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The Flying Parallinis

From Cyberchase · 2007

The Flying Parallinis
27 min3rd4th5thMath
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Summary

To rescue Jackie from the top of Mount Wayupthere, the CyberSquad teams up with TW, a young acrobat who knows the secrets of parallelograms. It's a high-flying look at why these four-sided shapes are so strong and useful.

Viewer safety

All agesMild peril

Hacker strands a character on a mountaintop — light cartoon peril that's quickly resolved.

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

The Parallinis use parallelograms to pull off a high-flying rescue.

  1. What makes a shape a parallelogram?
  2. Where did the Parallinis put parallelograms to work?
  3. What everyday objects have a parallelogram shape?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: parallelogram, parallel, side.

Try it: Find two parallelograms in the classroom and trace their parallel sides.