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Instructional Video6:26
Curated OER

Recognizing Divisibility

For Students 5th - 7th
The divisibility rules are invaluable tools to possess. Sal teaches students to recognize divisibility using the divisibility rules. He explains why 380 is divisible by some numbers and not by others. Tip: Create a handout on the...
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Instructional Video4:12
Curated OER

Scientific Notation 1

For Students 7th - 9th
Scientific notation is defined and used to express the number 0.0000000003457. This concept is not as clearly defined as it could be, and is probably not suitable for those who have not had prior experience with the concept.
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Instructional Video8:05
Curated OER

Vi and Sal Talk About the Mysteries of Benford's Law

For Students 10th - 12th
Challenge your students to come up with their own explanation of 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...
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Instructional Video5:11
Mathispower4u

Divide a Polynomial by a Binomial Using Long Division (Example 2)

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Go ahead and divide as if nothing is missing. The video shows the long division process using a cubic polynomial with no missing terms being divided by a linear binomial. Pupils see how to write the remainder within the quotient.
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Instructional Video6:06
Curated OER

How Do You Compare Two Whole Numbers?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Two very similar numbers and you have to figure out which one is larger. The teacher diagrams a place value chart and shows you how to write the two numbers to make a comparison.
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Instructional Video5:30
Curated OER

How Do You Compare Two Whole Numbers?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Two very similar numbers and you have to figure out which one is larger. The teacher diagrams a place value chart and shows you how to write the two numbers to make a comparison.
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Instructional Video6:08
Educreations

Dividing Using Friendly Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Simplify division for young mathematicians by teaching them how to use friendly numbers when finding quotients. Three examples are presented in this instructional video that models the process of breaking large dividends into sums of...
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Instructional Video9:42
Numberphile

Pi

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Behind every number is a good story. Scholars learn how Archimedes tried to estimate the value of pi through inscribed and circumscribed figures. Viewers also see how they can use infinite series to find the value of pi by watching a...
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Instructional Video3:03
Curated OER

How Do You Solve a Decimal Inequality Using Subtraction?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Isolate the variable to solve any equation. This equation happens to be an inequality but is solved no different than if it were just an equation. Use the subtraction property of inequality to solve this given problem. The numbers are...
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Instructional Video11:32
PBS

When Pi is Not 3.14

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Isn't pi supposed to be constant? An intriguing video shows how the value of pi can change when the definition of distance varies. It explains how using various L^p metrics, where p = 2 represents the traditional Euclidean metric,...
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Instructional Video10:36
PBS

Can We Hear Shapes?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
What do shapes sound like? Scholars learn about the frequencies of pure tones created by vibrations of shapes. The video first considers the case of string, then moves on to two dimensions. It touches upon Fourier series and a question...
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Instructional Video8:46
PBS

Can You Solve the Poison Wine Challenge?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
A video posits the question of how to identify the one poisoned bottle of wine from 1,000 bottles by getting 10 rats to drink the wine. Hint: Binary numbers become very useful in this situation.
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Instructional Video8:05
PBS

A Hierarchy of Infinities

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
What's larger than infinity? Infinity plus one! Scholars learn about the different levels of infinity in the video that uses bijections as a way to show infinite sets as being the same size. They also and see that the  set of real...
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Instructional Video8:36
PBS

How Many Humans Have the Same Number of Body Hairs?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Is there a person on Earth who has the same exact number of body hairs as you? The video describes a process using the Pigeonhole Principle to prove that this is definitely possible. The film goes on to consider other examples and...
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Instructional Video7:52
PBS

A Breakthrough in Higher Dimensional Spheres

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
How would you stack oranges in eight dimensions? The interesting video first describes hyperspheres as spheres in higher dimensions. It then provides some thought experiments to provide ways to think about hyperspheres and sphere packing.
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Instructional Video4:27
TED-Ed

The Mathematics of History

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is there a relationship between mathematics and history? In this video, Jean-Baptiste Michel explains how our technological advancements will afford many opportunities for mathematics to play an integral role in revealing key trends in...
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Instructional Video5:16
Krista King Math

How to Write Small and Big Numbers in Scientific Notation

For Students 3rd - 7th
Now you don't have to write all those zeros. Viewers of this video learn how to write large and small numbers in scientific notation. The video covers two examples for each type.
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Instructional Video4:22
Curated OER

How Do You Find a Missing Angle in a Triangle?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
The interior angles of any and ALL triangles adds up to 180 degrees. So if given two of the angle degrees, is it possible to find the value of the third angle? Yes! Use the triangle sum theorem to solve for the missing angle. Watch this...
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Instructional Video10:03
Crash Course

The Gravity of the Situation

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Gravity impacts the way you throw a ball and the way the Haumea travels around the sun. The video introduces gravity as a force. It describes the various types of orbits, escape velocity, and weightless mass. 
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Instructional Video9:51
Crash Course

The Moon

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
A large amount of ice exists on the moon making colonization that much easier. The video discusses the creation of the moon and the materials and features on it. It also discusses the reasoning behind our moon being just one of many and...
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Instructional Video12:35
PBS

Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
According to Space Time, many different studies prove the Big Bang happened. Part of a larger Cosmology playlist, it discusses the common arguments against and the newest science supporting the theory.
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Instructional Video4:48
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Socratica

Chemistry: Introduction to Unit Conversion and Dimensional Analysis (Part 2)

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
If you know how much carbon dioxide you produce in one breath, can you figure out how much you produce in one month? Socratica helps solve multi-step unit conversion problems. The video walks through how to set up these challenges and...
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Instructional Video7:33
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Socratica

Chemistry: Percent Composition

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How much oxygen is in water? Is it the same as the chemical formula? Learners observe the differences between a substance's formula and its percent composition with a video from Socratica's Chemistry Lessons series. The narrator...
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Instructional Video3:25
Be Smart

Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What do Newton's Law of Gravitation and the moon's orbit have in common? Assist pupils as they view a short video segment and learn the gravitational methods of the moon and earth. They learn the reason why and how these have changed...

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