Educator.com For the Ultimate Success in School

By Ruth on April 7, 2013 in education, science, technology
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Unfortunately, the education system is not what it used to be.  Funding has decreased in recent years, and classroom sizes have been on the rise.  Standardized testing has increased, and although some expectations have decreased, others have been accelerated.  All too often, teachers are either unable or unwilling to provide the needed assistance to students who are behind or don’t understand the content.  And if you’re like most parents, helping your child is a time-consuming venture that may be far beyond your expertise.  After all, the content of school classes has changed over the years as well.

If your child is in need of help, there is finally a quality aid out there that can make all the difference in the world.  I invite you to check out educator.com, a place where you will find the help you seek for math, science, and computer programming at the high school and college level.  This is the place where you can pinpoint exactly where you are struggling in a given course, and you get the individualized, self-paced help you need.  You will find the best teachers, and the professor of the course will personally answer every question you have.

When I was in high school, I really struggled in Physics, so I thought I would check out what this site had for this course.  I was quite pleased to discover that there was an organized list of topics that each lecture covered as you can see below.

Physics (Theory and Application)
Vincent Selhorst-Jones

Vincent Selhorst-Jones combines a scientific background, acting training, and years of teaching experience to help you fully comprehend concepts rather than just “plug ‘n’ chug” equations. Vincent is passionate about sharing his love of physics and will help you understand how a problem comes together, what it means, and why you should care. Topics cover everything in High School Physics from Motion, Force, and Energy, to Waves, Thermodynamics, and Electricity. Vincent has been teaching over 8+ years and double-majored in Mathematics and Theater at Pomona College, as well as received an M.F.A. in Acting from Harvard University.
  

Table of Contents

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I. Motion
Math Review 16:49
Intro 0:00
The Metric System 0:26
Distance, Mass, Volume, and Time 0:27
Scientific Notation 1:40
Examples: 47,000,000,000 and 0.00000002 1:41
Significant Figures 3:18
Significant Figures Overview 3:19
Properties of Significant Figures 4:04
How Significant Figures Interact 7:00
Trigonometry Review 8:57
Pythagorean Theorem, sine, cosine, and tangent 8:58
Inverse Trigonometric Functions 9:48
Inverse Trigonometric Functions 9:49
Vectors 10:44
Vectors 10:45
Scalars 12:10
Scalars 12:11
Breaking a Vector into Components 13:17
Breaking a Vector into Components 13:18
Length of a Vector 13:58
Length of a Vector 13:59
Relationship Between Length, Angle, and Coordinates 14:45
One Dimensional Kinematics 26:02
Intro 0:00
Position 0:06
Definition and Example of Position 0:07
Distance 1:11
Definition and Example of Distance 1:12
Displacement 1:34
Definition and Example of Displacement 1:35
Comparison 2:45
Distance vs. Displacement 2:46
Notation 2:54
Notation for Location, Distance, and Displacement 2:55
Speed 3:32
Definition and Formula for Speed 3:33
Example: Speed 3:51
Velocity 4:23
Definition and Formula for Velocity 4:24
∆ – Greek: ‘Delta’ 5:01
∆ or ‘Change In’ 5:02
Acceleration 6:02
Definition and Formula for Acceleration 6:03
Example: Acceleration 6:38
Gravity 7:31
Gravity 7:32
Formulas 8:44
Kinematics Formula 1 8:45
Kinematics Formula 2 9:32
Definitional Formulas 14:00
Example 1: Speed of a Rock Being Thrown 14:12
Example 2: How Long Does It Take for the Rock to Hit the Ground? 15:37
Example 3: Acceleration of a Biker 21:09
Example 4: Velocity an

I was amazed and surprised as I did my educator.com review  that there was real help our there for people like me who really struggled through classes due to an ineffective teacher (or any other issue).  I was one of those people who needed advanced science and mathematics explained to me in a simple manner with lots of practice, and this site seems like it has exactly what was needed for anyone who is struggling.

My daughter is still in elementary school, and she is an honors student just like I was.  She is one that learns fairly easily, and I don’t ever want her to get bored.  I think that as early as middle school, she could actually use this site to get ahead and be challenged.  If she has an educator that does not know how to challenge her (as she did a couple years ago), I know that there is a great danger of her getting bored and “slacking off.”  I don’t ever want that to happen.  So I am glad I have this website in my back pocket so I can pull it out for her when I feel like she needs to be challenged.  Granted, she may not use it until she is in middle school, but I do like to file away services like this for just such a time as this.

I like the fact that the site also has training in language in music as well as test preparation.  I wish with all my heart that I could have used a service like this when I was preparing to take the SAT.  Take a look at this portion of the SAT test prep section.

42:36
Math Concept Petting Zoo: Part 1 33:02
Intro 0:00
Legal Disclaimer 0:06
Welcome to the Zoo! 0:14
How Does the Zoo Work? 1:03
You Will See a Question Based on a Concept 1:04
Difficulty is Not Indicative of the Difficulty of Similar Questions on the SAT 1:50
What You Should Do 2:23
Keep Pen and Paper In Front of You 2:24
Write Down Concepts You Don’t Know Well 3:23
Go Study Those Concepts 3:53
Intersection and Union 4:59
Intersection 5:16
Union 5:29
Sequences / Patterns 6:27
Pattern for the Example 6:43
Even/ Odd Properties 8:35
Example Explanation 8:55
Primes 10:05
Largest Prime Factor of 40 10:15
Percent 11:00
Example Explanation 11:23
Percent Change 12:41
Example Explanation 12:58
Average: Mean, Median, Mode 14:27
Example Explanation 14:46
Absolute Value 16:04
Example Explanation 16:17
Solving Equations for Unusual Things 17:26
Example Explanation 17:50
Distance = Speed x Time 18:33
Example Explanation 18:56
Radicals 19:46
Example Explanation 19:58
Exponents 21:09
Example Explanation 21:33
Concepts of a Function 23:00
Example Explanation 23:17
Domain and Range 24:06
Domain 24:19
Range 25:22
Function Transformations 26:21
Example Explanation 26:42
Expanding Factors (AKA: FOIL) 28:33
Example Explanation 29:06
Factoring 30:39
Example Explanation 30:52

I was really impressed with this study session and its amazing organization.  It covered everything from strategy to common problems when working through the problems on the test.  I can almost guarantee that if I had used this, my scores would have increased dramatically.  Don’t get me wrong–I did fairly well on the SAT, but I was never all that happy with my score (which is why I took the test twice).

In conclusion, your students do not have to suffer through classes in high school and college any more.  This fantastic website will give your child all the tools he/she will need to get past difficulties and give him/her the skills needed in a global society.  No need to suffer in silence any longer!

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