Properties of gases can be modeled using some relatively simple equations, which we can relate to the behavior of individual gas molecules. We will learn about the ideal gas law, vapor pressure, partial pressure, and the Maxwell Boltzmann distribution.
Overview of the Geithner Plan and the problem it is supposed to solve. Created by Sal Khan.
More on the Geithner Plan. The problem of banks buying the assets from themselves. Created by Sal Khan.
More exotic ways that a bank could buy transfer exposure to the taxpayer. Created by Sal Khan.
Constructing an investment where an investor gets the same upside while the program limits the downside. Created by Sal Khan.
Quantifying the value of the put option. Created by Sal Khan.
A better way to solve the "liquidity" and "price discovery" problem. Created by Sal Khan.
Introduction to gel electrophoresis. How it's used to separate DNA fragments or other macromolecules.
n this video, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explains how three types of genetic tests helped him understand his own family history, and then goes on to explain how these same tests can help scholars reconstruct the past 60,000 years of human migration. Created by Big History Project.
Overview of how genes and the environment interact.
Generalizing a linear consumption function as a function of aggregate income. Created by Sal Khan.
An overview of Generational and lifecycle effects on political ideology.
Learn how chance events can alter allele frequencies in populations, particularly when the populations are small, via genetic drift, the bottleneck effect, and the founder effect. Created by Sal Khan.
An overview of how the Mongol Empire, founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, eventually becomes the largest contiguous empire in world history before splitting formally into the Yuan Dynasty, Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate and Ilkhanate.
Students present and receive feedback about their Genius Hour plans using a gallery walk-style approach.
Introducing students to online reading, annotating, content curation, communication tools
Students learn about common geometry tools and then learn to use protractors (and Miras, if available) to create and measure angles and reflections. The lesson begins with a recap of the history and modern-day use of protractors, compasses and mirrors. After seeing some class practice problems and completing a set of worksheet-prompted problems, students share their methods and work. Through the lesson, students gain an awareness of the pervasive use of angles, and these tools, for design purposes related to engineering and everyday uses. This lesson prepares students to conduct the associated activity in which they “solve the holes” for hole-in-one multiple-banked angle solutions, make their own one-hole mini-golf courses with their own geometry-based problems and solutions, and then compare their “on paper” solutions to real-world results.
Kibera, a poor community, in Nairobi, was a blank spot on the map until recently. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology enabled residents to map resources to help their community.
Italian and German Empires in 1914. Tsingtao beer. Created by Sal Khan.
Gerrymandering and its history.