The Prime Radicals

The Prime Radicals
Genre	Children's Education
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Production company	GAPC Entertainment
Original release
Network	TVOKids

The Prime Radicals is a children’s educational television series that demonstrates how math can be applied in everyday contexts. It features two cousins, Alanna and Kevin, who help their Uncle Norm solve his weekly workshop problems with the help of an expert and a mathematical solution.

The series targets children aged 6 to 8 and is based on the Ontario math education curriculum. Each episode features a visiting expert, such as a maze-builder, origami artist or firefighter. Produced by GAPC Entertainment of Ottawa, Ontario for

and distributed by Picture Box Distribution, The Prime Radicals features comedic actor and Ottawa area high school teacher Norm MacQueen as Uncle Norm, 12-year-old Kevin Wang as Kevin and 19-year-old Alanna Bale as Alanna. In each episode, 13-year-old Ayda Khan sings a math-inspired tune to reinforce the math lesson.

The Prime Radicals premiered on

in the US.

Season 1 features 26 episodes, each of a 15-minute duration. The series is produced in association with TVOKids,

(Screen Content Initiative Program).

The Prime Radicals Season 2 premiered on TVOKids in September 2013.

Season 2 features 26 episodes, each of a 14:30-minute duration. The series is produced in association with

.

References

• GAPC Entertainment [1]
• Prime Radicals Information [2]
• Picture Box Distribution [3]

External links

• Prime Radicals website [4]
• GAPC website [5]
• Visual Education [6]