Instructional Video6:01
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Seven Planets Riddle?

For Students 6th - 12th
Can you use math and logic to beat the bad guys? You can in space! Take an intergalactic trip into a seedy and speedy crime syndicate with the Seven Planets Riddle, which challenges two interstellar police officers to use deductive...
Instructional Video4:49
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Fish Riddle?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Riddles are a great way to encourage learners to develop their logical thinking skills, and the fish riddle offers the perfect challenge. Viewers must determine how to rescue a series of tanks containing an endangered species of fish.
Instructional Video4:45
Khan Academy

Polynomial Divided by Monomial, Polynomial and Rational Functions, Algebra I

For Students 9th - 11th
Let's think about how a person could simplify an expression where a polynomial is divided by a monomial. Sal shares three different modes he could use to simplify, then uses each way to solve the same problem.
Instructional Video6:56
Khan Academy

Vi and Sal Explore How We Think About Scale, Algebra II

For Students 10th - 12th
Why do people perceive a bigger difference between the numbers one and two than between the numbers 1001 and 1002? In this interesting video, Sal is accompanied by Vi Hart. They talk about how we tend to think according to the...
Instructional Video4:34
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Prisoner Hat Riddle?

For Students 5th - 12th
You've been abducted by aliens! The good news: they don't eat collaborative and logical beings. The bad news: You need to prove that you are capable of working together with your fellow captives to solve a logic riddle. Enjoy a video...
Instructional Video5:20
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Giant Cat Army Riddle?

For Students 8th - 12th
Dr. Schrodinger, the rat, has set a trap for anyone trying to destroy the growth ray he is using to create giant cats to attack the city. Viewers are challenged to escape his trap and save humanity in this rather complex math riddle.
Instructional Video8:05
Khan Academy

Vi and Sal Talk About the Mysteries of Benford's Law, Logarithms, Algebra II

For Students 10th - 12th
Challenge your students to explain why this interesting mathematical law works! Sal, accompanied by Vi Hart, demonstrates BenfordÕs Law. They challenge the listeners to see if they can intuitively explain why this law fairly accurately...
Instructional Video8:05
Khan Academy

Vi and Sal Talk About the Mysteries of Benford's Law, Logarithms, Algebra II

For Students 10th - 12th
Challenge your students to explain why this interesting mathematical law works! Sal, accompanied by Vi Hart, demonstrates BenfordÕs Law. They challenge the listeners to see if they can give an intuitive reason why this law fairly...
Instructional Video2:58
Khan Academy

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius, Pre-Algebra

For Students 6th - 8th
Sal teaches students how to convert a temperature in Fahrenheit to its equivalent temperature in Celsius. He is explicit and very clear, which is suitable for those needing additional assistance or exposure to a particular topic.
Instructional Video3:44
TED-Ed

Can You Outsmart This Logical Fallacy?

For Students 9th - 12th
The more detailed a story is, the more you should believe it—right? This fallacy, known as the conjunction fallacy, takes advantage of your brain's tendency to conflate plausibility and probability. A short and engaging video explains...
Instructional Video7:21
Khan Academy

Ferris Wheel Trig Problem

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
The next time you are at an amusement park you may want to consider all the interesting math problems you could do! Using trigonometric ratios, some logic and algebra, Sal solves a problem in this video of finding a person's height off...
Instructional Video13:22
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Crash Course

Symbolic AI: Crash Course AI #10

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
If you think logically, AI is all about symbols. An instructional video explains the development of symbolic artificial intelligence. Viewers see how AI translates problems of interest into symbols and then apply propositional logic to...
Instructional Video4:44
TED-Ed

Can You Solve the Penniless Pilgrim Riddle?

For Students 9th - 12th
The Penniless Pilgrim riddle challenges viewers to find a tax-free path through a matrix of city streets to reach a temple. The good news is that the video includes a solution for befuddled riddlers.
Instructional Video13:04
Crash Course

The Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The Medieval Islamicate World was truly a world of wonders! Clocks with gears, armillary spheres ... and robots that played music? Journey to ancient Baghdad, the center of science and math with the seventh video in a History of Science...
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: The Towers of Hanoi: Experiential Recursive Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After viewing video components, students use manipulatives to work with the famous Towers of Hanoi problem. The goal is for learners to begin to understand recursive logic and thinking, relevant to computer scientists, mathematicians,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Representing Volume of Right Rectangular Prisms Unit Cubes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Use spatial reasoning skills to calculate the volume when given a 3D figure. [1:49]

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