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Math with Jake: Inverse Relationships Instructional VideoMath with Jake: Inverse Relationships Instructional Video
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PBS
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6th - 8th
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Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
2:59
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Duration
30 mins
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2014
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Math with Jake: Inverse Relationships

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Use math to become pitch perfect. Music incorporates various aspects of mathematics. A musician/composer demonstrates the inverse relationship between the length of string and the ratio of the notes in a delightful video. The musician also points out various other uses of mathematics such as timing and scales in the installment of the Math at the Core: Ratios playlist.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

music analysis, music notes, music patterns, ratios, scale, inverse, relationships

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Have the music teacher come in an discuss how pitches are related

Classroom Considerations

  • Scholars should know how to find the inverse of a ratio

Pros

  • Provides information about the relationship of musical notes on a scale
  • Includes questions to ask during specific points in the video

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.2

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