The quadratic formula at Daddy Pig’s office, the discriminant is in yellow. Even preschool shows are at it! P eppa pig has reference to the quadratic equation and Ben and Holly’s wise old elf uses the golden ratio! Do let me know if you spot any more. Perhaps more surpringly is the fact that Disney snuck pi into Mary Poppins and there is clearly a maths enthusiast at Universal Pictures who worked on Despicable Me to include the vector character.

The Big Bang Theory is, quite unsurprisingly, the show which keeps on giving, from Thursdays episode which included the mechanics of cow tipping, through topological problems like which cinema to go to to modelling examples, like when Sheldon extrapolated data on Penny’s serial history while on his first date with Amy. Dr Who has plenty of maths, including happy primes and Fermat’s last theorem. The world of entertainment certainly seems to have strong links to maths, the Simpsons and Futurama have for years included maths, which is cool in itself and I think should give plenty of things to use in lessons. 2.3M views 13 years ago DespicableMe Illumination. And videos like this work better than any mnemonic for embedding knowledge and ideas into the teenage memory banks. Whether one should be trying to teach or to entertain, but I don’t see why you can’t do both, as long as the entertainment adds to, rather than detracts from, the learning. Vector is the main villain from 2010 animated film Despicable Me. There is plenty of debate around gimmicks and teaching methods. Videos like these are funny and memorable, and can help to embed the knowledge of vectors into the minds of pupils, thus enabling them to recall the knowledge better in an exam. I had seen the film before, but a few years ago and I had completely forgotten about this character! It is certainly a clip I will share with students in future! (Along with this classic.) That’s why vector on despicable me chose his name, because he’s committing crime with direction and magnitude!” See this clip. Shop affordable wall art to hang in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. Unique Vector Despicable Me Posters designed and sold by artists. It had been a while since they had met vectors, so I asked what they remembered about them and one said: “direction and magnitude, they have direction and magnitude. vector design batik patterns for wallpaper, fabric, decoration and other designs. This week I have been teaching my year 13s about vectors.

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