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Tour of the Universe
Understanding the size of the universe and its many galaxies challenges perceptions, and this visual journey through the universe helps create a scale. Starting from Earth and going out past our galaxy, thus backwards in time, the entire...
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Fractional Equations
Don't let those fractions scare you! A video lesson describes how to solve equations with fraction terms. Beginning with integer denominators and progressing to denominators with linear expressions, the examples illustrate the steps to...
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Sketching Quadratics
Sketch the graph of quadratic functions using key features as a guide. After a brief discussion about the key features of a parabola, the video instructor completes several examples showing how to graph a quadratic function. Each...
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Finding the Equation Passing Through Two Points
What's the quickest way to get from point A to point B? A straight line, of course! Young scholars learn to write the equation of this line as they watch a video lesson. They then have the opportunity to deepen their understanding using...
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Drawing Graphs Using Xy Tables
What does a linear equation look like in a table? A video lesson practices graphing linear equations by making an input-output table. The instructor emphasizes the pattern in the table and relates that to the graph of the function.
Common Sense Media
What is Twitch?
Young gamers are itching to use Twitch! Learn more about a popular online gaming community website through a short digital citizenship video. Topics include Twitch content, following fellow gamers, and monitoring explicit language and...
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Episode 2.5: The Business Plan
Sometimes helping communities after a natural disaster requires a solution of monstrous proportions! The fifth episode in a seven-part shows scholars how the Problem Solvers rise above climbing waters by enlisting the help of monster...
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Episode 2.2: The Problem
School's out ... forever? Episode two in a seven-part Global Problem Solvers series follows the team as they touch down in hurricane-ravaged Tampa. After meeting with a local principal and teacher, the group begins to formulate a plan to...
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Episode 1.6: Test and Retest
When it rains, it pours! Episode six in a seven-part Global Problem Solvers series explores the challenges brought upon the team as Malawi enters its rainy season. Two problem solvers visit a local institute to get assistance in...
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Episode 1.4: The Technology
What happens when the plan just won't come together? Get a bigger team! Episode four in a seven-part series featuring the Global Problem Solvers examines what happens when young leaders run into a road block when implementing new...
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Solving Equations with Letters on Both Sides
Demonstrate the steps of solving linear equations—this time with variables on both sides! A video presentation completes several examples with binomials on each side of the equation. Learners then complete the included practice...
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Equations – Cross Multiplication
Mastering the art of solving a proportion is not only important for algebra, but it's crucial to geometry and statistics as well. A quick video demonstrates the use of cross multiplication to solve a proportion. The lesson includes...
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Equations Involving Algebraic Fractions (Advanced)
Everyone seems to freeze when they see a fraction! Give your classes a lesson to watch and rewatch until they are comfortable with the process of solving rational equations. A video presenter demonstrates solving two rational equations....
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Solving Equations
Go from one-step to two-step with all operations represented! A video instructor presents worked-out solutions to several linear equations. He begins with one-step equations and progresses to two-step equations requiring the distributive...
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Solving Quadratics Graphically – Advanced
Use an understanding of equality to find solutions of quadratics graphically. A well-designed lesson illustrates the relationship between the right and left sides of an equation graphically. With one side quadratic and the other side...
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Solving Quadratics Graphically
One of the many methods of solving quadratic equations is graphing. A video lesson first demonstrates graphing a quadratic function using an input-output table. After graphing the parabola, the instructor makes the connection between the...
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Deriving the Quadratic Formula
Formulas don't appear from thin air! Learn how to derive the quadratic formula by completing the square. As the video instructor demonstrates each step of the derivation, the quadratic formula begins to emerge until it is complete in the...
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Quadratic Formula
When all else fails, use the quadratic formula! A video lesson introduces the quadratic formula to scholars and then demonstrates two problems. One problem results in integer solutions, the other in irrational solutions.
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Solving Quadratics by Factorising
Factoring is a quadratic equation's best friend! If a quadratic equation factors, finding the solutions is quick and easy. A complete lesson on factoring describes the steps to factor and solve quadratic equations. The equations have...
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Drawing Quadratics
Map the input to the output and see what pupils create. The video lesson provides an introduction to graphing quadratic functions using an input-output table. The instructor shows each step of the calculations when evaluating the function.
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Perpendicular Lines
How are the slopes of perpendicular lines related? It turns out they are always opposite reciprocals. A video instructor emphasizes this fact with graphs, examples, and symbolic representations. He follows that instruction with...
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X Equals Graphs
Y equals graphs are horizontal, but x equals graphs are vertical. Learners explore the connection between the graph and the equation of vertical lines while watching an instructional video. The presenter shows a set of ordered pairs...
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Y=Mx+C
Slope-intercept form is key to understanding linear relationships. Learners explore the relationship between the equation, graph, and key features of linear functions as they view a video lesson. They then complete practice problems to...
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Gradient Between Two Points
The rate of change between points describes how quickly one variable changes relative to another. The video instruction concentrates on calculating the slope between two points using the slope formula. The instructor first explains the...