Mathematics in Movies is a website developed by Oliver Knill, a Harvard Mathematics professor. Mathematics in Movies is a collection of video clips from popular movies and television shows in which references to mathematics are made. One of the most recent clips comes from an episode of The Office in which Oscar tries to explain the concept of a budget surplus to Michael. I've embedded the episode below.
Applications for Education
The video clips from Mathematics in Movies could be a fun way to introduce a mathematics lesson. The clips might also be useful as a break from a traditional lesson plan for a day. Students can enjoy the clips while reviewing mathematics concepts.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Mathematics in the Movies
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2 comments:
Love your blog and congratulations on the accolades you have received recently.
I am just catching up on my Blog feeds and can see that copyright was a huge issue for you last month. (I too was outraged that someone would blatantly rip off your content and pass it off as their own).
However when I got to this post, I was wondering whether the Maths professor is legally allowed to show the excepts from these films and television programs or whether this is also a breach of copyright?
While I think it is a great resource, I would just like to be clear about whether or not we are doing the right thing in using this in our classrooms (bearing in mind that we are also modelling that this is acceptable to our students). It is my understanding that posting this content in Australia would be illegal and I thought it would be in the US as well.
It is not necessarily illegal in Australia. There is a "fair dealing" provision for research or study, though there are conditions.
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