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This playlist contains clips that cover key concepts in Geometry.

Cyberchase: Determining Hacker's Area of Land

2m 20s

area of irregular shapes

The Cybersquad presents Hacker's and Judge Trudy's plots of land to the court. They illustrate how the two plots of land have the same area despite Hacker's being an irregular shape.

Clips

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Using Rakes and Ropes to Create Art thumbnail

PBS NewsHour: Using Rakes and Ropes to Create Art

Earthscape artist Andre Amador uses the beach and geometry to create beautiful temporary artistic...

2

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Numb3rs: Curtate Cycloid Explanation

Charlie describes a curtate cycloid using the Moon and the motion of a human's feet as examples.

3

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Merry Andrew: Pythagorean Theorem Song

English schoolteacher Andrew and his students sing a song explaining the pythagorean formula: a2 ...

4

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Leaves of Grass: Parallel Lines

In the midst of speaking about existentialism, Kincaid draws a similiarity to parallel lines.

5

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Sesame Street: Dancing with Triangles

The host of Dancing with Triangles, Tom Twinkletoes, invites contestants on stage to perform thei...

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02:05

Cast Away: They May Never Find Us

After eating dinner, Chuck illustrates to Wilson their slim chances of being rescued. He calculat...

7

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02:03

Like Mike: Supersized Triangles

Tracy helps Calvin with his geometry homework by drawing large triangles on the side of his house...

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00:47

The Day After Tomorrow: Recreation of the Cycle

Jack digitally recreates the thermal cycle of the storm and notes that it is pulling cool air fro...

9

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01:00

Despicable Me: Vectors

This clip states the definition of a vector in a comical way, through one of the main characters ...

10

How Many Jellybeans? thumbnail

00:31

Phineas and Ferb: How Many Jellybeans?

Phineas, Ferb and friends try to determine the volume of a cylinder, but Buford solves it for the...

11

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04:04

Agora: Circles and Ellipses

Hypatia of Alexandria explains that the center of a circle is always the same distance from any o...

12

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01:09

Numb3rs: Soap Bubble Theory

Charlie explains soap bubble theory and how he used it to find the paths that McHugh most likely ...

13

Making a Square with Triangles thumbnail

04:15

Cyberchase: Making a Square with Triangles

The CyberSquad cannot make a big enough square with the rods it has available, so Jackie suggests...

14

The Triangle's Reflection thumbnail

02:25

Maths Mansion: The Triangle's Reflection

In an interactive game, Bad Man tests two kids on their ability to mark the vertices of a triangl...

15

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01:12

Mr. Wizard's World: Fractal Geometry

Mr. Wizard provides a succinct overview of Fractal Geometry and its uses.

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Sleight Angle thumbnail

01:45

Cyberchase: Sleight Angle

The Earthlings consult with Chief about whether or not Sleight O' Hand stole Hacker's recharger k...

17

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05:21

Cyberchase: Traversing the Lava

The CyberSquad needs to get across a pool of lava. They find tiles in the shapes of triangles, pe...

18

Different Looking Triangles thumbnail

02:40

Sesame Street: Different Looking Triangles

Grover and Rosita illustrate and explain the properties of a triangle. Rosita brings over two dif...

19

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02:07

Cyberchase: Building a Better Raft

The CyberSquad tests if its contraption serves as a raft. While it floats, it contains holes, and...

20

You're Being Obtuse thumbnail

00:32

Family Guy: You're Being Obtuse

Carter speaks with Peter about a stunt he pulled involving music. He tells Peter that music is fo...

21

Right Triangles of Any Size thumbnail

02:10

Landscape of Geometry: Right Triangles of Any Size

David Stringer explains ancient Pythagoras' findings about right triangles. He illustrates the Py...

22

Dynamic Rollerblade Field thumbnail

02:45

Cyberchase: Dynamic Rollerblade Field

The CyberSquad notices that something besides the shape of the rollerblading field is different w...

23

The Archimedes Terminal thumbnail

03:17

Cyberchase: The Archimedes Terminal

After creating five solid squares on the ground, the CyberSquad uses a vehicle to lift the square...

24

Navigating The Island thumbnail

02:47

Cyberchase: Navigating The Island

The CyberSquad is on an island and needs to visit Dr. Marbles. The group members have a map but d...

25

Intersecting Lines thumbnail

01:14

Cyberchase: Intersecting Lines

Inez and Digit are trying to determine the location of the Transformatron so that they can remove...

26

Area and Volume thumbnail

01:11

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Area and Volume

Bill demonstrates how to measure the area of different rectangles and the volume of a cube. He ex...

27

Math is More Than Numbers thumbnail

03:41

Donald in Mathmagic Land: Math is More Than Numbers

The narrator explains that mathematics is much more than simply numbers and equations. He shows h...

28

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03:24

Mr. Wizard's World: Wheels

Mr. Wizard demonstrates that wheels don't always need to be round to function as wheels.

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01:29

The Man Without a Face: Perpendicular Bisector

Justin walks through a word problem involving parallel lines with Chuck. He teaches him how to dr...

30

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03:49

Cyberchase: Creating a New Wheel

The wheel breaks on the CyberSquad's scooter, and they need to replace it in order to stop Hacker...

31

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04:17

Square One Television: Geometric Area in Court

In a court case, the plaintiff claims that the defendant is unfairly compensating him for his law...

32

Covering the Worms thumbnail

02:42

Maths Mansion: Covering the Worms

Sad Man presents us with six little worms that are trying to sleep but are cold because they don'...

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Plotting The Land thumbnail

04:09

Cyberchase: Plotting The Land

The Cybersquad are helping the authorities find out if Hacker has more land than Judge Trudy. The...

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02:20

Cyberchase: Determining Hacker's Area of Land

The Cybersquad presents Hacker's and Judge Trudy's plots of land to the court. They illustrate ho...

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01:34

Maths Mansion: Measuring Area

Bad Man challenges Ryland and Celia to measure the area of multiple rectangular objects, such as ...

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01:34

Cyberchase: Copying the Ring

Matt, Digit, and Slider make a fake ring that looks just like the original in order to trick Hack...

37

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02:41

Cyberchase: Solving the Riddle

Jackie, Matt, and Inez work together to solve a pirate's riddle. When they find the boulder shape...

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03:10

Cyberchase: Finding the Treasure

Inez, Matt, and Jackie work through the remaining riddles to find Ivanca's treasure. Using their ...

39

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03:14

Cyberchase: Filling Motherboard's Tank

Digit, Jackie, Inez, and Matt miscalculate the amount of cryoxide they would need to fill Motherb...

40

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01:18

Cyberchase: Feeding the Twins

Bianca is babysitting a set of twin boys and needs to feed them exactly 9 ounces of baby formula....

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05:23

Beakman's World: Determining Weight

Beakman uses air pressure and the surface area of the tires to determine the approximate weight o...

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02:07

Donald in Mathmagic Land: Math is Everywhere

The narrator shows Donald Duck several occurrences of mathematical forms in nature, such as the p...

43

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02:20

Cyberchase: Finding the Peach Trees

Inez and Digit need to get Peaches home to her family, and they use a map to help them navigate t...

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02:07

Maths Mansion: Finding Perpendicular Lines

Sad Man introduces the concept of perpendicular lines and looks for examples of them in the real ...

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Making Parallel Lines thumbnail

02:27

Maths Mansion: Making Parallel Lines

Sad Man introduces the concept of parallel lines, while Bad Man tests two kids on their ability t...

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02:10

Madagascar: Zoo Transfer

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melmen each wake up in a box that has different dimensions. They realize ...

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Symmetria's Symmetrical Products thumbnail

01:07

Cyberchase: Symmetria's Symmetrical Products

Ava advertises Symmetria's perfectly balanced products. She illustrates the meaning of symmetry t...

48

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03:03

The Pursuit of Happyness: Rubik's Cube

Chris is determined to solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle. He indicates that the key to solving it is ...

49

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03:48

Cyberchase: The Exact Center

The CyberSquad and Slider need to find the center of the circle and place the ring there in order...

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04:52

Cyberchase: Proving Hacker Wrong

Jackie, Matt, and Inez set out to prove that Hacker doesn't deserve to be the ruler of Cyberspace...

51

Doctor Marbles is Symmetrical thumbnail

01:37

Cyberchase: Doctor Marbles is Symmetrical

To fool Hacker, the CyberSquad makes a robot that looks like Dr. Marbles. They notice that both s...

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Escaping The Island thumbnail

02:25

Cyberchase: Escaping The Island

To escape the island, the CyberSquad must reach before sunset one of the portals that Motherboard...

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Pythagorean Theorem thumbnail

01:22

QI: Pythagorean Theorem

Stephen Fry illustrates the Pythagorean theorem using a water-filled model that represents the sq...

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Parallel Lines thumbnail

01:24

Cyberchase: Parallel Lines

Inez and Digit are trying to determine the location of the Transformatron based on Matt and Jacki...

55

Sushi Scene thumbnail

00:53

Isle of Dogs: Sushi Scene

A chef prepares sushi for a client in a deliberate and efficient manner.

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01:51

Beakman's World: Mobius Strip

Beakman challenge: Create a loop using one side of a piece of paper. The result is the Mobius Strip.

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The Angle Dance thumbnail

02:31

Square One Television: The Angle Dance

This video pairs a dance about angles, acute and obtuse, to a catchy beat.

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Egypt's Use of Area thumbnail

00:51

The Story of Maths: Egypt's Use of Area

Marcus du Sautoy explains how Ancient Egyptian governments used algebra and geometry to calculate...

59

Spherical Astronomy thumbnail

01:42

Numb3rs: Spherical Astronomy

In this clip, Charlie uses the behavior of the hoop's shadow to pinpoint the longitude and latitu...

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How Egyptians Discovered Pi thumbnail

02:02

The Story of Maths: How Egyptians Discovered Pi

Marcus du Sautoy explains how Egyptians discovered pi through activities of their everyday life.