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Literacy and Using Symbols: Everyday Symbols

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Symbols can be found in almost every aspect of everyday life.

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Learn about the Monty Hall problem in a mathematical equation using conditional probability on Discovery Channel's "Assignment Discovery."

70-Year-Old First Grader (1:14)

Students at a Missouri elementary school are abuzz about their new 70-year-old classmate. Alferd Williams worked his entire life and never went to school. But he promised his mother that he would learn to read and write. Video courtesy of Reuters.

Child Palaeontology Prodigy (1:33)

Watch this video about child prodigies on HowStuffWorks. At 11-years-old, Horacio Garcia Lozano is the youngest student to enroll at Mexico's Hidalgo University and his lecturers say he's on course to become one of the nation's best paleontologists... More »

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Watch this video about a 9-year-old math genius that is going to college. March Tian Boedihardjo is a true child prodigy, a math and statistics genius who was recently enrolled at Hong Baptist University; this makes Boedihardjo the youngest student... More »

Peter Donnelly on Statistical Mistakes (22:05)

Watch this video from TED featuring Oxford statistician Peter Donnelly on HowStuffWorks. Donnelly explores the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics, and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal... More »

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How to Prepare a Science Fair Project: Data Collection (3:30)

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