Instructional Video3:39
TED-Ed

The Elliptical Pool Table: A Mathematician's Dream

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Never play pool against a mathematician! An entertaining and informative video demonstrate the real-world application of ellipses and the angle of incidence with an elliptical pool table.
Instructional Video3:31
SciShow

Great Minds: Ada Lovelace

For Students 9th - 12th
Do you know about The Enchantress of Numbers? Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program, more than a century before the first modern computer. Her knowledge and vision continue to inspire mathematicians today. 
Instructional Video4:49
TED-Ed

The Mathematical Secrets of Pascal’s Triangle

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
This modern animation and discussion of the ancient secrets of Pascal's triangle manages to be topical, engaging, and mathematically deep all at the same time. A great introduction to the power of number theory across multiple math...
Instructional Video17:10
TED-Ed

Fractals and the Art of Roughness

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Roughness is everywhere, contributing to the incredible complexity of the world around us. This complexity, however, is not without it's own unique sense of order. Join world-renown mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot as he looks...
Instructional Video1:55
Khan Academy

Exponent Example 2, Exponents, Radicals, and Scientific Notation, Pre-Algebra

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Many young mathematicians get slightly confused when they are introduced to the concept of exponents. This resource will ensure that they never get confused again. Sal explains, quite emphatically, that six to the eighth power is NOT the...
Instructional Video4:06
Khan Academy

How to Add Fractions that have Different Denominators, Fractions, Pre-Algebra

For Students 5th - 7th
Your young mathematicians can solve this problem along with Sal. They will add 4/9 and 11/12 by finding a number that evenly divides both 9 and 12. Sal fully explains the process of finding a common denominator in an evident and...
Instructional Video1:29
Khan Academy

Comparing Decimals Example 3, Decimals, Pre-Algebra

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Use this video to show older elementary mathematicians that they can compare numbers using the same thinking that they did when they were in the first grade. Sal compares decimal numbers using the greater than and less than symbols. He...
Instructional Video4:54
Khan Academy

Example 4: Factoring Quadratics as a Perfect Square of a Difference: (a-b)^2

For Students 9th - 11th
Introduce young mathematicians to the concept of factoring trinomials with perfect squares. This descriptive video provides a meaningful explanation of the factoring process. Each step is carefully written out in various colors during...
Instructional Video3:11
Khan Academy

Solving Radical Equations, Exponent Expressions and Equations, Algebra I

For Students 7th - 11th
Continue your lecture on radical equations with this video, which features Sal solving a few more problems with his classic clarity and understandable way. Young mathematicians will benefit immensely from seeing his cool hand guide the...
Instructional Video5:58
Khan Academy

Stem-and-Leaf Plots, Applying Mathematical Reasoning, Pre-Algebra

For Students 7th - 11th
Sal helps with data organization in this video, which focuses on stem and leaf plots. Clarifying that "this is just one of many, many, many ways to visualize data that you will run into in your mathematical or statistical futures," he...
Instructional Video7:44
Khan Academy

Proof of Quadratic Formula, Polynomial and Rational Functions, Algebra II

For Students 8th - 11th
Armed with their newfound (or refreshed) knowledge of the quadratic formula, viewers can now work with Sal to prove the formula - an essential skill that is often ignored in algebra. Once they learn how to both use and prove the...
Instructional Video7:48
Khan Academy

Inequalities Using Addition and Subtraction, Linear Inequalities, Algebra I

For Students 7th - 11th
Beginning with a "handful of fairly simple inequality videos," Sal demonstrates a few inequality problems in which mathematicians must add or subtract. Though he states that his goal is to familiarize viewers with the notation, his...
Instructional Video8:31
Khan Academy

SAT Prep: Test 2 Section 9 Part 4

For Students 9th - 12th
Price increases in real life aren't enjoyable, but Sal's enthusiasm and easygoing explanation makes the question on increasing prices on the practice SAT fun! Showing students how to easily work through problems involving the Pythagorean...
Instructional Video9:00
Khan Academy

SAT Prep: Test 8 Section 2 Part 2

For Students 9th - 12th
Using pie graphs and multiple variables, Sal carefully (yet efficiently) moves through problems 5-8 of this practice SAT session (page 839 from The Official SAT Study Guide). Both beginning and advanced mathematicians will appreciate...
Instructional Video3:55
Khan Academy

Finding Mean, Median, and Mode, Descriptive Statistics, Probability and Statistics

For Students 7th - 11th
This video provides a reasonable explanation for blossoming mathematicians, explaining the difference between average and central tendency, as well as arithmetic mean, median, and mode. Those who haven't grasped these concepts in algebra...
Instructional Video9:39
Khan Academy

Distance Formula, Analytic Geometry, Geometry

For Students 7th - 11th Standards
Explaining the distance formula as "an application of the Pythagorean Theorem" might relieve some of your young mathematicians who are scratching their heads at all the new concepts. Sal demonstrates how to take the distance between any...
Instructional Video9:56
Khan Academy

Speed Translation

For Students 7th - 9th
Teaching young mathematicians to use consistent units in their expressions and numbers, Sal demonstrates several ways to translate speed units in pre-algebra. He encourages viewers to memorize common speed units, such as the number of...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

SAT Prep: Test 7 Section 5 Part 4

For Students 9th - 12th
Transitioning between algebra and geometry is no problem for Sal as he deftly solves these practice SAT problems. Mathematicians who have a hard time moving between skill sets will appreciate the way that Sal addresses each new problem...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

SAT Prep: Test 4 Section 8 Part 2

For Students 9th - 12th
Young mathematicians will appreciate Sal's careful - yet efficient - methods for solving these typical SAT problems. He takes care to explain problems 8-12, but gets cut off in the middle of problem 12 (to be continues in the next video).
Instructional Video10:05
Khan Academy

Modeling with Linear Equations Example 2

For Students 7th - 11th
Sal takes your class’s newfound (or growing) knowledge of graphs of lines to the next level. He presents a few word problems that mathematicians must understand to use linear function graphs.
Instructional Video10:51
Curated OER

Solving Quadratic Equations by Graphing

For Students 7th - 11th
With his trusty graphing calculator, Sal begins his lecture on solving quadratic functions by graphing. The video is a good way to show young mathematicians not only how to use the graphing calculator (which Sal describes as "archaic"...
Instructional Video10:05
Khan Academy

Box-and-Whisker Plots

For Students 7th - 11th
Elucidating the concept of box-and-whisker plots, Sal explains not only how to generate the diagram but also how to read one. He uses several examples to help young mathematicians become familiar with the format and explains its...
Instructional Video6:17
Khan Academy

Solving Percent Problems, Decimals, Pre-Algebra

For Students 7th - 11th
Converting percents to decimals, and the other way around, can be tricky. Sal shows young mathematicians how to simplify this process with two sample equations and one word problem.
Instructional Video2:28
Curated OER

STEMbite: The Calculus of Building Blocks

For Students 9th - 12th
Watch this video with your junior engineers or your higher-level mathematicians. In it, Drew builds half of an arch bridge with building blocks. There happens to be a magnetic board behind the blocks, on which he affixes a magnet for...

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