- Coming up on "Extra Credit," we learn about careers and sports, even if you aren't an athlete.

Plus tips for being a good teammate, stay tuned.

- [Announcer] This program is made possible in part by Michigan Department of Education, the State of Michigan, and by viewers like you.

(upbeat music) - Hi there, I'm Mrs. Pizzo, and I'm so thrilled you're here.

This is "Extra Credit" where we meet interesting people, explore new ideas, and discover fun places together.

Each episode will introduce you to people who use math, science, sports writing and the arts to make the world an interesting place.

Today's theme is Sports and Games, and we have a ton of fun planned.

But first, let's meet our cohost.

- Hi friends, my name is Yash Mehta, and I'm happy to be with you.

Do you like watching sports?

If so, you're just like Kate Scott.

She's a morning-sports anchor at KNBR.

Even as a little girl, she loved watching "Sports Center" on ESPN, and grew up playing every sport she could.

But after a knee injury ended her athletic career, she was encouraged to put her sports knowledge to work as a journalist.

Let's kick off sports and games week by hearing from Kate.

(bright music) - I played almost every sport that you can imagine growing up.

My first ever foray into sports broadcasting or journalism, I was a print journalist.

And I used to just cover all the sports and the teams that I used to play for.

In my current job now, I'm one of the very few women on sports radio in the U.S. because it's such a male-dominated field.

And a lot of people ask me, well, how did you even get into it?

When I think about that, yeah, I definitely did my internships and I got there, but I never thought about the fact that it was usually just men.

If you see something that you wanna do, but you don't see someone who looks like you in that role, don't stop trying to do it because maybe everyone has just been waiting for you.

But I think the most rewarding part of my job for me, and it's kind of come as a complete surprise because I've always loved sports.

And just to be able to be paid to do something I love to talk about sports, which so many people do, right?

At the water cooler, at lunch, having drinks with friends, over, you know, whatever.

It's such a commonality that people share, to talk about sports.

So, the fact that I get paid for it, is incredible.

But the fact that I'm a woman in a male-dominated fields, has really opened my eyes to the fact that so many women have wanted to be in my position before me, and either weren't allowed the opportunity, or were looked down upon for wanting to do what I do.

So, I've gotten so many incredible emails and tweets from women who have just said, I have been waiting 25 years to hear a woman talk about sports the way I have always talked about sports.

I get notes from dads saying, I drive my daughters and their friends to school every morning and they light up when they hear your voice because they love sports.

And they identify with the fact that there's a woman talking about sports.

So, for me, that is the most rewarding.

I think my coolest interview probably feels like one of the coolest, because I wasn't actually a real reporter yet.

It was when I was at Cal and I was just working for a little highlight show.

And I was in the Post-Game Basketball Press Conference, and it was the game in which Cal had retired, Jason Kidd who played in the NBA from Oakland.

He played a Cal and they were retiring his Jersey.

So, he was there for the game and there was a halftime ceremony.

And then post-game, he came into the interview room and I was back there.

I usually just sat there, I didn't ask many questions, I let the professionals do it.

But they were asking him all these questions, it seemed pretty dull to me.

No one was asking about his time in Berkeley, which is why he was back.

Because Cal loved him, and he seems to love Cal.

And they would just kind of ask him about his current MBA team and this and that.

And I thought to myself, I really wanna know why Jason loved Cal.

So, I just raised my hand in the back and I was nervous, and the press guy called on me, and I said, you know, Jason, what was your favorite memory from your time at Cal?

And he sat there for a minute and he started talking about this guy who was famous in his time there, who was called the "Naked Guy".

Who was a guy that just used to walk around campus with a backpack and shoes and nothing else.

And the room was cracking up.

And then everyone else started asking, well, what's your favorite restaurant while you were here in Berkeley?

Well, do you remember any great times in the dorms?

So, that just showed me that I could do it because I was in this room with all these professionals.

And the question I asked, opened all these other questions up.

And the following day in the paper, all the quilts they used were from those few questions that had started after I had asked him a really simple question, just, what was your favorite memory at Cal?

So, looking back, that's one of the coolest interviews I've done.

If he loves sports and wanna get into sports broadcasting, but you don't necessarily play sports, read all you can, watch all you can, listen to everything you can, and latch on with people that you really like.

I definitely have folks in every industry that I really like, sports writers that I love, who really teach me the most about those sports.

Because let's be honest, I didn't know a thing about cricket and I didn't know that much about ice hockey.

There's no ice that's natural in Fresno, California where I grew up.

So, I really had to teach myself just as you would about math or science, or any other subject.

You just have to be willing to teach yourself.

So, find magazines that you like, there's so many different avenues these days, and find TV programs that you really like, and watch them on a continuous basis.

And you'll learn quickly that just by doing something, just by making something a part of your routine, that you'll start to soak it in.

And things that maybe seemed really foreign to you a month ago, all of a sudden, you'll know every player on a team and why they play the position that they do and where they came from before.

So, just keep your eyes open, and listen and read and watch and you'll definitely have a shot.

I played almost every sport that you can imagine growing up, I played tennis, I played basketball, I played soccer, I played softball, I ran track, I played street hockey and street football with the boys.

Just anytime there was a ball or a stick or a glove around, I just wanted to play it.

And then when we got a little bit older, the sports I focused on.

I played four sports actually in high school.

I played varsity soccer, varsity basketball, I ran varsity track and I also did varsity tennis.

So, I loved sports and they've definitely played a big part in where I am today.

(bright music) (soft music) - There are more than 30,000 islands in the Great Lakes.

Of course, not all of them are inhabited, but some are home to enough year-round residents to have high schools and high school basketball teams.

So, who's your Crosstown rival when you live on an island?

It could be another island team hundreds of miles away.

(energetic music) - [Announcer] They're the familiar sounds of high school basketball.

(whistle blowing) (participants applauding) But in just a few hours, this gym will hold an event you've probably never heard of, The Great Lakes Islands Basketball Tournament.

- The Great Lakes Island Basketball Tournament is unique because it's just the island small and in schools.

And it's like the battle of the basket who's the best of the Great Lakes.

- [Announcer] Facing off, are boys and girls teams from four island high schools representing three states.

There's the Put-in-Bay Panthers from Ohio South Bass Island, the Washington Island Bucks hailing from Wisconsin, and representing Michigan, the Mackinaw Island Lakers, and the Beaver Island, Islanders.

- It's fun, mainly because Beaver Island is our rival.

And we've always been rivals, we have a lot of friends there.

And then Put-in-Bay ans Washington Island, we just have friends there and it's kind of fun when they come up here.

- [Announcer] This year's tournament, held on Mackinaw Island, promises stiff competition on the court.

But for the teams, just getting there is a challenge all its own.

(upbeat music) For the Put-in-Bay Panthers, the trip North from Lake Erie began the day before.

- Well, first, we took ferry from Put-in-Bay over in Tom Island.

Then from there, we drove all the way up through Michigan, across the bridge.

We were in the car for like 10 hours, plus a couple of stops from there.

And now we're on the ferry on our way to Mackinaw Island from there.

(indistinct chatter) - [Announcer] With no cars allowed on the island, and only two horse-drawn carriages in service, the Panthers decide to make the icy walk from the dock right to the tournament.

A couple of miles to the North, a top the Island's iconic bluff.

Teams from Beaver Island arrived by plane.

- We took off on the plane, gorgeous flight.

We had to fly over the Mackinaw Bridge, which is always a good thing to see.

- [Announcer] When the students' horse-drawn ride doesn't show up, they too, have to make the snowy trek to the tournament.

Finally, after more than eight hours of driving and a hotel stay, the Washington Island Bucks reach Mackinaw Island.

For junior guard Max Johnson, on his first trip to Mackinaw, the island is a sight to behold.

- It looked like the "Wizard of Oz" or something like that, one of those fantasy towns, 'cause you see all the buildings right up next to each other, different colors everywhere too, and then they've got that massive Christmas tree in the middle of the road.

Christmas lights everywhere.

So, it's really beautiful around here.

- [Announcer] Even the hometown Mackinaw Lakers have an unusual commute to the tournament.

- As you can see outside, there's a lot of snow and not as many people.

We drive snowmobiles to and from school and anywhere else we'd like to go.

(energetic music) (blowing whistle) - [Announcer] Now, in its second year, the two-day round-robin tournament gives these small island teams an opportunity to play against schools of similar size.

- It's really awesome because we're playing against other teams who are just like us.

Usually, when we're playing other teams in Wisconsin, all the teams are like they only have like eight players, let's run it on them, let's run it on them, and let's get him tired out right away.

- [Announcer] All the teams competing have fewer than 100 students enrolled in their entire school, kindergarten through 12th grade.

- The whole freshmen class, there are seven students.

I'm the only girl, there are six guys.

They're a little crazy and wild, but they're like brothers.

- [Announcer] That often means to feel the basketball team, junior high schoolers are moved up to varsity, or teams might even play with a co-ed roster.

- Our boys team unfortunately, due to a player not coming out, we only had four boys in the high school team.

And the girls play their game, and then come play an extra quarter with boys.

Our team normally plays either a Christian school, varsity schools, which are small in enrollment, or public school's freshmen teams.

It's nice to compete against schools that are kind of playing who they have, not who they want to have.

And also too, the kids have comradery and they've shared experiences what makes this game special.

- [Announcer] The tournament brings sharp shooting from behind the arc.

Tough play from the low post.

And hard-pounding (indistinct chatter) (fans cheering) While friendly rivalries play out on the court.

Off the court, players from different schools bond over some of the unique challenges of island life as a teenager.

- So, a bad thing about this island, is that if you're a teenager, you can't like anyone here.

Because that just is really going to go bad for you, because if you date and break up, you're gonna have to survive with each other for years to come.

And then like you can't date anyone off the island 'cause you'll never see them.

- I think it's just fun like to meet new people.

My school is very quiet, very small.

So, talking to other people who share like same situation as you, is lot of fun.

- I think we can relate with each other a lot just because we live in an island, and know how hard it is to travel and do other things like that.

- [Announcer] Traveling to and from the islands for sporting events also poses a challenge for each of the four school districts.

- All of our travel expenses goes pretty much to the sports teams.

It's something that we have to budget for every year, 'cause last year, for instance, we went to be round twice.

In one season, we went for basketball and soccer.

So, it adds up when you're sending 20 to 30 kids to a different island on a plane, it adds up.

- [Announcer] But for the schools, sports boosters, and parents, the experience is worth paying for.

(fans cheering) - Sports are very important at our school.

And it's kind of, if you don't play sports, then you're gonna be bored.

- All the community comes to every single basketball game.

And our school is very supportive of our sports programs.

- I've known the most of these kids when they were born.

So, you get very attached to all of them and you want them to do well and you want them to succeed.

(bright music) - [Announcer] When the final buzzer sound, the Beaver Island Boys and the Put-in Bay girls both repeat as tournament champions.

- We were hyped because we won it last year, we won all three games, which is how you win the tournament, we were like, yeah, yeah, let's go.

And so, we were really excited about doing that.

- It was along trek and we made it worth it.

It goes in our trophy case at school and we get to hold it and touch it as much as we want.

- [Announcer] For the teams that fell short, next year's tournament means a trip to a different island and another shot at the Great Lakes Islands Title.

- Hey, I mean, our tournament next year is in Put-in-Bay.

And if they beat us on our home turf, we're gonna beat them on their home turf.

(air whooshing) - The Great Lakes, now we aim to cover the Great Lakes Region and the people who live here, like you.

Please follow us on social media, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and sign up for our newsletter at greatlakesnow.org.

(upbeat music) - I think it's definitely okay to disagree with people that you're working with, in a respectable way of course.

- It's really important to have disagreements and to have creative disagreements.

I think as a result of disagreements, we create better products.

- So, when you're working on a team, there are three important things you wanna remember.

- Appreciation, curiosity and compromise.

- Appreciation.

You wanna appreciate that your team has lots of ideas, even if you don't agree with all of them.

Remember that everybody wants the project to be the best it can be.

- Curiosity.

Be curious about different ideas.

How's it different point of view interesting?

Being curious means really listening before you say, or decide anything.

- Compromise.

You wanna try and find a solution that takes parts of all the different ideas that your team has and puts them together to make something even better.

- Everybody has something that they can bring to your team.

Even if you don't see it at first, it's there.

And so, you have to find it, because once you do, then the project is so much better, and everybody on the team is a lot happier.

(bright music) - Wise words from the Minecraft Education Edition Team.

I'm in Student Council and we have disagreements all the time.

Once, we were planning a fundraiser and couldn't decide how much to charge customers.

My friends said $5 so we'd raise more money, but I said $3 so more people would come.

We discussed it and he explained to me that most people willing to pay $3 would also pay five.

This taught me to value the ideas and opinions of others in a team.

As a result, we ended up raising a ton of money.

Now, let's take a look at an inspiring message by Career Girls about STEM fields.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Many people think that they can't do well in STEM, but watch this segment to gain new perspective and learn that you can be a strong stem student regardless of your gender.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] This is Olivia and this is Jay, they're both in the third grade.

They're both smart, do their homework on time and get good grades.

Both are curious about math and science, and loves to geek out about really weird stuff.

Like how stars are formed, or how drones can predict their tornado is coming.

Jay and Olivia are both great students with a potential to do anything.

Jay's encouraged to join a computer science class in middle school.

Olivia isn't.

Life was going great for them until Olivia bumps into some obstacles along the way.

Jay learns to code in high school, Olivia doesn't.

Jay makes new friends with the other boys.

Together, they apply to top STEM colleges, which led to internships at tech companies and they continue to move up the ladder.

Olivia doesn't.

Somewhere along the way, she lost her passion for math and science.

But what if things were different?

(soft music) - [Narrator 2] Girls should consider computer science because you know what?

We're really good at it.

I think there's this prevailing thought that being a technologist is outside of you, it's very much in you.

- When you were an engineer, you have that ability and you have gained that knowledge to be able to be creative and to really go after everything that you want to.

- Why should girls consider a career in STEM?

Why not?

- I don't see obstacles as anything, but to be destroyed.

So, if there's something standing in my way, I will do my best to get rid of it.

- Resiliency is so very important.

Essentially, it means not giving up.

Sometimes you get tired.

If you get tired rest, but don't quit.

- It's so important for girls to pursue a college education because it's really the best way for young women to realize their full potential.

- Only you can make your dreams come true, work hard until you achieve it.

- Dare to dream, dare to be bigger, anything that you could have possibly imagined.

- [Announcer] Career Girls is founded on the dream that every girl around the world has access to diverse and accomplished women role models to learn from their experiences and discover their own path to empowerment.

(upbeat music) (birds chirping) (child giggling) - Welcome to "Impact at Home" where we practice interrupting prolonged sitting with activity.

I'm Lorenzo Reynolds, joined with my son Lorenzo Jr and we're here to get you moving for the next few minutes.

You will be surprised what these moments of movement can do for you and your family so that you can stay active and healthy at home.

Go ahead.

Get up and let's start moving.

Today's movement activity is total body exercise.

Let's get started.

First moment is going to be squat and twist.

We're going down to the squat and twist left.

Go down the squat, twist right.

Down, twist, down, twist, excellent work.

Down, twist, down, twist.

Keep those feet spreaded, twist making sure we keep our balance, and there's always.

Take deep breaths, feel really good about yourself guys.

Everybody's looking great, keep squatting, keep twisting.

Keep squat, twist, five, four, three, two, one.

Good job guys, that was excellent work.

The next exercise is gonna be jumping jacks.

We're gonna start with hands on the side, we'll touch the tip of our fingers, and we'll repeat.

Get ready, get set, and go, jack it out.

(indistinct) jumping jacks, control your landing, breathe, and always feel really great guys.

We're up, we're moving, raising the heart rate and staying healthy.

Excellent work, controls those jumps.

And breathe, excellent work guys, keep going.

Keep breathing.

Every so often, take that deep breath.

In through the nose, out through the mouth.

And five, four, three, two, one, good job.

Deep breath.

Next movement, we're going into basketball squats.

We're gonna bend down shoulders position, jump, follow through.

Bend down, jump, follow through.

Basketball squats, guys.

Follow through with that jumper on net shots, Good, keep squatting and jump.

Keep squatting, jump and shoot.

Basketball squats, we're looking good, guys.

Good, keep breathing.

Almost there, keep pushing.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Excellent movement, guys.

For our next movement, we're gonna do calf raises, arms in and out.

Spread the feet.

Calf raised.

Up, down, out, in.

Up, down, out, in.

Up, down, out, in.

Up, down, out, in.

Up, down, out, in.

Up, down, out, in.

Up, down, out, in.

Keep breathing, almost there.

Every once in a while, smile because you feel really good, good job.

And five, four, three, two, one, woo!

Excellent work guys, we're gonna keep moving.

Our next movement will be a jog in place.

We're gonna make sure that we don't go forward too much, back too much to the side, stay in place so that we stay safe.

Take a deep breath, get ready, get set and jog it out.

Good job.

Remember, you can always modify, just step if you can't jog, as long as you moving, guys.

But for those who can jog, jog it out.

Excellent work, breathe through a really good.

I always tell myself when I'm working out that I can do it, always believe in yourself and say positive words.

And breathe, and don't forget to breathe.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Good job, excellent work.

I'm also gonna show how you how you turn to the side for the (indistinct) Watch the furniture behind you, always check your area.

We're gonna go down, hands down, walk out.

Step forward, step back, stand up, breathe.

Hands down, step back, step forward, stand up tall, and breathe, good job.

That's great form.

Take that breath every time you come up.

Woo!

You looking good, sir.

Everybody's at home, look as great.

Keep stepping, stay safe and step, good.

Almost there, keep pushing.

And five, four, three, two, one.

Excellent movement, that was great, that was great.

Next, we're gonna do a Bennett Reece exercise.

We'll have you stand to the side again, Lorenzo Jr. All right, so, we're going down, front, middle, back, come up and touch.

Get ready, spread the legs, get set, and go.

One, two, three, one.

One, two, three, two.

One, two, three, three.

Front, middle back, four.

Front, middle back, five.

One, two, three, six.

One, two, three, seven, breathe.

One, two, three, eight, almost there.

One, two, three, nine.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Excellent moment guys, good job, good job, good job.

Let's take a deep breath, inhale.

Exhale.

The next movement will be jump rope.

No equipment needed, imaginary jump rope.

And ready, set, let's turn and jump.

Good job.

Remember, when you jumped rope, you don't have to jump really high, as long as we're moving.

The modification will be this, just stepping and turning that rope.

But for those that could jump, keep on jumping.

Looking good, looking good, looking great.

Landing light and breathing.

Land light and breathe.

Land light and breathe.

And five, four, three, two, one.

Excellent job on that movement.

The heart rate is up, let's bring that heart rate down with deep breathing.

We'll do three deep breaths today.

Deep breath number one, inhale.

Exhale.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Last one, let's make it the greatest, last deep breath.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Excellent job.

"Impact at Home" is a chance to apply the skills you may have learned at your PE class to improve your health.

To learn more about health benefits associated with movement, visit impactathome.umich.edu now.

Don't forget to do your daily log.

We'll see you again during the next workout.

(birds chirping) (child giggling) (upbeat music) (energetic music) - My name is Stephen Curry, and I play point guard for the Golden State Warriors.

The value in learning computer sciences is pretty evident just how important tech is in our world.

Yeah, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you too.

- Stephen, pleasure, okay.

- Here, you have the Play the Fruit Salad Piano.

- Play the Fruit Salad, okay.

- Click any one of these fruits.

- Just touch the fruit?

- Yeah.

- Just any one of them?

(soft piano music) I mean, the opportunities are endless for somebody who's just getting into the computer science 'cause that's a job that's in high demand right now.

- Drag them here.

- [Curry] Right in this place?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

If you wanna create and you want to be a visionary and type, you're probably gonna be text-based trying to do that.

There it is.

It's extremely important to have perseverance when you learn new skills, because anything that's worth doing, it usually doesn't come easy.

And knowing that the end it will pay off.

The last, that's it right there.

Now, I'm an armature coder.

It was a cool experience to kind of get in front of a computer and test my skills a little bit.

No way, did I just code alone?

Come on dinosaur.

(dinosaur roaring) (audience applauding) Thank you, thank you.

Go beyond the hour of code, pledged to bring computer science to your school.

(soft music) - Well, friends, I just received word that Dr. Blotch is going to check in to see how we're doing with our creative writing challenge.

This challenge involves creating scripts featuring certain actors from a movie.

Get ready.

(upbeat music) (dramatic music) - [Dr. Blush] Meg.

Meg, is that you?

Is your story done yet?

- Oh.

Oh, Dr. Blotch.

Oh my goodness.

Okay.

So, I'm working on my story, I went ahead.

I'm not done with my story yet, but let me tell you what I've got.

So, I went to the University of Michigan Museum of Arts website, I picked out my two characters.

We've got this guy who I'm going to call Mr. Sparkles.

And we've got this guy who we're going to call Herman in the story.

And now, Mr. Sparkles is a guard around a unicorn castle.

And Herman is really trying to get into the castle because he is a world famous unicorn trainer.

So, this is how the story goes.

Mr. Sparkles is standing outside the castle and he says, hello, what are you doing?

And then Herman says, hi, can I come in the castle?

And then that's what I have so far.

- [Dr. Blotch] You're trying to tell me that's all you have, that's all the dialogue that you have written?

I need to learn something about these characters through what they say.

I need the dialogue to be rich.

I need to know the motivations, I need to learn something about Mr. Sparkles and Herman.

I mean, you've described them, but I their dialogue to really make the story explode off the script.

Keep in mind I've got famous actors, they can do anything.

- Okay.

So, I was thinking for Mr. Sparkles character, maybe he could use some really like flashy, fancy words because he is like a fancy unicorn castle guard.

So, maybe would that work if I use some fancy words when he's speaking?

- [Dr. Blotch] I think guards would use, a guard for a unicorn castle would certainly use some fancy language.

I don't know what kind of language Herman, when you say, is Herman trying to get into that castle?

- Yeah, I think so.

- [Dr. Blotch] So, maybe he's a little snaky.

- Oh, okay.

So, he could maybe ask questions, maybe he could pretend to be someone else?

- [Dr. Blotch] Now we're getting somewhere Meg.

- Okay.

So, I need to figure out how my characters dialogue can teach my reader about my characters?

- [Dr. Blotch] That is exactly the right thing to be doing right now.

- Okay.

- [Dr. Blotch] Or just the essence of scriptwriting.

- Okay.

So, Dr. Blotch, I'll get to work on this.

(dramatic music) - Hey mathematicians, are you ready for our daily math challenge?

Today, we'll use our math skills to help our friend Diane create a list of materials she'll need to build a sandbox.

Let's help her solve the problem.

(upbeat music) - Hey everyone, Diane here.

Today, we are going to be using our wonderful minds to help me think through a problem I'm having.

Can you help me think through this problem?

Whew!

Wonderful, I knew I could count on you.

So, here's the situation.

I wanted to make a sandbox in my neighborhood, but I need to make a plan first in the list of materials.

I started on making a list, but I am a little stuck on knowing how to figure out how much of which material I should use.

I thought about using some wooden boards, because I think they would be a good place to go around the outside of the sandbox.

For my plan here, we've got two separate sandboxes.

One is six foot by eight foot, and the other is a four-foot square.

The question here is, how can I show how much material we will need to build each of these sandboxes?

Do you have any ideas?

Oh, I heard some really good ones.

Someone said, add them up.

Another person said, count around the outside.

Oh wait, I just heard another idea, find the perimeter.

Hold on friends, I just heard a word, that I think we need to explore.

Someone told me to find the perimeter.

Looking at this, I see the word meter, and I know that meter means to measure.

Then I know the root peri means around.

So, that makes me think that perimeter must be measured around.

That's a lot like what some other people said.

So, let's start looking at the first sandbox.

I wanna find the perimeter of each of the two sandboxes.

So, try exploring how you would find the total measure around the six foot by eight-foot sandbox.

(air whooshing) (soft music) Those are some really great strategies that I just heard.

One strategy I heard, was to add six plus eight plus six plus eight.

They went around the rectangle and put the lengths of the sides together to find the total.

I know that six plus eight equals 14.

Then 14 plus six equals 20.

Lastly, 20 plus eight equals 28.

But we can't forget what we're talking about.

28 what?

Cats?

Ironing boards?

Of course not, we're talking about feet.

So, for this sandbox, we would need 28 feet of wood to go around it.

Another option I heard, was that someone did six times two plus eight times two.

I wonder why that would work.

I see that there are two sides measuring six feet, and two sides measuring eight feet.

Do you think they saw that and decided that multiplication was a better option for them to solve it?

Let's try this out and see if it matches what we got from our last time solving it.

So, six times two equals 12, and eight times two equals 16.

12 plus 16 equals 28, but 28 what though?

Exactly, feet.

Now, let's move to the four-foot square.

Let's think back to what we know about squares.

We've got four right angles, opposite sides are parallel, and four equal sides.

Ah, four equal sides is going to be helpful.

I know that one side is four feet.

So, all the other sides must be four feet as well.

How would you find the perimeter of the sandbox?

(air whooshing) (soft music) Yeah, you could definitely add all the sides up.

So, four plus four plus four plus four, or you could use multiplication and do four times four.

Either way, what did y'all come up with?

Very nice, 16.

But 16 what?

Are we back to cats?

Exactly, 16 feet.

(soft music) As we look at this now, we've got two perimeters for the sandboxes and can get a total to put on the plans, so they are on their way to getting approval.

With sandbox one having a perimeter of 28 feet and sandbox to being 16 feet, I can add all those together to get 44 feet of wood needed to go around both of the sandboxes.

But what would happen if we made this into one big sandbox?

While you're looking at this, I want you to think, does the perimeter change?

And how did it change from before?

Ah, you think it would be less because there isn't wood on one side of the square.

Hmm, let's take a look and use the dimensions from when there were two sandboxes to figure out the new perimeter.

This dotted line shows where, shows where the side of the square sandbox used to be.

Now, it's going to be filled and covered with sand.

Remind me how to find perimeter again.

You go ahead and whisper it to me.

Exactly, we can add all of the side links together.

So, help me get all the side lengths in a number sentence, and then we can get to adding.

So, we've eight plus six plus four plus four plus four plus four plus six.

(Diane sighing) That's a lot to keep track of.

Take a little bit and see if you make it easier for yourself.

Oh, what is that you're doing?

I see someone combined six plus four to get 10.

So, now they have eight plus 10 plus four plus four plus 10.

Now, let's see, where do we go from here?

I heard someone explain their thinking and thought it was a great strategy.

So, I'm going to share it with you.

They decided that combining the like values would be a good place to start.

So, they put two 10s together, and then they put the two fours together to end up with eight plus eight plus 20.

Then they put the two eights together to end up with 16 plus 20.

And when they combine those two together, they got 36.

But remember, 36 what?

Cats?

Of course not cats, that wouldn't keep sand in, it's feet.

Do you think the perimeter would change if I moved the square part of the sandbox to the middle?

Try it out and let's see.

While you're waiting and thinking, I want you to try and think about if it changed, or if it didn't change.

(air whooshing) (soft music) I love this thinking that I'm hearing and I'm seeing about what would happen to the perimeter of the sandbox with the shift of the square part?

Someone had this really great noticing, and I really wanted to share it with everyone.

They said the L-shaped sandbox had four feet together on the side that had the square connected.

This T-shaped one, still had four feet, it just split it into two parts, one side with two feet, and the other side with two feet.

That was some really great noticing.

Let's double check just to make sure.

So, my number sentence for this T-shaped would be eight plus six plus two plus four plus four plus four plus two plus six.

If we look at what we had before, eight plus six plus four plus four plus four plus four plus six.

They look pretty close to the same thing.

So, I think you're right, these are the same value.

So, whether it's a T or an L, this sandbox we'll need 36 feet of wood to go all the way around the outside.

I think we should go with the L-shaped one, there is less cutting for me to do to make all of the sides.

(air whooshing) Now, let's try a challenge with finding the perimeter.

In this case, I know all, but one of the dimensions.

So, I'm gonna fill it in on here really quickly.

I got 10 units here, 12 units here.

I don't know how many units there.

Two units.

Three units.

Two units.

Two units here, and then eight across the top.

With these, we need to try to figure out what this dimension is, so that way, we can find the perimeter.

This could be a sandbox, or whatever you're thinking, but regardless, missing a dimension makes it difficult to find our perimeter.

Lucky for us, we have our wonderful minds.

So, something that I notice here that might help me, is that this missing dimension here, is a vertical line, meaning that it is going straight up and down.

Do you notice any other dimensions that are connected to vertical lines?

Yeah, for sure.

This large dimension here of 10 units is going vertically.

That's one, that's probably going to be helpful.

And then do you notice any others?

Yeah, exactly, these two here.

So, I've got this vertical unit, that's three units.

And then I've got this vertical dimension that is two units.

And if I take these three dimensions, it looks like they're going to equal this vertical dimension.

So, let's figure out what that is.

So, if I have this one that looks like it's going to be our total of all these dimensions, we've got 10 units is going to equal two plus three plus something.

Where do you wanna start to try and figure out what the something is going to be now?

Yeah, I agree, the first thing that caught my eye, was if I can combine two plus three.

And what is it?

Say it with me everybody, five.

So, now I have five plus something equals 10.

What do you know about the relationship between five and 10?

Was that you said 10 is double five?

Yeah, so, that means that I need two fives to equal 10.

So, that would say that our something would be five plus five equals 10.

That's awesome, we have found our missing unit, we know that it equals five.

So, our next step here, is going to be to use all of these dimensions to be able to figure out the perimeter.

What was the perimeter again?

Exactly, the distance and total around the outside.

Let's get started.

I'm gonna start with this vertical line, and I'm going to write down all of my dimensions in order, so that way, I make sure that I'm being accurate and effective.

So, let's get started.

We have 10 plus 12 plus our missing dimension, five, that we figured out with our wonderful minds, plus two plus three plus two.

Plus two, and plus eight.

Looking at that, it's a little overwhelming, but I know that we are capable of doing this.

So, the first thing that I look for, is what do I know?

What's something that is not too stressful for me to start solving?

The thing that I notice, is this eight plus two right here.

I'm going to combine that because I know eight plus two equals 10.

So, I'm gonna put 10 here.

Now, I'm going to bring down all of these other dimensions that I haven't combined yet, so that way, I have a new number sentence.

Two plus three plus two plus five plus 12 plus 10.

But Diane, you wrote them backwards.

It's okay.

(bright music) The reason is, is that with addition, one, you can do things in a different order.

But another thing, is that this was for me to be able to make sure that I didn't lose a dimension in the process.

I just found one, I don't wanna lose another one.

So, I wrote them this way because that way, I wasn't trying to smash things together.

It's a good tip, you should try it out sometime.

Now, let's get to adding.

I'm gonna do a couple pieces and then we're going to check my answers.

Make sure you are checking behind me.

I got 10 plus 12 to get 22.

Now, I'm gonna bring these down, plus five plus two plus three plus two plus 10.

Now, let's take a look.

I'm gonna do 22 plus five to get 27, plus another two to get 29, plus three to get 32, plus two to get 34, and then plus 10 to have 44.

So, my final answer is 44 units.

We talked about feet before 'cause we can't be talking about cats or ironing boards.

We're talking about units this time because we're not exactly sure what this is drawn to be.

So, isn't it so great that we can use our logic to solve different problems?

Thank you so much for helping me find the perimeter of those sandboxes in this challenge problem.

Knowing how much wood will be needed around, will be really helpful with figuring out how much things will cost.

This will be really helpful as well as I get my plans ready to turn in for the neighborhood.

There are still a few more things that need to be figured out before I send the plans off.

Come back next time to help me out some more with my sandbox situation.

See y'all soon.

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So, what is an emergency?

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