Curated OER
Therapeutic Riding Volunteer
For students who have a love of horses becoming a therapeutic riding volunteer may be a perfect fit. This short showcases how therapeutic riding helps both special needs students and horse lovers alike. Students will hear what they would...
National Education Association
Simplify Expressions by Factoring
Got that factoring thing down? Time to apply it! A helpful video explains the process of simplifying a rational expression, showing pupils how to factor a majority of expressions using special patterns. Here is a great way to begin the...
Curated OER
Shakespearean Dating Tips
Want to get the attention of that special someone? Try out some metaphors! This colorfully animated video first points out the positives of Shakespeare’s works, before comparing complex metaphors about love to modern pick-up lines. The...
Curated OER
Finding Slope
Introduce slope, slope, and more slope, with this comprehensive video about....slope! Start with the slope formula and transition to counting the slope from a line on a coordinate plane. Your mathematicians will be able to see the...
Ricochet Science
The Sodium-Potassium Pump
Pump it up! Learn how a special protein called the sodium-potassium pump allows certain molecules or ions to pass through a cell's plasma membrane.
MinutePhysics
How Airplanes Are Made
It's high time you taught your physics scholars about airplanes. Tour the manufacturing facility of one of the world's largest passenger planes, the Airbus 350, in a narrated video. Explore the birth of this machine, from sketches by...
Mathispower4u
Squaring Binomials (Example)
Squaring binomials is just a special form of multiplying binomials. Viewers of a short instructional video learn how to square binomials. They see how to write out the multiplication expression, then simplify it to a trinomial through...
Flipped Math
Angle Pairs
Complement the class by identifying pairs of angles. With a vocabulary lesson, pupils learn the names and definitions of special angle pairs including adjacent, vertical, complementary, supplementary, and linear pairs. Using the...
National Education Association
Slope and Direct Variation
We all know linear equations are special, but the direct variation equation is extra special! The video begins with a set of data to illustrate a direct variation relationship. It then completes examples of writing direct variation...
Curated OER
Factoring Sum of Cubes
Here is a special form of a sum of cubes problem, where students use algebraic multiplication to rewrite each term in expanded form. Sal gives an example prior to solving the problem in order to show the process that he will use to...
TED-Ed
Conserving our Spectacular, Vulnerable Coral Reefs
A three-minute clip covers a new strategy for protecting the coral reefs of Fiji while still allowing fishermen to harvest the fish that people survive on. Connectivity is the name of the game. This colorfully animated resource is a...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesdays: Meet Milo with Claude Bove & Dr. Pamela Rollins
Meet Milo, the robot, an innovative technology that is being used to work with children on the autism spectrum and help build a bridge between these learners and the world of social communication.
Mathed Up!
Angles in Triangles and Quadrilaterals
This short video show viewers how to connect the sum of the angles in a triangle to other angle measurements. Pupils determine the missing measures for angles involved with triangles and quadrilaterals. Class members then must explain...
Mathed Up!
Area and Circumference of Circles
Don't go around and around, help your class determine amounts around and in a circle with a video that connects circumference to the perimeter or the distance around an object. The resource includes 14 questions dealing with circles and...
Flipped Math
Regular Polygons
Make area a regular affair. By dividing a regular polygon into triangles, pupils see how the area formula works. Learners watch several examples of finding the area of various regular polygons before practicing how to find the area of...
Flipped Math
Unit 9 Review: Area of Polygons
It's time to show what you know! Individuals first review finding the area of polygons using the formulas from parallelograms to regular polygons. They then brush up on finding the area and circumference of circles, as well as reviewing...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Rational Equation With an Extraneous Solution?
You've got some algebraic fractions in an equation and their denominators are all different. Well, first you need to strategize. Then find the excluded values that make your denominator equal zero because we know the denominator cannot...
Curated OER
What is a Trapezoid?
There are many types of parallelograms, each having specific properties. A trapezoid is a special type of quadrilateral in that it has one pair, and only one pair, of parallel lines. Take a look at some of the other quadrilaterals and...
Mathed Up!
Best Buys
Which scenario is the better deal? Class members examine nine scenarios to determine which choice offers a better deal. Pupils decide whether they need to find unit costs or total prices to compare the two options.
BioEd Online
Neuron to Neuron
What is a neuron? How do brain cells communicate with one another? Are there other types of brain cells besides neurons? In the third of six videos about the brain, Dr. David Eagleman takes a closer look at neurons and their functions....
ouLearn
The Principle of Comparative Advantage
In the fourth episode of 60-second video clips on economics, you will review the principle of comparative advantage with your learners, explaining the benefits of international free trade as countries specialize and export their...
FuseSchool
What Are Stem Cells?
Almost every cell in the body has a special job. Part of the Fuse School Genetics playlist, the video discusses the few unspecialized cells, called stem cells. It explains where they are found, what they do, and why they raise ethical...
Curated Video
Starving For Total War - Turnip Winter 1916
How important is food to the outcome of war? Scholars investigate the impact of starvation on the home front of European nations during the First World War. They view a short video clip from the 32-part Great War series to analyze the...
TED-Ed
Urbanization and the Evolution of Cities Across 10,000 Years
Today, more than half of all people in the world live in an urban area. How did the early hunter-gatherer culture evolve into the modern city, and what implications does this continuing development have for the future of our world...