Math Wise ★ "Lost" Secondary Mathematics Series

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Math Wise ★ "Lost" Secondary Mathematics Series

Produced in 1981 by KOCE (Huntington Beach) for The Agency for Instructional Technology

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Math Wise was on the back half of AIT's "Secondary School Television Project" (The other being of course "On the Level"). The series was released in September 1981 and was the first consortia series recorded on videotape, rather than film. Stephanie Edwards, a Los Angeles TV personality was the host.

Each episode opened with Edwards explaining a mathematical concept and showing its use in the 'real world'. The content quickly shifted to one of four scenes - a marina, a farm, a small town, or a city - for a (mostly) humorous dramatization.

Characters from the four locales were as follows:

On the farm - Leona Noble, age 15; and brother Paul, age 10

At the Marina - Cynthia McMillian, a sailing instructor; rival Mike Cummings, expert sailor himself; and Myrna Mitchell, a wannabe.

Small Town - Blanca Ortiz, waitress at a Mexican restaurant; amd her boyfriend Armondo Munoz, a car mechanic

City - Henry (Apollo) Jackson, backbone of an emerging rock band; and Micki Tenini, the lead singer and sister if an up-and-coming record producer; Myrna Mitchell is the secretary at Tenini Recording Studios

The major characters frequently criss-crossed from one setting to another. Myrna was tops at this, with Leona and Appolo runners-up.

As Seen on PBS!!!

Archive

Internet Archive, in Lost telecourses

Licence or status

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Credit

Agency for Instructional Technology

Language

English

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed