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This playlist contains clips that cover key concepts in Geometry.

Numb3rs: Soap Bubble Theory

1m 9s

math

algebraic geometry

minimal surface

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

Clips

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PBS NewsHour: 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

Numb3rs: Curtate Cycloid Explanation thumbnail

Numb3rs: Curtate Cycloid Explanation

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

3

Merry Andrew: Pythagorean Theorem Song thumbnail

Merry Andrew: Pythagorean Theorem Song

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

4

Leaves of Grass: Parallel Lines thumbnail

Leaves of Grass: Parallel Lines

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

5

Sesame Street: Dancing with Triangles thumbnail

Sesame Street: Dancing with Triangles

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

6

Cast Away: They May Never Find Us thumbnail

Cast Away: They May Never Find Us

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

7

Like Mike: Supersized Triangles thumbnail

Like Mike: Supersized Triangles

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

8

The Day After Tomorrow: Recreation of the Cycle thumbnail

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...

10

Phineas and Ferb: How Many Jellybeans? thumbnail

Phineas and Ferb: How Many Jellybeans?

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

13

Cyberchase: Making a Square with Triangles thumbnail

Cyberchase: Making a Square with Triangles

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

14

Maths Mansion: The Triangle's Reflection thumbnail

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...

17

Cyberchase: Traversing the Lava thumbnail

Cyberchase: Traversing the Lava

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

18

Sesame Street: Different Looking Triangles thumbnail

Sesame Street: Different Looking Triangles

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

19

Cyberchase: Building a Better Raft thumbnail

Cyberchase: Building a Better Raft

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

20

Family Guy: You're Being Obtuse thumbnail

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

Landscape of Geometry: Right Triangles of Any Size thumbnail

Landscape of Geometry: Right Triangles of Any Size

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

22

Cyberchase: Dynamic Rollerblade Field thumbnail

Cyberchase: Dynamic Rollerblade Field

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

23

Cyberchase: The Archimedes Terminal thumbnail

Cyberchase: The Archimedes Terminal

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

24

Cyberchase: Navigating The Island thumbnail

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

Cyberchase: Intersecting Lines thumbnail

Cyberchase: Intersecting Lines

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

26

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Area and Volume thumbnail

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

Donald in Mathmagic Land: Math is More Than Numbers thumbnail

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...

29

The Man Without a Face: Perpendicular Bisector thumbnail

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

Cyberchase: Creating a New Wheel thumbnail

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

Square One Television: Geometric Area in Court thumbnail

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

Maths Mansion: Covering the Worms thumbnail

Maths Mansion: Covering the Worms

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

34

Cyberchase: Determining Hacker's Area of Land thumbnail

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...

37

Cyberchase: Solving the Riddle thumbnail

Cyberchase: Solving the Riddle

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

38

Cyberchase: Finding the Treasure thumbnail

Cyberchase: Finding the Treasure

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

39

Cyberchase: Filling Motherboard's Tank thumbnail

Cyberchase: Filling Motherboard's Tank

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

41

Beakman's World: Determining Weight thumbnail

Beakman's World: Determining Weight

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

42

Donald in Mathmagic Land: Math is Everywhere thumbnail

Donald in Mathmagic Land: Math is Everywhere

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

43

Cyberchase: Finding the Peach Trees thumbnail

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...

44

Maths Mansion: Finding Perpendicular Lines thumbnail

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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Maths Mansion: Making Parallel Lines thumbnail

Maths Mansion: Making Parallel Lines

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

47

Cyberchase: Symmetria's Symmetrical Products thumbnail

Cyberchase: Symmetria's Symmetrical Products

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

48

The Pursuit of Happyness: Rubik's Cube thumbnail

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 ...

50

Cyberchase: Proving Hacker Wrong thumbnail

Cyberchase: Proving Hacker Wrong

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

51

Cyberchase: Doctor Marbles is Symmetrical thumbnail

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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Cyberchase: Escaping The Island thumbnail

Cyberchase: Escaping The Island

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