Mole Playing or Role-Playing?
When a “super-secret” mission leads Max and Molly to medieval France, they uncover the shocking truth: their teachers aren’t time-traveling villains—they’re just RPG nerds rolling for initiative!
Mysteries About True Histories (M.A.T.H.)
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Show Notes
Episode Description: Max and Molly suspect their teachers, Mr. Avogadro and Mr. Zimmer, of plotting to change history—only to discover the two are secretly obsessed with role-playing games! Their investigation takes them back to 13th-century France, where they explore Carcassonne’s ancient walled city, stomp grapes, and calculate area, circumference, and distance using math.
Math Concepts: Unit conversion (kilometers to miles); Circumference and radius of a circle; Area of a circle; Ratios and averages; Time and rate calculations History/Geography Concepts: The medieval walled city of Carcassonne, France (origins around 3500 BCE); French unification under the crown (mid-13th century)Pre-printing press communication (town criers, hand-copied letters)