See the Math and STEM Embedded in the Real World

Our videos reflect years of work developing programs that use place-based education to inspire youth interest in Math and STEM. Take a virtual Math, STEM, or STEAM (the “A” is for Arts) walk using our open-access video library, anywhere you are. Use the filters to explore and find the videos that match your curiosity or your curricular topic. These videos are suited for classrooms, out of school learning programs, families and children at home, or on the go using your mobile device. All our videos are inquiry-based and we hope that watching them inspires children to see the math and STEM that is alive all around them and to pose their own questions about their environments.

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What’s My Question – Estimation, Quantity, and Scale

What’s My Question? Exploring Estimation, Quantity, and Scale at St. Philip’s School and Community Center

How can we figure out the amount of mulch needed for this playground?

The Playground at Voice of Hope Ministries

Why is it Called the Flying Pancake?

Flying Pancake Exhibit at the Frontiers of Flight Museum

Recipe Ratios: Which recipe uses more chiles?

The Incredible Edible Garden at the Dallas Arboretum

Gym, St. Philip’s School & Community Center

How do we find the volume of water saved?

Garden, St. Philip’s School & Community Center

How does the size of our soccer field compare to a full-size regulation one?

The Field at Voice of Hope Ministries

How can we use math to measure this basketball court in units we can relate to?

The Basketball Court at Voice of Hope Ministries

What is the most efficient way to prep food in this industrial kitchen?

The Community Kitchen at Voice of Hope Ministries

How can we estimate the amount of produce in a garden?

The All-American Trial Garden at the Dallas Arboretum

Using arrays, how many windows are there?

Texas School Book Depository exterior

How can we measure arches and lines?

West End Historical District, arches

What volume of water is in the fountain?

Dealey Plaza

What is the speed of the water?

Ronald Kirk Bridge

What’s the Scale Factor used in the Blueprint for the Welcome Center?

St. Philip’s School & Community Center

How many students fit in the chapel while observing social distancing regulations?

Chapel, St. Philip’s School & Community Center

How tall could the tower be?

Greenhill School campus

What is the Really Big Number Here?

Flora Street Sidewalk in Dallas Arts District

What is a Mathematical Fossil Hunt?

Hall Texas Sculpture Walk in Dallas Arts District

How Fast Can You Go?

Texas Star, Fair Park

How Much Gold is There?

Tower Building, Fair Park

What’s the Scale?

Dixie Friend Gay, North Texas Sunrise – mosaic 2013, Main Lobby Wall at the Dallas Love Field Airport

How Large is the Art?

Martin Donlin, Blueprint of Flight – ceramic enamel 2013, Pedestrian Walkway to the Main Concourse of Dallas Love Field Airport

How Can We Estimate the Amount of Water on Earth?

Luighi “Tony” Flabiano of American Terrazzo, World Map – terrazzo 1959, Main Lobby of the Dallas Love Field Airport

What’s the farthest distance between 2 points on the map?

NorthPark Center

What’s the biggest store?

NorthPark Center

How Many Cells Does It Take to Cross the Road?

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

How Tall is this Imaginary Person?

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

How Many Circles Make Up this Pattern?

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

What Are the Dimensions of the Room?

J. Erik Jonsson Central Public Library – Louise Kahn Pavilion

How Many are in the Array?

J. Erik Jonsson Central Public Library – Louise Kahn Pavilion

How Many Different Ways Can You Count?

One Arts Plaza in the Dallas Arts District

How Many People Can Fit on the Observation Deck?

Observation Deck, Girl Scouts STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars

How Big is the Pool?

Swimming Pool, Girl Scouts STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars

Why is the Apollo VII shaped that way?

Command Module for Apollo VII mission at the Frontiers of Flight Museum

What Materials Make Up the Apollo VII?

Command Module for Apollo VII mission at the Frontiers of Flight Museum