Math: Sesame street teaches subtraction

Here is a very elementary video worth showing your students in K-2 grade.  It is definitely very elementary, but Sesame Street does an excellent job discussing subtraction.  It is quite entertaining.

Subject:  Math (Subtraction)
Grade Level:  K-2
Time:  6:16

Math: Geometry Rap

Here is a rap song about the different shapes and angles.  Words that are discussed are rhombus, right angles, triangles, acute angles, parallelograms, etc...  It features elementary students and is sung at about the elementary grade level.

Subject:  Math (Geometry)
Grade Level:  3-6
Time:  2:28

Math: Can you solve this word problem before the end of the movie clip?

I am going to try this word problem with my students this week to see if they can solve the word problem given in this movie, "Little Big League."  This video is sure entertaining and mathematically funny.  See if your students can solve it.

Subject:  Math (Word problems/fractions)
Time:  3:57
Grade Level:  6-12

Math (Long Division): Learn your long division in the style of Gangnam.

Levin Intermediate School in New York had a couple of math classes create a math video as a parody to the Gangnam Style song.  The topic was long division.  The toon is pretty catchy.  Way to go Levin teachers for getting your students engaged in their own learning.  When a teachers wants to discuss more on long division and demonstrate the process differently this video is going to be great.

Grade Level:  K-12
Subject:  Math (Long Division)
Time:  3:40

Math/Government (Financial): The debt limit explained.

CGP Grey have a video out called "The Debt Limit Explained."  I was searching for a video to show my Math for Life students about debt and financial situations that our own country can get in to.  People hear talk all the time about the Debt Limit and how we need or don't need to raise it.  This video does an excellent job explaining many aspects of the Debt Limit.  I think your students could get some valuable information from watching it.  After watching the video you can discuss the different aspects and even have a really good debate about whether or not the Debt Limit should be raised.  The nice thing is that Grey doesn't really get into the politics of whether it is bad or not.  He just gives a presentation on what the Debt Limit is according to how he understands it.

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Grade Level:  9-12
Subject:  Consumer Math or a Government Class
Time:  3:49

Statistics: Child mortality rates 1960-2013

I am a huge fan of Hans Rosling and his statistical work.  Statistics don't lie or have emotion, so if they are gathered properly we can study and understand human events better.  In this video, Hans discusses how there is a myth that the "undeveloped" countries are still having huge child mortality rates.  He demonstrates that the world is getting better and smarter, even in countries like Ethiopia.

Subject: Math and Social Studies
Grade Level:  6-12
Length:  2:50

Math: Sing the Slope Intercept Form song

Here is a very catch toon for those students who are trying to learn about the slope intercept form "y=mx + b".  This video was created by a teacher and her math students.  Trust me when I say that the formula will stick in their brain after listening to it.  The song is sung to the music of the Village Peoples "YMCA" toon. 

Subject:  Math
Grade Level:  8-12
Length:  4:33

 

Math: A display of how not understanding math can cost you MONEY.

This video clip shows a young man lose $15,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, because he didn't understand a simple question.  I thought this would be a fun video to show my students as we are studying squared numbers.  I had my students watch to begin with and give their best answer.  Then as the young man asks for the audiences' help I had them possibly revise their answer.  Because he didn't understand the concepts of squares he ended up going with the audience's choice and lost $15,000 bucks.


 Subject:  Math
Grade Level:  6-12
Length:  2:39

 

 

 

Math: Function Machine

This video demonstrates how functions work in regards to an input output machine.  They demonstrate some real world scenarios with food and how food is processed.  Each section of the video demonstrates a little more of how functions work as the equation becomes more difficult. 


 Subject:  Math
Grade Level:  6-10
Length:  7:06

 

Math: 3rd Graders learn about clocks

This video from Brain Tofu, is a song that teaches younger children how to use clocks and what each part of the clock is and does.

Subject:  Math
Grade Level:  K-3
Length:  2:02

 

Science: What are Astronomical Units or AU when measuring distances?

This NASA video demonstrates how scientists compare distances between the planets and the sun using the measurement system, Astronomical Units.  They do a great job discussing scaling and why we use AU's as the measurement system when talking about our solar system.

Subject:  Science/Math-Measurement
Grade Level:  7-12
Length:  4:44

Math: What is the difference between the Metric and Standard measuring system?

This video was done by NASA education and discusses a little bit about the history of measurement systems.  It then moves on to our US standard of measuring and how to calculate distances using it.  Finally it discusses the Metric system and how easy it is to use and how to convert between meters and kilometers.

Subject:  Math-Measuring
Grade Level:  5-9
Length:  5:05

Math: What is the denominator?

This is a cute and simple song that explains what the denominator in a fraction is.

Grade Level:  1-4
Subject:  Math...Fractions
Length:  2:47