Corbett Maths
Area under a Graph
What? The calculation of area is a linear distance? A short video shows how to use the areas of simple polygons to estimate the area under a graph. Pupils divide the area under a curve into figures to easier calculate the area. Given...
Corbett Maths
Pressure
Do not let the pressure get to you. After watching a video on calculating values using the pressure formula, pupils work problems on two worksheets. The problems range from finding the pressure, the force, or the area given the other two...
Corbett Maths
Shortest Distance between Line and Point
A short video shows how to find the shortest distance between a line and a point on the coordinate plane. Using the fact the shortest distance is the perpendicular, the presenter shows the class how to find the intersection of the two...
Corbett Maths
Quadratic Inequalities
Develop a sketchy approach to solving quadratic inequalities! Using a sketch of a graph, the presenter shows a way to solve quadratic inequalities. Pupils then practice that method to solve their own quadratic inequalities and apply the...
Corbett Maths
Algebraic Proof
Proofs do not exist only in geometry. The video shows the class different ways that proofs appear in algebra. Pupils work through a variety of algebraic proofs involving the divisibility of an algebraic expression or whether it is even...
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Graphing by Finding Intercepts
There's more than one way to graph a line. A video presentation explores graphing linear equations by finding the intercepts. After explaining the concept of an intercept and how it relates to its coordinates, the presenter demonstrates...
Corbett Maths
Converting between Metric Units for Area
If one meter is 100 centimeters, how many square centimeters is equal to one square meter? Hint: the answer isn't 100! How many pupils make this mistake? A video lesson calculates the conversion factor of the common metric area units....
Corbett Maths
Metric to Imperial Capacity
From pints to milliliters or gallons to liters, a conversion is just one operation away. Using a series of examples, a lesson presentation demonstrates how to convert standard and metric units of volume. After the presentation,...
Corbett Maths
Metric to Imperial Length
Metric and standard units both have their place. Scholars learn to convert between the two systems of units using a helpful video lesson. The narrator demonstrates conversions between metric and standard units of lengths. Once...
Corbett Maths
Metric Units for Mass
Don't make conversions a tonne of work! Use the quick video lesson to demonstrate conversions between grams, kilograms, and tonnes. Learners then use the practice problems to master the concept.
Crash Course
Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32
There's a reason that Einstein is known as the father of modern physics! Get to know Einstein and how he revolutionized the branch of science known as physics. Scholars learn how Einstein's unique view of motion and the universe built a...
Crash Course
The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30
The brain is a complex and mysterious organ. The history of brain research dates back to the early asylums where often unethical experiments took place. The narrator of a short video describes these experiments and their discoveries and...
Crash Course
Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science #29
The earliest movies were a whopping one minute long! While the practice has evolved quite a bit over time, the invention of the movie camera was significant in its time. A video describes how not only movie cameras but also radio and...
PBS
How Blood Evolved (Many Times)
Red, purple, green, blue, and white are all colors of ... animal blood! Young scholars learn about the evolution of animal blood over time in a video lesson from a comprehensive Eons series. They learn that not only has the color...
PBS
When Humans Were Prey
A quarry worker in southern Africa discovered the first fossil evidence that the human species originated on the continent less than 100 years ago! Evidence from the specimen indicates the first humans were not the hunters—but the prey....
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When Camels Roamed North America
Camels thrive where other animals can't survive! Interestingly enough, the camel didn't originate in the desert, but rather the rain forest. Part of an extensive PBS Eons playlist, a video presentation follows the migration and...
PBS
When Birds Stopped Flying
Flight seems like an important adaptive advantage, so why did some birds lose their ability to take to the skies? A video from the PBS Eons series explains the evolutionary paths of different species of birds while emphasizing the...
American Chemical Society
The Periodic Table Table
You'd be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated to the periodic table than Theodore Gray. A video lesson interviews him as he describes his passion and his creation. The installment of a larger series on reactions shows Gray's table...
American Chemical Society
The Race to Invent the Periodic Table
Mendeleev was a visionary, providing a tool to predict things we didn't even know about yet! He was the first to recognize the pattern in the properties of elements and create the skeleton of the chart that we know today as the periodic...
American Chemical Society
Burning Ice from the Ocean Floor
Ice burns on the ocean floor as climate change continues. That's right ... ice burns! It turns out the burning is actually methane trapped in the crystalline structure of the ice. The video presentation is part of a larger series...
American Chemical Society
How Do Airbags Work?
Explore the chemical reaction that may just save your life! An episode of a comprehensive series covering chemical reactions discusses what triggers the inflation of airbags during a crash. Initiated by an accelerometer, a combustion...
American Chemical Society
Does Melatonin Do Anything?
Melatonin is a supplement that is gaining popularity. The jury is still out, however, on its effectiveness according to the video presentation that is part of a larger reaction series. The narrator discusses the different factors that...
American Chemical Society
How Milk Becomes Cheese
That sour milk in your fridge is a long way from becoming cheese...or is it? The original purpose of making cheese was simply to preserve the nutritional content of milk. Using an informative video from a larger playlist exploring...
American Chemical Society
Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology
The oddball reptiles, chameleons, can teach animal lovers a little something about nanotechnology. Viewers peel away the layers of the chameleon skin to discover the different types of chromatophores using an episode of a larger series...