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Transport in Cells: Active Transport
Human kidneys use active transport to hold on to glucose and sodium ions inside the kidneys. Another installment of the Fuse School playlist introduces active transport in cells. It describes why it is necessary and the unique process...
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What Is Blood?
Blood makes up approximately seven percent of the weight of each human, but what is blood? As part of the Fuse School Biology playlist, the video describes the four components of blood. It offers descriptions of what they look like as...
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Factorising Quadratics: Non-Monic
Factor quadratics in just a few easy steps. A short video shows how to factor quadratic expressions with a leading coefficient that does not equal one. The process here is to find factors of ac and then factor by grouping.
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Changing the Subject of a Formula
Sometimes it's best just to change the subject. Scholars rewrite equations to highlight a variable of interest. This includes understanding square and cube roots as opposites of squaring and cubing.
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Laws of Indices—Part 1
Index the rules of exponents. The British resource presents the laws of exponents for multiplication, division, raising a power to a power, and raising to the power of zero. Explanations demonstrate why the rules work.
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Completing the Square—Plotting Quadratics
Where is the turning point? The presentation demonstrates how the process of completing the square finds several points in the graph of a quadratic. One of the most important points found is the vertex of the graph. The video shows where...
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Factorising Expressions - Single Brackets
Use common factors to simplify expressions. The resource introduces factoring out the greatest common factor to simplify algebraic expressions. Worked examples include basic linear with numerical common factors to expressions that have...
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Rationalising the Denominator
Take the next step in simplifying radical expressions. The video shows how to rationalize the denominator that contains square roots. Examples contain simple radicals and ones that require using conjugates.
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Factorising Quadratics
Introduce factoring basic quadratics to your class. A video uses an example to introduce the concept of factoring a quadratic trinomial. All of the quadratics in the resource have a leading coefficient of one.
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Expressions, Equations, Formulae and Identities
Get a grasp on how to use variables in algebra. The resource provides a description of the algebraic structures that use variables. The video introduces expressions, equations, formulas, and identities.
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Equation of a Straight Line y=mx+c
What do the graph of a line and its equation have in common? This is the first question the video poses to scholars as they begin watching the lesson. The instructor then explains how to use the graph to write the linear equation.
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Introduction to Graphs: Axis and Coordinates
Axis, coordinates, quadrants, oh my! Review graphing vocabulary with your classes with a quick video lesson. The instructor explains the vocabulary and provides problems for learners to try as they watch.
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Pythagoras' Theorem
Explore the relationship of the square of the sides of a right triangle. After developing the Pythagorean Theorem, the video instructor presents practice problems and their solutions. She calculates the hypotenuse and then a leg of a...
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Equation of Parallel Lines
Analyze patterns in equations of parallel lines. Building on previous knowledge of parallel lines and writing linear equations, learners watch how to create an equation of a line parallel to a given line. The video emphasizes the...
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Equation of a Circle
Explore the equation of a circle by examining its key features. A thorough video lesson compares the equation of a circle to its graph by isolating the center and radius. After presenting the standard form of the equation, learners...
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Finding the Equation of a Line Through 2 Points: Part 2
Reinforce your young mathematicians' linear equation-writing skills. A video lesson does a nice job explaining the steps of writing the equation of a line when given two points. It begins by giving scholars a problem to try on their own...
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Finding the Equation of a Line Through 2 Points: Part 1
Demonstrate how to write a linear equation knowing only two points that it passes through. A straightforward video lesson introduces the gradient (or slope) formula to begin writing the equation. Then, using substitution, viewers find...
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Quadratic Graph—Roots and Y-Intercept
Build a connection between the equation and graph of a quadratic function. A thorough video lesson demonstrates how to use find the roots and y-intercept of a quadratic function and create a graph from the three points. The instructor...
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Transformations of Graphs: Translations
Explore translations of functions on both the graph and equation. Using a quadratic function, a video lesson shows how adding and subtracting values results in either a vertical or horizontal translation. The lesson compares and...
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Finding the Midpoint of 2 Coordinates
Demonstrate how to find the midpoint between two ordered pairs. A detailed video lesson connects finding the midpoint to finding the average of the coordinates of the ordered pairs. Using a graph helps to visually reinforce the concept.
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Other Graphs—Sin, Cos, Tan, and Exponential
Explore the graphs of the trigonometric functions. Learners see the graphs of the sine, cosine, tangent, and exponential functions. Focusing on the parent function, the video instructor discusses key features and how to identify each...
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Finding the Gradient of a Straight Line
Investigate the relationship between the gradient, or slope, of a line and its graph. Pupils learn to use a graph to calculate the slope of a line. The video lesson includes both positive and negative slopes and compares the steepness of...
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Calculator Trick—Table of Values
Work smarter, not harder! Learn a function of the calculator that assists with creating a table of values. The calculator does the work of substituting values and finding the input-output pairs.
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Drawing Quadratic Graphs
How does a quadratic function create its shape? Scholars examine the graphs of quadratic functions in an informative video lesson. By creating a table of values, learners see the patterns in the numbers that appear in the graph.