Saint's Smashing Videos

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:47 am

I like to use youtube videos as a warm up for class and I've found some real doozies.

Here's one I used before a lesson on scale factor and proportions:

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:49 am

And this one was for a discussion as rates:

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:50 am

From a lesson on Fractals. The detail is infinite.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:52 am

Here's a connection to technology. We were studying waves and quadratics at the time. This guy controls his computer with his mind.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:52 am

This one was just for fun, I was in a good mood.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:54 am

We were beginning triple systems of equations in three variables...It was nightmarishly difficult. So I found this to lighten us up first...

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:59 am

When we heard of the breakthrough with neutrinos and breaking the speed of light at CERN, my students asked me to show them how it works..

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:01 pm

I try to work space into my lessons as much as possible for lots of reasons. Here's the Earth from the ISS in 60 seconds. Watch for the lightning storms!