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Mathematics Amazing Problems: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences This lesson aims to introduce arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences to...	Mathematics Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? This learning video deals with a question of geometrical probability. A key...
Mathematics Connections in the Plane without Crossing This lesson presents interesting and challenging problems in Graph Theory,...	Mathematics Counting Systems This video aims to explain counting systems (Decimal, Binary, and Hexadecimal...
Mathematics Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations This learning video introduces students to the world of Fractal Geometry...	Mathematics Flaws of Averages This learning video presents an introduction to the Flaws of Averages using...
Mathematics Flu Math Games This video lesson shows students that math can play a role in understanding how...	Mathematics Guess the Last Ball: An Exercise in Mathematical Modeling This video lesson uses the technique of induction to show students how to...
Mathematics Is Bigger Better? A Look at a Selection Bias that Is All Around Us This learning video addresses a particular problem of selection bias, a...	Mathematics Optimizing Your Diet: What Linear Programming Can Tell You! In this video lesson, students will learn about linear programming (LP) and...
Mathematics Probability Theory The main objective of this lesson is to motivate students’ thoughts and...	Mathematics Pythagoras and the Juice Seller This video lesson presents a real world problem that can be solved by using the...
Mathematics Selfish Drivers: The Braess Paradox and Traffic Planning The idea of this lesson is to introduce, in a simplified manner, the so-called...	Mathematics Sorting Algorithms This lesson is about sorting algorithms and the methods used to sort lists of...
Mathematics Taking Walks, Delivering Mail: An Introduction to Graph Theory This learning video presents an introduction to graph theory through two fun,...	Mathematics The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering: How to Whip Out Answers Quickly The purpose of this learning video is to show students how to think more freely...
Mathematics The Broken Stick Experiment: Triangles, Random Numbers and Probability This learning video is designed to develop critical thinking in students by...	Mathematics The Geometry of Parabolic Sand Dunes One of the main problems facing Saudi Arabia and many other countries in the...
Mathematics The Mailman and the Five Packages: Data Packets and Data Transfer Speed This lesson will explain the process of data transfer throughout computer...	Mathematics The Mathematics of Cryptography This video lesson provides a more advanced approach to cryptography than the...
Mathematics The Mathematics of Voting The goal of this video lesson is to teach students about new and exciting ways...	Mathematics The Pythagorean Theorem: Application and Proof In this video lesson, students will not only learn about Pythagoras and the...
Mathematics The Quadratic Equation: It’s Hip to Be Squared This lesson aims to help students with quadratic functions y = ax2 + bx + c....	Mathematics The Towers of Hanoi: Experiential Recursive Thinking This lesson is about the Towers of Hanoi problem, a classic famous problem...
Mathematics Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking This video lesson will introduce students to algorithmic thinking through the...	Mathematics Why Beehive Honeycombs Have a Hexagonal Shape Beavers are generally known as the engineers of the animal world. In fact the...

Engineering

Engineering Building Cryptosystems This video module presents an introduction to cryptography – the method...	Engineering Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship This video lesson introduces students to the worlds of engineering innovation...
Engineering Quantifying the Energy Associated with Everyday Things and Events This lesson is about energy and how it manifests itself in every day things...	Engineering The Magic Picture: Steganography in Bitmap Files This video aims to connect many topics in computer science to reach the writing...
Engineering The Stroboscopic Effect This module is about a particular effect of the frequency, which is the...	Engineering Using Geometry to Design Simple Machines This video is meant to be a fun, hands-on session that gets students to think...

Physics

Physics Can Earthquakes Be Predicted? This learning video uses a simple analog setup to explore why earthquakes are...	Physics Fingerprinting Gravity This very interactive video lesson uses the Simple Pendulum experiment to...
Physics Free Fall This video lesson is an example of "teaching for understanding" in...	Physics Galaxies and Dark Matter This video lesson has the goal of introducing students to galaxies as large...
Physics Gravity at Work This video lesson highlights how science can be learned from daily life...	Physics Ice Skater’s Delight: The Conservation of Angular Momentum This learning video describes within an action orientation certain often...
Physics Physics of Donkey Carts This video lesson explores Newton’s Third Law of Motion through...	Physics Plasma: the Fourth State of Matter In this video lesson, students will achieve the following learning objectives:...
Physics Static and Kinetic Friction Forces: Similarities and Differences This lesson is about the importance of friction in our lives. It discusses the...	Physics Static Equilibrium This video lesson will focus on systems that are said to be in equilibrium...
Physics The Mystery of Motion: Momentum, Kinetic Energy and Their Conversion In this video lesson, the concept of momentum applied to hard-body collisions...	Physics The Physics of Boomerangs This learning video explores the mysterious physics behind boomerangs and other...
Physics The Physics of Pool The objective of this lesson is to illustrate how a common everyday experience...	Physics The Physics of Racing Cars This video lesson discusses how a few simple physics concepts can help in...
Physics The Science of Soap Bubbles As magic and ephemeral as they may seem, soap bubbles are a magnificent example...	Physics Uniform Circular Motion and Centrifugal Force The objective of this video lesson is to correct the misconception in the...

Biology

Biology Antioxidant Enzymes: Three or Four Veggies a Day Keeps Aging Away The purpose of this video lesson is to expand the student’s knowledge...	Biology Biotechnology: Can It Help in Making the Desert Green? This learning video introduces high school students to a topic they would not...
Biology Blood: The Stuff of Life The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about blood and its components...	Biology Classifying Animals by Appearance Versus DNA Sequence The topic of this video module is how to classify animals based on how closely...
Biology Discovering Genes Associated with Diseases and Traits in Dogs In this video module, students learn how scientists use genetic information...	Biology Discovering Medicines, Using Robots and Computers Scientists who are working to discover new medicines often use robots to...
Biology Geologic Time: The Ticking of Our Planet’s 4.6 Billion Year Clock The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. That’s a hard number to conceptualize...	Biology How Does Biotechnology Help Clean Up The Environment? The objective of this lesson is to introduce students to one of the most...
Biology Methods for Protein Purification This Protein Purification video lesson is intended to give students some...	Biology Plants and Environmental Resources Earth contains a variety of plants to provide food, medicine and, most...
Biology Roots, Shoots, and Wood The topic of photosynthesis is a fundamental concept in biology, chemistry, and...	Biology The Construction of Proteins This lesson examines cell construction and functionality, specifically looking...
Biology The Disease of Our Time: Diabetes This lesson presents a comprehensive overview of diabetes, including the causes...	Biology The Genetic Basis of Inheritance and Variation The topic of this video module is genetic basis for variation among humans. The...
Biology The Olive Propagation Problem In this video lesson, students will learn about the DNA fingerprinting of...	Biology The Respiratory System of Birds This video aims to provide an illustrative lesson about the respiratory system...
Biology Using DNA to Identify People This lesson focuses on the molecular biology technique of DNA fingerprinting:...	Biology What’s in an Eye? The Eye’s Components and the Diseases that Affect Them The major purpose of this lesson is to promote the learning of eye function by...
Biology Wind and Sand The goal of this video lesson is to relate physics principles to natural...	Biology Yeasts, Molds and Mushrooms This video lesson examines the many beneficial aspects of a very important...

Chemistry

Chemistry Catalytic Converter This video lesson aims to motivate students about chemistry and to raise their...	Chemistry How Cold Is Cold: Examining the Properties of Materials at Lower Temperatures This video is the second lesson in the How Cold Is Cold? BLOSSOMS series...
Chemistry How Cold is Cold: What is Temperature? This video lesson is part of a two-part series and introduces the concept of...	Chemistry How Much Small Is Small? This video lesson introduces students to the concept of size. It looks at how...
Chemistry Is There a Connection between Water Desalination and Making Pickles? The objective of this lesson is to get students acquainted with the basic...	Chemistry Plastics and Covalent Chemical Bonds In this lesson, we discuss the distribution of electrons in a carbon atom,...
Chemistry Recognizing Chemical Reactions What do all chemical reactions have in common? Most students describe a...	Chemistry Sustainable Energy: Can Water be the Future Fuel? The main objective of this video lesson is to bring the students' attention to...
Chemistry Why Are the Sky Blue and the Leaves Green? This learning video is designed to encourage students to be curious about...