LECTURES

I love to teach, so I use my spare time to rent meeting rooms in my local library and work on a series of video lectures. Right now, I am focusing on math lectures that teach high school math material in a less formulaic, more engaging way.

Pizza Time

Which pizza deal is the best value, and by how much? To find out, we will need to learn how to calculate the area and bang for your buck for various different pizza deals.

Size Matters

Would you rather be extremely big or extremely small? Ever wonder why your toy car can fall off a cliff unharmed, but a real car would get smashed to pieces? Or why a mouse can move better than an elephant? Well, you're in luck, because this lecture explains why being small is an advantage over being big by delving into the mathematics of what happens when we make objects bigger or smaller.

Calulus Made Easy

I wanted to challenge myself by teaching the concepts of calculus in 15 minutes. It turns out that I was in over my head and ended up with a lecture that is too long for the internet. Luckily, I was able to salvage some of the footage by showcasing these excerpts:

The Racecar Method

In this visualization exercise, I demonstrate a new technique to understand second derivatives and find inflection points by using a toy car. The best part is that by doing this, you can actually feel where your inflection points are instead of just trying to visualize them.

Slope

This is a very quick explanation of the concept of slope - a very fundamental concept for calculus students.

Ball Physics

Here, we use calculus to explain what happens when you toss a ball in the air.