Bibliograph

Donald in Mathmagic Land., story, Milt Banta, Bill Berg, Heinz Haber ; supervising director, Hamilton S. Luske, Fullscreen

Type

Label

Donald in Mathmagic Land., story, Milt Banta, Bill Berg, Heinz Haber ; supervising director, Hamilton S. Luske, Fullscreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Grade level: 4-12

Main title

Donald in Mathmagic Land.

Oclc number

57542023

Responsibility statement

story, Milt Banta, Bill Berg, Heinz Haber ; supervising director, Hamilton S. Luske

Runtime

Summary

Animated. Donald Duck gets a lesson in math appreciation when he is shown the relevance of math in everyday life. Donald wanders into a mysterious land filled with numbers, shapes, and peculiar symbols. "The Spirit of Adventure" (narrator) informs the skeptical duck that he is about to embark on a journey through the wonderland of mathematics. Donald is whisked back to ancient Greece to meet Pythagoras, the father of math and music. After eavesdropping on a secret meeting of Pythagoreans and turning their serene musical trio into a riotous quartet, Donald continues on his journey. He takes on numerous roles, including art critic, nature observer, billiards player, baseball player, and even Lewis Carroll's Alice. Through his adventures in Mathmagic Land, Donald comes to appreciate how measurements, calculations, shapes, and ratios contribute to music, architecture and art, nature, games, and inventions of all kinds, as well as the role of math in the future

Target audience

primary

Technique

animation

resource.variantTitle

Donald in Math Magic Land

resource.version

Fullscreen

Classification