Khan Academy
Galactic Collisions
An interesting video addresses the concept of galactic collisions. He narrates the animated video explaining what is happening and how collisions merge into a new galaxy. Note: While the computations are concrete, the video is...
Jim Noble, Richard Wade & Oliver Bowles
Pyramid Model
Seeking to derive the formula for the volume of a square pyramid, geometry learners construct six square based pyramids that, when pieced together properly, form a cube. Two short videos demonstrate the relationship between pyramid and...
Crash Course
The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
Listen as this famed speaker argues why "the real story of history is about regular people trying to take care of their families" and "small-scale dramas," particularly in the case of colonial America. Topics covered include the shift...
Crash Course
Community Ecology: Feel the Love
Warblers are small birds that have been known to get caught in spider webs. The video covers community ecology, focusing on the Competitive Exclusion Principle using the example of warblers. It also includes fundamental versus realized...
Bozeman Science
Waves
Calculating frequency is so easy it Hertz! The video begins by describing transverse and longitudinal waves, and then it explores their properties and applications. Finally, it applies this to the formulaic relationships between wave...
Fuse School
Green Chemistry - Principle 1
How can chemical products be made in a less wasteful manner? Part one of a series of 12 videos discusses the principles of green chemistry and shows pupils how polystyrene manufacturers have stepped up to the challenge world-wide. Rather...
MinutePhysics
Should You Walk or Run When It's Cold?
Should you stay or should you go? A video lesson examines the heat gain and loss in a cold environment. The narrator compares standing still and running and their effects on heat energy.
Krista King Math
Equation of the Normal Line at a Point
Is it normal to find a perpendicular line to the tangent line? The short video provides a problem to find the equation of the normal line to a function. Beginning with an explanation of the normal line, the 27th installment in a 31-part...
The Brain Scoop
Jungle Atop A Desert
Trees need nutrients, so how does a jungle grow on top of a desert? The video walks through one such jungle. The root mat and soil samples appear unique. It discusses each discovery and conclusion throughout the virtual tour. The video...
National Science Foundation
Air Lift—Science of the Winter Olympics
Up, up, and away! Young scholars learn how to apply physics to a successful ski jump. An interesting video lesson compares and contrasts drag and lift in the context of a ski jump.
Crash Course
Freud, Jung, Luke Skywalker, and the Psychology of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #40
How were modern thinkers influenced by ancient mythology? Scholars investigate the topic with the 40th of 41 videos in the Crash Course World Mythology series. Viewers meet two psychologists, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and learn about...
PBS
The Symbolism of Sunflower Seeds in Ghost
Ghost by Jason Reynolds is a coming-of-age book that resonates with teenagers who have experienced childhood trauma. Explore the novel with an interactive resource that focuses on the author's use of symbolism, particularly with...
Curated OER
How Do You Figure Out the Price of a Discounted Item?
Trying to figure out how much something costs that is discounted? There are a few steps to get your answer so follow along and watch as the instructor takes you through the process.
Curated OER
How Do You Check Your Answer When You Have Two Equations?
Show your class how to check their answers for a system of linear equations. This video clarifies how to plug in answers and solve each equation. This is a straightforward video that could be useful to learners as the work on their...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Volume of a Triangular Prism?
Do you need to find the area of a prism? Watch this video to find out how! An instructor goes through each step, recording her work on a whiteboard for reference. A solid instructional video that could be used at home or in the classroom.
Curated OER
How Do You Graph a Quadratic Equation in Intercept Form?
Watch this video and find out how to graph a quadratic equation when it's in intercept form! After going through the different forms of quadratic equations, an instructor leads viewers through an example problem. For the example problem,...
Curated OER
What Does it Mean When An Equation Has No Solution?
How can an equation have no solution? Well, if the original equation has a variable on each side of the equal sign, it could work out that there is no solution. Watch this video and find out just how that happens.
Curated OER
How Do You Factor a Polynomial by Guessing and Checking?
Use the guess and check method to factor a trinomial. Find the factors of the coefficients, then plug some in and check if they work. If it doesn't work then plug in some different factors or rearrange the factors and check again. You...
Curated OER
How Do You Graph a Rational Function by Making a Table?
Make a table to graph a rational equation. Make a list of values for x and plug them into the expression to get the y value. Then plot the ordered pairs on a graph. Hey, this graph looks funny! Something about asymptotes. Watch closely...
Curated OER
How Do You Make a Table of Values for a Linear Equation?
Create a table of values based on a given linear equation. Input, output, function. Watch this video and learn how to set up a table to get coordinate points to make a graph of an equation. Make a column of selected x-values. Make a...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem with Exponential Decay?
The instructor first identifies what formula to use to solve this word problem. Then she explains what each of the variables stands for and helps match up their given values in this word problem. There are many components to solving this...
Curated OER
How Do You Check Your Answer When You Have Two Equations?
Show your class how to check their answers for a system of linear equations. This video clarifies how to plug in answers and solve each equation. This is a straightforward video that could be useful to learners as the work on their...
Curated OER
How Do You Figure Out What Factoring Strategy to Use?
Greatest common factor, grouping terms, binomials, difference of squares, sum or difference of cubes, are some of the factoring strategies that can be used. Sometimes it takes more than one of these methods to solve a problem. Hear the...
Curated OER
How Do You Figure Out How Much Something is Marked Down?
Trying to figure out how much something is marked down? There are a few steps to get your answer so follow along and watch as the instructor takes you through the process.