What happens when you're no longer the girl next door from The Wonder Years TV Show? In this short video from NOVA's Secret Life of Scientists series, Danica McKellar describes how math helped her discover that she is so much more than the child actress who played Winnie Cooper. Since graduating summa cum laude in Mathematics from UCLA, the former child actress turned mathematician has written many fun books for kids on math including the newly released "The Times Machine!: Learn Multiplication

Actress and mathematician Danica McKellar is on a mission to make math “as approachable and fun for kids as possible” with her books. She says she “sneaks math in” to help ease the anxiety some kids feel around the often challenging subject. https://cbsn.ws/3cEyt6f | CBS Mornings

Danica and Mr. Mouse present "Do Not Open This Math Book" - a resource for kids ages 6-8 (and parents who want to help their kids with their math homework but it all looks so different now!) that makes Common Core math fun. Here's what's IN the book! | Danica McKellar