most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-20T07:48:03Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/94467 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children Damodar Kulkarni 2012-04-18T21:25:08Z 2012-11-26T04:47:53Z

<p>Hello, I am from India. I find the mathoverflow amazing.</p> <p>I have a question: Are there any good quality video lectures on school math topics?</p> <p>There are a lot of high quality lectures available on college and university level math topics, but I didn't find any such series of lectures available for school level math.</p> <p>I am interested in following types of video lectures:</p> <ol> <li>Typically the lectures you may expect from a "math circle"</li> <li>The ones that help the students understand the concepts like math-problems, solutions, rigor, theory (proofs, definitions, etc) that are crucial for a beginner to make a head-start in math</li> <li>The ones that give a beginner a bird's eye view of the world of mathematics and how the elementary school math fits into it</li> </ol> <p>No doubt, there are some math circles in USA: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_circles#Math_circles_in_North_America" rel="nofollow" title="mathCircles">Wikipedia: Math circles in North America</a></p> <p>Other resources: <a href="http://onlinemathcircle.com/tag/lecture/" rel="nofollow">http://onlinemathcircle.com/tag/lecture/</a></p> <p>These sites do have notes, problem archives but they don't have videos of their lectures. Video lectures are needed, they do make a positive impact on young children.</p> <p>Do I make a request here to the people who are part of such circles, to post the videos of their lectures for the rest of the world to benefit from? If you already know of such videos posted online please provide links.</p> <p>Also, may I request the great mathematicians that may read this post, to speak with the young children, teach them a topic or two of your interest, from your perspective, via a video posted on youtube or somewhere else on the internet? </p> <p>You may take any math topic that you think can be taught to a child.</p> <p>In short what I dream is we start a modern version of the "Math circles for the entire world". We have the technology like computers and internet at our disposal.</p> <p>Mere mortals like me can contribute by adding subtitles to (or dubbing in our languages) these lectures.</p> <p>Repetition notwithstanding, here I wish to remind us all about a great tradition of the Russia and eastern Europe: The Math Circles, wherein some of the brightest of the math professionals and professors used to go out, reach and teach school children even the ones the age of 6-8 year old. </p> <p>I conclude by giving a link to the short story of the great Gábor Szegő teaching the young von Neumann. <a href="http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=39" rel="nofollow">http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=39</a></p> <p>Thanks and regards,</p> <p>-Damodar Kulkarni</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/97110#97110 Andreas Holmstrom 2012-05-16T11:20:19Z 2012-05-16T11:20:19Z

<p>You might want to check out the <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/" rel="nofollow">Khan Academy</a>. They have a lot of videos on all levels of school mathematics.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/97115#97115 Edmund Harriss 2012-05-16T12:31:02Z 2012-05-16T12:31:02Z

<p><a href="http://http://vihart.com/" rel="nofollow">Vi Hart's</a> videos are excellent to get children of all ages thinking and playing with mathematical ideas. They also link back to many topics of school mathematics.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/97119#97119 Joseph O'Rourke 2012-05-16T12:59:12Z 2012-05-16T12:59:12Z

<p>This may not be exactly what you seek, but it hits your 3rd class, "a bird's eye view of the world of mathematics": The <a href="http://momath.org/" rel="nofollow">Museum of Mathematics</a> <em><a href="http://momath.org/home/math-encounters/" rel="nofollow">Encounters</a></em> videos, available <a href="http://www.youtube.com/museumofmathematics" rel="nofollow">at this link</a>. <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://in.momath.org/images/adams-poster.gif" width="200" /></p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/100438#100438 Chandrasekhar 2012-06-23T09:47:16Z 2012-06-23T10:00:09Z

<ul> <li><p><a href="http://mathvids.com/" rel="nofollow">Mathvids.com</a> has some interesting videos on Algebra, Trigonometry and Statistics.</p></li> <li><p>MIT Open Course Ware has a nice collection of lectures on <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/video-lectures/" rel="nofollow">Single-Variable Calculus</a>. </p></li> </ul>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/111062#111062 rockyaline 2012-10-30T09:43:24Z 2012-10-30T09:43:24Z

<p>You can get math circles video lectures for school children from Youtube website. You can get many videos for it.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/111093#111093 Steven Collazos 2012-11-01T02:44:50Z 2012-11-11T04:32:10Z

<p>I love this question! One place to start, if you are interested in learning about Math Circles in the United States, is going to the homepage of the National Association of Math Circles: <a href="http://www.mathcircles.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mathcircles.org/</a>. I will just point out that there are a variety of Math Circles. Some of them are intended to prepare students for competitions such as the International Mathematical Olympiad. This is the traditional kind of math circle. Others are intended to enhance the academic experience of students and show them that mathematics is beautiful and fun. </p> <p>Here are some videos about actual Math Circle sessions (that are in the website I mentioned above): <a href="http://www.mathcircles.org/videos" rel="nofollow">http://www.mathcircles.org/videos</a>. </p> <p>I am a Math Circle session leader in the San Francisco Math Circle, and I would be happy to tell you more about this wonderful program. </p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/111094#111094 fedja 2012-11-01T02:50:53Z 2012-11-01T02:50:53Z

<p>AoPS has a nice series of videos based on their books. You may want to check those at <a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Videos/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Videos/index.php</a></p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94467/math-circles-video-lectures-for-school-children/111122#111122 Neil Hoffman 2012-11-01T09:14:27Z 2012-11-01T09:14:27Z

<p>The University of Texas hosts two program geared toward middle and high school students called Saturday Morning Math Group and Math Circle. They have videos here. <a href="http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/smmg/video.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/smmg/video.html</a></p>