Instructional Video13:20
PBS

The Crisis in Cosmology

12th - Higher Ed
The search for a single number: the hubble constant, which is the rate of expansion of our universe, has consumed astronomers for generations. Finally, two powerful and independent methods have refined its measurement to unprecedented...
Instructional Video12:50
PBS

Sound Waves from the Beginning of Time

12th - Higher Ed
Invisible to the naked eye, our night sky is scattered with the 100s of billions of galaxies the fill the known universe. Like the stars, these galaxies form constellations – hidden patterns that echo the reverberations of matter and...
Instructional Video13:53
PBS

Our Antimatter, Mirrored, Time-Reversed Universe

12th - Higher Ed
The foundations of quantum theory rests on its symmetries. For example, it should be impossible to distinguish our universe from one that is that is the perfect mirror opposite in charge, handedness, and the direction of time. But one by...
Instructional Video14:31
PBS

Perpetual Motion From Negative Mass?

12th - Higher Ed
Challenge question: if 1kg of apples is $5 and 2kg is $10, how much is -1kg of apples? The answer? Priceless. Because you could use negative-mass apples to build warp drives, travel in time, and construct a perpetual motion machine. In...
Instructional Video
Loyola University Chicago

Math Flix: Symmetry Using the Alphabet

Pre-K - 1st Standards
This QuickTime movie uses the alphabet to illustrate the basic geometric term, symmetry. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.
Instructional Video
Loyola University Chicago

Math Flix: Symmetry Intro 2

1st - 5th Standards
This QuickTime movie further develops the introduction to this basic geometric term, symmetry, by creating several several objects with lines of symmetry. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the...
Instructional Video
Loyola University Chicago

Math Flix: Symmetry Intro 1

2nd - 5th Standards
This QuickTime movie provides an introduction to the basic geometric term, symmetry. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.