Prime Time

Uses animation with an outer space fantasy about creatures with two to nine heads to introduce students to the concept of prime numbers.
Complete catalog record
Introduces the concept of prime numbers through an animated space story about creatures with from two to nine heads. Explains that prime numbers can be represented by arrays with no more than one row or column. Ends with the space cadet saying, ‘I wonder what the next prime number is after seven. Do the primes keep going, or do you run out of them?’.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, catalog record
  2. Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education) — title, creator, length, color, description