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5th grade calculus videos

The story of the number Pi

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The story of the number Pi is a short animated movie about one of the most famous numbers in mathematics. You will learn where did it come from, what are its properties and how and why it does appear in the formulas for the area of a circle and for the volume of a sphere. It combines history with visualisation and can be used at any point at school when Pi is encounted with, with different levels of understanding.

Subjects:

Calculus, Geometry, Math

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Centers

SECRETS HIDDEN IN SPIRALS - AN ANIMATED MOVIE

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Jana Kopfova

SECRETS HIDDEN IN SPIRALS is a short animated movie about a connection between mathematics and nature. Can be used as an interdisciplinary material, which can give motivation to study and enjoy mathematics also for students interested in biology. You wil learn what have rabbits in common with spirals and mathematics with botany.We will talk about Archimedes, logarithmic and Fibonacci spirals, their properties and connections with the occurrence in nature. For students of all ages.

Subjects:

Biology, Calculus, Math

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Centers

SECRETS OF COUNTING WITH INFINITY - AN ANIMATED MOVIE

Created by

Jana Kopfova

SECRETS OF COUNTING WITH INFINITY is a short animated movie about infinity - the word which hides so many mysteries. Small children are already curius about it. How mathematicians work with infinity and the problems and suprises it brings is the message of this movie. Can an infinite series of numbers have a finite sum? We will talk visually about geometric and harmonic series and their sums, about counting with infinity and of course about Zenon‘s paradoxes. Inspirative and mind provokin

Subjects:

Calculus, Math, PreCalculus

Grades:

5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Centers