusive, age-appropriate content for students. This includes articles, videos, Fun Facts, games, and puzzles. These help students practice core math skills. Plus, educators can find a wealth of teacher resources such as worksheets, classroom management forms, science diagrams, and projects that can help with math instruction.

Learn360

Learn360, the ultimate streaming multimedia resource for K–12 schools and districts, offers thousands of math resources. It includes videos, audio files, encyclopedia articles, activities, and interactives.

Math Video Series for K-12 Students

Notably, popular math video series include Common Core Math 4 Kids, Real World Math, and Makematic’s Crayola: Moved by Math. Users can also find over 140 printable handouts with step-by-step problems, clear instructions, and analyses.

Here is just some of the math-related content you can find on Learn360:

Early Math and Counting

• Episode 1: One (Polkaroo Counts series, 2021, Item #285656): Oh no, the number one is missing from the Number Wall! Polkaroo heads out into the real world while Hudson hangs out at the Polkaroo Counting Lab, both of them counting and finding different iterations of the number 1.
• Counting with Earl series (2021, Item #282997): This animated series from Baby Einstein teaches numbers and quantities. The content is based on “The Einstein Way,” a curiosity-driven learning philosophy, from industry experts, inspired by Montessori and STEAM. 
• Bingo’s Marvellous Math Adventures series (2024, Item #294664): Join Bingo, the math-loving pup, on an exciting journey to explore essential math skills and vocabulary in this engaging video series. Specifically, this program is designed for elementary school students to make learning math fun and accessible.

Money and Financial Literacy

• Neighborhood Market Day/Rosie and Javi’s Slime Store and The Ice Pop Truck/Rosie’s Dollar Dilemma (Rosie’s Rules series, 2023, Items #290435 and #290432): Follow the adventures of Rosie Fuentes, an inquisitive five-year-old Mexican-American girl just beginning to learn about the baffling and thrilling world beyond her family walls. In Neighborhood Market Day/Rosie and Javi’s Slime Store, Rosie searches for something to sell, but nothing seems quite right. Also, Rosie and Javi open a slime store, but realize they don’t have enough slime, so they have to make more. In The Ice Pop Truck/Rosie’s Dollar Dilemma, Rosie wants to try a new ice pop. She needs to find an extra dollar to buy it. 
• Let’s Talk About Money (Doggyland series, 2023, Item #287630): Bow Wizzle (played by Snoop Dogg) teaches the puppies about money. He uses singing, dancing, and rap. Kids can sing along and learn coin names. They learn pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters. They also learn about dollars. This fun kids’ music video builds math and counting skills.
• Why Is Budgeting Important? (Financial Literacy series, 2022, Item #283085): Jamal goes shopping and wants to spend some money. He explores the idea of budgeting—what is budgeting? Why is it important?

Geometry

• Cubes (High Five Facts, Season 2 series, 2022, Item #283138): High Five Facts is a series of short, animated videos that showcase five interesting facts, covering a wide range of topics from space to animals to shapes—perfect for introductions to new topics, quiz time, brain breaks or as an additional visual resource at home or in the classroom. This video explores five fun facts about cubes.

Interactive Lessons

Learn360 also includes math interactives from Learnetic with clear learning goals. It has organized sections with animations, video clips, slideshows, images, and diagrams. These resources explain key concepts. It also offers activities and quizzes that support hands-on learning. It also provides Lesson Reports at the end to assess student work. Students can test themselves and build critical thinking skills.

Topic Centers

Learn360’s Topic Centers bring together many multimedia assets in one place. These include videos, interactives, audio, and printables. They cover many popular curriculum topics, including many math topics. As a result, teachers can save time finding the right materials. They can also build dynamic lessons that engage students on topics like:

• Addition
• Counting and Place Value
• Decimals
• Division
• Fractions
• Multiplication
• Shapes
• Subtraction
• And more.

Classroom Video On Demand

In addition to Learn360, Classroom Video On Demand features a wealth of middle- and high school-level material appropriate for basic through AP courses on mathematics, including:

• Geometry, a 20-part series from Tercera/Hurix Digital that explores geometry with a focus on the branch of trigonometry and the relationship between the angles and the ratios of the sides of the right-angled triangles. Engaging videos provide instruction on solving problems related to ratios, angles, and shapes.
• Hundreds of titles from integral CALC on calculus and geometry
• Accounting Fundamentals, an exclusive four-part series that provides an overview of accounting practices and concepts
• Bitesize: Math Facts, a series from BBC Worldwide Learning covering advanced math topics in a fun and engaging way
• Algebra Applications and Geometry Applications, two 10-part series from Media4Math that present an impressive array of real-world applications of algebra and geometry, covering the complete scope and sequence of both curricula
• Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry’s Mysterious World of Math, a three-part series from DCD Rights Limited where Dr. Hannah Fry journeys through the evolution of math from its philosophical origins to its status as a universal language and the foundation for all of science, introducing the great thinkers whose breakthroughs have shaped the language of math and, with it, our understanding of the world.

The Mailbox® Plus

Looking for math printables for prekindergarten through grade 6? The Mailbox Plus is packed with 54,000+ fun and engaging ideas, worksheets, games, learning centers, and more that help inspire imaginations while teaching essential skills—including more than 12,000 activities specifically for math. Furthermore, all of the activities are teacher-created, teacher-tested, and educationally sound.

Science Online

Finally, Science Online is a database that offers a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines, including mathematics—the “M” in STEM. Its Mathematics Topic Center is a virtual study guide. It features editor-selected overview articles on many topics. Notably, these topics include algebra, applied mathematics, calculus, geometry, and probability and statistics. It also includes suggested research topics, videos and animations, key tables and data, and a comprehensive mathematics timeline. Students will also find a Featured People section. It lists mathematicians and links to biographical articles. The articles come from Infobase’s renowned proprietary reference titles. This is a quick way to learn about the people behind math.