Crash Course Kids
Got Some Solutions?
Does a problem only have one solution? This is the driving question of a video that allows pupils to discover that there is more than one way to solve a problem. A demonstration examines the checklist engineers...
Crash Course Kids
Let's Fly!
Engineers think up multiple solutions to the problems they face, but how do they find the best solution? In this video, examine the process engineers take to discover the most appropriate choice to solve problems, and revisit the...
Crash Course Kids
A Case of "What-Ifs"
Do your pupils ever get the case of the What-Ifs? If so, maybe they're meant to be an engineer. Engineers are encouraged to ask a lot of hypothetical questions! Find out why and what they do with their answers...
Crash Course Kids
Engineering Games
Engineering is like a big game! Yes, you read that correctly. In this video, the engineering process is examined with a focus on defining variables, and ways to discover the one variable that affects the outcome of a solution....
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Bowled Over - Isolating Variables
Through a captivating game of bowling and Slingshot Catbot, this video gives future engineers insight into the testing solutions part of the engineering process. It includes setting rules, isolating variables, and checking to see if...
Crash Course Kids
Try Trials
Future engineers are bowled over with the wealth of information brought to them by this video. The focus is on engineers and the process they take to test solutions by isolating variables with multiple trials.
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Fixing Failure Points
How do engineers find and fix failure points in a solution they're trying to develop? This is the driving question of an informative and entertaining video. Here, future engineers discover why it is important to fail when...
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Succeed by Failing
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This statement has never rung truer than when engineers are testing solutions. Here is an informative video that focuses on the failure point which engineers often face when...
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Designing a Trial
Watch the video to gain insight into an intriguing combination of the engineering process and a game of ring toss. Viewers examine the activity through the eyes of the engineers that first set the criteria for a successful outcome....
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Testing and Trials
What do engineers do if they don't have what they need to make a solution work? They keep on testing! Here is a video that gives individuals insight into the process taken by engineers when they find themselves without the...
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The Robot Challenge
It's every learners' worst nightmare: they drop their phone down a storm drain and can't get it back. Yikes! Here is an informative and entertaining video in which future engineers review the engineering process, and help to...
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Architecture Adventure
A challenge to viewers: create your own personal space where you are free to relax and make as much noise as you want. Challenge accepted! Here is a video that focuses on the architectural side of engineering, as well as the process...
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Let's Build a City
Explore the concept of engineering through urban planning with a video that strives to answer the question, "How can we use engineering to design a city that is safe, healthy, sustainable, and fun to live...
Math Meeting
Solving Limits by Factoring
Videos are a useful instructional tool with versatile application. Here is a video that reviews the process of finding limits for rational expressions with undefined points. It outlines the algebraic method of factoring and...
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Limits at Infinity
Do you need a way to reinforce concepts? This video reviews the rules of finding limits at infinity for rational expressions. For limits that do not exist, it also shows how to determine algebraically whether it approaches positive or...
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Introduction to Limits
Looking for a way to mix up teaching methods? Here is a video provides a basic introduction to the idea of a limit. Using the information presented, students are able to determine when substitution is appropriate for...
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Integrals - U Substitution (Part 1)
Want to create more independent learning environment? The provided video gives a clear explanation of integration using U-substitution. Use is as a teaching tool or as supplemental material for your unit on limits.
Welch Labs
Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 1: Introduction)
What are imaginary numbers? An introductory video provides an explanation as to why we need imaginary numbers to solve equations, and makes the connection between the need for zero, negative numbers, and rational numbers throughout...
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 4: Bombelli's Solution)
Is the square root of negative one crucial to the process of finding other solutions? Using the properties of the newly discovered square root of negative one, historical mathematician Bobelli is able to solve Cardan's problem. His...
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 5: Numbers are Two Dimensional)
If the square root of negative one exists, where is it on the number line? A math video presents a geometric representation of complex numbers and the complex plane, and then compares it to the geometric representation of real...
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 3: Cardan's Problem)
Were complex numbers discovered or invented? A video presentation makes the case for the discovery of square roots of negative one. In order for complex numbers to be real, then they must behave like other numbers, which they do in terms...
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 6: The Complex Plane)
How do addition and subtraction work on the complex plane? A short video presentation provides a clue on how to add complex numbers geometrically. The video ends with four problems to determine the rules for multiplication on the...
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 7: Complex Multiplication)
Multiplying complex numbers geometrically is complicated. Find an easier way with a short video that explains the process of multiplying complex numbers on the complex plane. The connection with the process and the angles and moduli...
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real (Part 8: Math Wizardry)
How does the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra apply to equations with complex roots? Using recently learned concepts about the complex plane, learners determine all the complex roots of polynomials. They can find the same roots...