Here are parts 1,2 and 3 of “Donald Duck In Mathmagic Land” (parts 2 and 3 below).
Donald in Mathmagic Land is a 27 minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959. It was directed by Hamilton Luske. Contributors included Disney artists John Hench and Art Riley, voice talent Paul Frees, and scientific expert Heinz Haber, who had worked on the Disney space shows. It was released on a bill with Darby O’Gill and the Little People. In 1959, it was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Documentary – Short Subjects). In 1961, two years after its release, it had the honor of being introduced by Ludwig Von Drake and shown on the first program of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. The film was made available to schools and became one of the most popular educational films ever made by Disney. As Walt Disney explained, “The cartoon is a good medium to stimulate interest. We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject.”
Adafruit publishes a wide range of writing and video content, including interviews and reporting on the maker market and the wider technology world. Our standards page is intended as a guide to best practices that Adafruit uses, as well as an outline of the ethical standards Adafruit aspires to. While Adafruit is not an independent journalistic institution, Adafruit strives to be a fair, informative, and positive voice within the community – check it out here: adafruit.com/editorialstandards
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
Python for Microcontrollers — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: New Thonny and Git Versions, Plenty of Projects and More! #CircuitPython #Python #micropython @ThePSF @Raspberry_Pi
Our 8th grade math teacher showed us that and you could literally hear the switches going off in kids heads as they finally “got it”. Like Will Eisner’s educational comics, some of these Disney gems make the best use of the medium to insert knowledge directly into the brain. Can’t wait for the Adafruit animated series!
I love using videos to help demonstrate a math concept, it really is the best way to “lecture” about a concept. A teacher just talking will have kids tune out in about 10 sec flat. Another way to teach or reinforce a concept is to play math games, even with middle school students. It is 10X more effective than using a worksheet to reinforce a concept.
I’ve already watches this (my maths teacher told me to google it). Somewhat interesting.
I remember that movie! It’s awesome!
Our 8th grade math teacher showed us that and you could literally hear the switches going off in kids heads as they finally “got it”. Like Will Eisner’s educational comics, some of these Disney gems make the best use of the medium to insert knowledge directly into the brain. Can’t wait for the Adafruit animated series!
Cheers.
I love using videos to help demonstrate a math concept, it really is the best way to “lecture” about a concept. A teacher just talking will have kids tune out in about 10 sec flat. Another way to teach or reinforce a concept is to play math games, even with middle school students. It is 10X more effective than using a worksheet to reinforce a concept.