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The Science of Six Degrees of Separation Instructional VideoThe Science of Six Degrees of Separation Instructional Video
Publisher
Veritasium
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
9:23
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
15 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Year
2015
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The Science of Six Degrees of Separation

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The concept of everyone on earth being separated by only six degrees of social connections originated more than 100 years ago. Connect the dots using an installment from an engaging video series that takes a look at various social experiments trying to prove the theory. It also discusses changing social networking and the impact the global networking has on this theory.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

social networking, social science, sociology

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Create your own separation challenge
  • Discuss the ideal methodology to contact "random" people

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on prior knowledge of social networking, i.e. MySpace and Facebook are the examples used in the video
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Looks at the science behind a theory many pupils are already familiar with
  • Ideal for social savvy scholars
  • Provides closed captioning in 10 languages for visual learners

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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