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Designing Chartres
Discover the geometry underlying the design of Chartres Cathedral in France, and its many decorative features. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math films show abstract...
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Building the Pyramids
The use of 3-4-5 triangles in creating uniform right-angles and angles of incline in the ancient Pyramids of Egypt. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math films show...
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Measuring the Earth
The story of how a Persian scholar calculated the Earth's circumference over 1000 years ago, using only a mountain and trigonometry. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s...
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Where is the Centre of a Triangle?
The answer is not as straight-forward as it might seem, because all triangles have more than one centre! How many centres does a triangle have, and how do you find them? Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning...
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The History of the Golden Ratio
How the Golden Ratio was discovered and used through time, from architecture to art to music. Maths - Measurement A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts...
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The Tunnel of Samos
How the ancient Greeks were able to use trigonometry to build the first aqueduct, tunnelling from two sides of a mountain to meet in the middle. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the...
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Escher and the Endless Staircase
See how perspective is used in graphic art to confuse the mind of the audience, and what happened when the artworld discovered they could draw shapes that could not exist in real life. Maths - Space A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend...
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Number Theory: Gauss
How Gauss found the sum of all the numbers between 1 and 100, in a matter of seconds, aged just seven! He had developed a formula for triangular numbers, and went on to be hailed as the Prince of Mathematics as he moved on to more...
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Chinese Development of Maths
Chinese maths developed independently of the West – but with similar outcomes. Discover the parallels between East and West, and why it appears that Chinese mathematicians often got there first. Maths - History Of Maths A Twig Math Film....
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Irrational Numbers: Pythagoras
Beside the now-famous theorem which bears his name, discover the bizarre life of Pythagoras and his Brotherhood, in which maths was the language of the Gods and irrational numbers were heretical. Maths - History Of Maths A Twig Math...
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Distance to the Sun and Moon
What are the trigonometric functions and how did the sine function allow Indian astronomers to prove that the Sun was 400 times farther from Earth than the Moon? Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required...
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Proving Pythagoras
Understand how Pythagoras's Theorem is applied, why it holds true, and how we know that Pythagoras did not, in fact, discover it. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s...
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What Do Sine Waves Sound Like?
Hear sine waves as sound, and discover the equations that describe them: and the effect of increasing or decreasing the variables of amplitude and frequency. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by...
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Strengthening the Bank of China
The Bank of China Towers in Hong Kong were once Asia's tallest buildings. To stabilise the structure, the strongest shape was used... the triangle. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the...
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How to Calculate Molarity | Chemistry Made Easy
Calculating molarity is as easy as plugging numbers into the triangle and using your calculator to either multiply or divide the numbers given in the problem. Calculating molarity is important in chemistry as molarity is a common...
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Geometry and Measurement: The visual patterns
By the end of this learning object, the student will be able to: Apply different examples on different types of patterns.4463
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Finding the Approximate Value of an Irrational Number
By the end of this learning object, the student will be able to: Acquire the value of an irrational number by representing it on the number line.3499
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The Main Trigonometrical Ratios of the Acute Angle: Using Trigonometric Ratios
By the end of this learning object, the student will be able to: Define the trigonometrical ratio for different angles. Use the trigonometric Ratios.
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The Greedy Triangle: A Geometric Transformation Story
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a different shape? Well, today's read-aloud story, The Greedy Triangle, written by Marilyn Burns is all about a little triangle who decides to go on an amazing adventure to find out!...
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Understanding the Triangle of Fire
Delve into the science of fire prevention and learn about the fundamental elements required for a fire to ignite and persist. Discover how oxygen, heat, and fuel interact to form the basis of the fire triangle and explore the importance...
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Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners - Solution - Write Methods and Structs in Rust
This is a solution video on writing methods and structs in Rust. This clip is from the chapter "Beginner to Intermediate Lessons" of the series "Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners".This section focuses on the...
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Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners - Exercise - Write Methods and Structs in Rust
This is an exercise video on writing methods and structs in Rust. This clip is from the chapter "Beginner to Intermediate Lessons" of the series "Rust Programming 2023 - A Comprehensive Course for Beginners".This section focuses on the...