Math for Liberal Arts

Add Graphs In The World to Courses

• Active Learning in Math

Add Graphs In The World to Courses

Maria Andersen 15 January 2019

Now you can add Graphs in the World to your courses in the LMS! Create a new...

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Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day

• Algebra

Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day

Maria Andersen 30 November 2018

I’ve been spending the first 5-10 minutes of every 2-hour math class discussing graphs in the news...

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History of Numeration Systems

• Math for Elem Teachers

History of Numeration Systems

Maria Andersen 15 November 2011

I just stumbled upon this great little video about Ancient Numeration Systems.  It does not go into...

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Math about the Electoral College

• Math for Liberal Arts

Math about the Electoral College

Maria Andersen 7 November 2011

This was a surprisingly good video about the math of the U.S. Electoral College system.  At first...

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Math Videos at the Sputnik Observatory

• Algebra

Math Videos at the Sputnik Observatory

Maria Andersen 26 October 2009

The Sputnik Observatory, is dedicated to providing a venue for viewing and sharing ideas and philosophies of...

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TED: The Beautiful Mathematics of Coral Reefs

• Math for Liberal Arts

TED: The Beautiful Mathematics of Coral Reefs

Maria Andersen 18 May 2009

Margaret Wertheim speaks at TED about the beautiful mathematics of coral reefs, hyperbolic geometry, and more.  In...

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Common Craft Explains Finance

• Algebra

Common Craft Explains Finance

Maria Andersen 25 February 2009

CommonCraft has three new videos about math (well, technically financial math). I wonder if they’ll tackle the...

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Election Algebra

• Algebra

Election Algebra

Maria Andersen 29 August 2008

Inspired by a great speech last night, I stopped to watch this 4-minute video from Commoncraft on...

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