Decades ago, there was a toy called Spirograph. It's probably still available somewhere. Before that, there were yarn/sewing patterns with overlapping straight lines to build curves. Kids had no idea they were learning geometry and derivative calculus. Once you realize the applications, science becomes art.
Personally I favour the cusp epicycloids - one to eight cusps, as beyond that the cusps get ever smaller, & the curves flatter. The curves of the cusps have their own interesting properties, different from true arcs.
@ThomasDoLad : It's all relative; one can do "more" work if it fun, while just a little work doing something dull and boring can feel like a great labor.
You have no idea how difficult it is to persuade reluctant students that math is good and useful. Taking the view that it is less useful and more fun sounds like a good idea.
@Lindalouise333 useless for me too. i'll watch the video and i'll be like......what? because i can't understand her when she talks too fast and there are people that can't follow her at all.
I was wondering how something titled "Doodling in Math Class" could have so many views, and now I know. This is so cool, and has just enough math to intrigue my nerd brain without breaking it. :D
I went to a math summer camp (yes, such a thing exists), and we did these for half a day. XD It's kinda nice to know that other people think it's as cool as I do. :)
hey! those stars look familiar near the end. i used to draw them using cogwheel thingies with holes punched in a spiral. stick a pencil tip through one of the holes onto a piece of paper, and run the cogwheel in an inverted-cogwheel circle (spikes pointing inwards instead of out).. much less tedious to draw. how many hours do u spend on doodling for the video?
I'm not per say a "nerd" but I do enjoy learning and my math teachers seem to be utterly boring. Now that I doodle in my math class aside from my notes and the teacher seems to not care just as long as I understand.. Which I do and if I don't I go on this wonderful website called Khan Academy. ^-^
Vi - I used to get kicked out of my 8th grade Spanish class for doing exactly this! I would just go to the art classroom and continue drawing stars, especially 12-pointed ones. Later, as a teacher, in my 7th grade classes I called them *(N,Q), optimistically using function notation.
One interesting point you didn't mention is that if you have an even number of points, P, then the two Q values which add up to P look the same. For example, if P=10, then Q=4 and Q=6 look the same, as do Q=3 and Q=7 or Q=2 and Q=8.
i was watching every single video and i got to this and my volume got muted and i screamed '' I HAVE TO HER HER VOICE WHAT HAPPENEEEEEDDD'' and pee'd alittle.
@Jamatron11 Who said i implied comments in general have to be fun? Beside it wasnt the comment i was talking about, durr.. Try to figure out what i was pointing towards and ill give you some candy for having common sense
@david117724 haha i love to watch it when im high she rarely teaches me something new but i love the way she's presenting this shit that I always can't stop watching it
@sadie2melw Was that one full minute or two half minutes. Maybe three evenly spaced 20 second blocks. If you did it off and on again at a ratio of 3:1 with small divisions you could have made it nearly all the way to end.
I first watched this around July, I spent pretty much the entire summer drawing stars.. And now people are amazed by my ability to draw 7, 8 and 9 pointed stars. Thank you. :D
ilaughed at this because i didnt understand what you were trying to say becuase i was concentrated on your fast paced drawing and then i realised at the end, it was sped up just to make a point quickly. Also it still continued to confuse me even when it ended so i had to watch it 337,206 times just to still not get it at all.....
I would pay my life savings to buy all of the notebooks she goes through making these videos.
tomod0415 4 days ago
She takes doodling to a whole new level....
boobearlives4music 4 days ago
Anyone who's actually interested enough in this video to do this stuff in math is probably smart enough to just do the work.
TuckerWooldridge 5 days ago
@TuckerWooldridge BUT they are also bored enough to only do the stars ;)
kikilove4evr 5 days ago
@username649100 yeah you can still get them, my sister got on for christmas last year
TheKitchenUtensils25 1 week ago
Decades ago, there was a toy called Spirograph. It's probably still available somewhere. Before that, there were yarn/sewing patterns with overlapping straight lines to build curves. Kids had no idea they were learning geometry and derivative calculus. Once you realize the applications, science becomes art.
username649100 1 week ago
Please. Marry me.
anomoly26 1 week ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
ahhh!!!! mah brain hurts!! hey i has the same ruler!!
aliceezmoi 2 weeks ago
OMG I ACTUALLY DO THIS PRIOR TO WATCHING THIS VIDEO :D :D :D
goop2526 2 weeks ago
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Chippy348 2 weeks ago
My math teacher showed us this video in class :D
cuteybear25 2 weeks ago 2
Have that same black-history month ruler.
Also nice stars.
Gaurimaheshwari 2 weeks ago
Personally I favour the cusp epicycloids - one to eight cusps, as beyond that the cusps get ever smaller, & the curves flatter. The curves of the cusps have their own interesting properties, different from true arcs.
tdbsnr 2 weeks ago
holy balls why are you so brilliant?
TheNInjaEmma 2 weeks ago
i had to re-watch this 5 times to remember everything... you put more info into 4 minutes than most teachers do in an entire class period.
dalpezzo13 2 weeks ago
39 people don't count asterisk stars ;)
snickificationLemony 2 weeks ago
what the fck did i just watch O_O
sybek1996 2 weeks ago
@sybek1996 Something more amazing than you can comprehend.
HylianMinecrafter 2 weeks ago
arghhh her voice is soo annoying
anonr3VOLution1989 2 weeks ago
how the..?
Dideldoodles 2 weeks ago
I hated math, but you make it sooo much fun!
NRfun 2 weeks ago
I did lots of this in physics :P which, if you think about it, is a lot like math anyway.
SO MUCH FUN :D
gocanadayayyy 2 weeks ago
I think my math teacher will notice that I'm doodling when I wipe out a ruler and fill up pages with stars
FoxyChickGurl 2 weeks ago 2
i'm confused, and you draw very well.
youduhsecsii 2 weeks ago 4
Honestly i wish math class was like this :D
ChairoAkachan1500 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
like if your mostly here for the pretty drawings
kidthekid7425 3 weeks ago
I'm a life long doodler in class and later in life, I love how you take doodling to the next level and then the next level after that. Well done!
geoffhazel2 3 weeks ago
please tell me you're a nerd fighters
SuperYumyum8 3 weeks ago
I totally did this during math class on my own.
Good to know I'm not the only star-nerd.
I38VWI 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
240p.... we meet again.
CalabusDabus 3 weeks ago
Your voice is soothing...weird because you talking fast and usually that would be very annoying but not to me!
teddythevampire1 3 weeks ago
@teddythevampire1 IKR.
SEANFEARSCREEPERS 3 weeks ago
I have that president ruler!
GetDielmanated 3 weeks ago
I want that notebook she uses. With all her wonderful doodles in it. :')
S0urLem0nS 1 month ago
this is even more work then doing the actually math in math class.
ThomasDoLad 1 month ago 55
@ThomasDoLad That depends on the difficulty level of your math class.
ivanblackz 3 weeks ago
@ThomasDoLad : It's all relative; one can do "more" work if it fun, while just a little work doing something dull and boring can feel like a great labor.
You have no idea how difficult it is to persuade reluctant students that math is good and useful. Taking the view that it is less useful and more fun sounds like a good idea.
Arch5280 1 week ago
@ThomasDoLad wait until you get to algebra...
movon2survive 3 days ago
thats sooooooooooooo gooood
randomjanet 1 month ago
She talks way too fast to learn, completely useless for me
Lindalouise333 1 month ago
@Lindalouise333 useless for me too. i'll watch the video and i'll be like......what? because i can't understand her when she talks too fast and there are people that can't follow her at all.
whitewolf96wagar 3 weeks ago
I was wondering how something titled "Doodling in Math Class" could have so many views, and now I know. This is so cool, and has just enough math to intrigue my nerd brain without breaking it. :D
Netbug009 1 month ago in playlist Doodling in math class
string art anyone?
heyDay23 1 month ago
I went to a math summer camp (yes, such a thing exists), and we did these for half a day. XD It's kinda nice to know that other people think it's as cool as I do. :)
0Rosina0 1 month ago
I used to do this in my trig class all the time, I have old note book pages full of odd looking stars and Fibonacci sequences
asmiran 1 month ago
I am so confusedddddddddd
zumbia123 1 month ago
I am going to assume that you got an
A+ in math...
artawesome30 1 month ago
you mean a spirograph? i used that thing like crazy...making art and music out of math is way more better! yes i said more better.
mikethebike44 1 month ago in playlist Vi Hart Videos
imma try this...whenever i get to highschool...
GalileaSanchez 1 month ago
my head hurts
redezey 1 month ago
... :o
James9862nf 1 month ago
hey! those stars look familiar near the end. i used to draw them using cogwheel thingies with holes punched in a spiral. stick a pencil tip through one of the holes onto a piece of paper, and run the cogwheel in an inverted-cogwheel circle (spikes pointing inwards instead of out).. much less tedious to draw. how many hours do u spend on doodling for the video?
brodover 1 month ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
Not sure if smart...
Or Vihart... yup, vihart. Jdjusidffduisd... you are too good!
someonenew123456 1 month ago
Holy shit, marry me.
crubygalguera 1 month ago
can't. close. tab. and. do. math. homework!!!
ThatBlackSheepy 1 month ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
I feel mindfucked.
DehNiceGoesRawr 1 month ago
Pi = 3.14159265358979323846264338
Jamatron11 1 month ago
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Jamatron11 1 month ago
If I was a math teacher and saw a student doodling all of this...id feel proud
phantomkitty1234 1 month ago 135
I'm not per say a "nerd" but I do enjoy learning and my math teachers seem to be utterly boring. Now that I doodle in my math class aside from my notes and the teacher seems to not care just as long as I understand.. Which I do and if I don't I go on this wonderful website called Khan Academy. ^-^
MsGUITARHEROFAN 1 month ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
Genial.
s0m0c 1 month ago
Now i wanna know what factoring is @_@
pistonpkm 1 month ago
she is the female sheldon
kelsamrnth 1 month ago
Would you mind teaching my class? I might stay awake.
magpiedragon127 1 month ago in playlist More videos from Vihart 2
Wut? 0 _ 0
Domokitty3000 1 month ago
i'd really love to see your notebook...
MegaBlindfire 1 month ago
Vi - I used to get kicked out of my 8th grade Spanish class for doing exactly this! I would just go to the art classroom and continue drawing stars, especially 12-pointed ones. Later, as a teacher, in my 7th grade classes I called them *(N,Q), optimistically using function notation.
dansmath 1 month ago
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MsPepita20 1 month ago
One interesting point you didn't mention is that if you have an even number of points, P, then the two Q values which add up to P look the same. For example, if P=10, then Q=4 and Q=6 look the same, as do Q=3 and Q=7 or Q=2 and Q=8.
raen714 1 month ago
What did I just watch?
ironblade41 1 month ago
i was watching every single video and i got to this and my volume got muted and i screamed '' I HAVE TO HER HER VOICE WHAT HAPPENEEEEEDDD'' and pee'd alittle.
c:
SteFilms 1 month ago
i have that ruler C:
TheMinecrafTV 1 month ago
@amandaBroadway101 Funny the font I'm using only shows 5 points... *
shadenhand 1 month ago
you're going to discover something, i promise.
monielk 1 month ago
* There. I made a six pointed star.
AmandaBroadway101 1 month ago
The star game confuses me. :[
omgoctopusomg 1 month ago
i... actualy LEARNED something! u gotta come to mah math class we need u!!
Aadrianskates 2 months ago
usually motormouths are dumb
geewizer33 2 months ago
....but ist your four pointed star technically 8 pointed? ortherwise it would be a square
dob1997 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
Oh muh lawd!
iAlwaysWinGames 2 months ago
"..and then something starts to bother you...". Just now? Really? XD
PoIaris 2 months ago
can i just have your math notebook...?
Lindinoxx 2 months ago
2:32
"Even the completely degenerate case of a 1¹ -gon."
Why is this so funny to me?
ChibiHoboProductions 2 months ago
I wish you were like my personal tutor, I'm already learning on your videos, I can't imagine in person :D
Zuzu263 2 months ago
I'm so happy I stumbled on these videos haha its almost exactly what I do in every math class ever. Math is the best
dangerdumbpoop 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
I did actually do this in math class for a few days. It was awesome. Those note pages have become infinitely more interesting to look at. xD
13wyvern7 2 months ago
This Was My Face While I Watched This Video O.O
TRIVALNINJA 2 months ago 2
@TRIVALNINJA And mine was 0.O.0!!!
kapikzx 2 months ago
@kapikzx Oooh Damh!!!!
TRIVALNINJA 2 months ago
@TRIVALNINJA Ooh yeah! :D
kapikzx 2 months ago
Very wise and interesting when one pays attention... However.
Stop... Take a breath... maybe take a nap.
JohnMedeirosAudio 2 months ago
im when in 1/4 way into the vid or half way xD
darknth 2 months ago
...YOURE SO MUCH SMARTER THAN ME!!!!!!!
HeyNowKiddo4 2 months ago
Thumbs up if your going to try watching this while high next time
david117724 2 months ago 49
@david117724 Dont see the fun in that comment..
RenOniiSan 1 month ago
@RenOniiSan who says comments need to be fun?
Jamatron11 1 month ago
@Jamatron11 Who said i implied comments in general have to be fun? Beside it wasnt the comment i was talking about, durr.. Try to figure out what i was pointing towards and ill give you some candy for having common sense
RenOniiSan 1 month ago
@david117724 haha i love to watch it when im high she rarely teaches me something new but i love the way she's presenting this shit that I always can't stop watching it
GamingMadA 1 month ago
@david117724
Thumbs up if you ARE high watching this!
snoman99991 1 month ago
Me and my friend tried this game but we couldn't make straight lines or a circle of dots xD still super cool though
animefreek217 2 months ago
Why do we have to be YOU? I mean, you're pretty awesome, but can we be Windy or a snake snake snake snake snake snake sometime?
Nauzk 2 months ago
It is impossible to take notes
artgeek01 2 months ago
I cant hear what you are saying.
IQpizza 2 months ago
Thumbs up if you got lost at 0:01
MemeHasClocks 2 months ago
my brain just farted..
yizzypizzy 2 months ago
I have ADD, I stopped paying attention after one minute.
sadie2melw 2 months ago
@sadie2melw Was that one full minute or two half minutes. Maybe three evenly spaced 20 second blocks. If you did it off and on again at a ratio of 3:1 with small divisions you could have made it nearly all the way to end.
Dullthud007 2 months ago 2
wut?
randomocity3000 2 months ago
sick
gbbreikers15 2 months ago
Wow that was alot of words!!!!
seannagrace 2 months ago
if you would sit and think for ONE SECOND, you ,,,, would know you;'re good at math!!
countessarcadius 2 months ago
We MUST show this in schools :D
Sloppyjoemess 2 months ago
wow very creative
Cre8iveStudios 2 months ago
trollin math
TheMegaHMan42 2 months ago
one onegon? seriously?
Antoniodoval94 2 months ago
I LOVE MATH and I LOVE EXAM too <3 <3
XX15214 2 months ago
This pretty much sums up what happens in my two-person extension maths class... Clearly a droning teacher is similar to not having one at all...
missnevelyn 2 months ago
Playing, exploring, and learning math on the way. Awesome!
MisterNumbers 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
I first watched this around July, I spent pretty much the entire summer drawing stars.. And now people are amazed by my ability to draw 7, 8 and 9 pointed stars. Thank you. :D
Kassiy375 2 months ago
You're a living spyrograph. Amazing!
Tsukuri123 2 months ago
Am i learning?
AKuMA202 2 months ago
I think what I just saw was awesome.
mjulianstudios 2 months ago
thank you, now when i will look at stars at night it will remind me im stupid....
rorosamy 2 months ago
WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!?
LMont03 2 months ago
wonderful!!!!!! love it.... am a Fan. now i can teach my daughter and have fun together...
kap3pak 2 months ago
@kap3pak i dont think your daughters gunna wana spend an hour drawing mathmatical stars
sam741951 2 months ago
*DERP MODE*
sasukerukia 2 months ago
I for one HAVE left a math class through the window... And shortly crawled back in because the world is much less scary with math.
Nauzk 2 months ago
you make my brain hurt =(
GpaulLoL 2 months ago
Brilliant video! Thank you for the education!
JasonVladimir 2 months ago
.... I think i was just tricked into learning math....
izzeay911 2 months ago 158
@izzeay911
either that or tricked into liking it again.
smashnukkles 1 month ago
ilaughed at this because i didnt understand what you were trying to say becuase i was concentrated on your fast paced drawing and then i realised at the end, it was sped up just to make a point quickly. Also it still continued to confuse me even when it ended so i had to watch it 337,206 times just to still not get it at all.....
VertirianDragon 2 months ago
I showed this in my honors algebra I class today.
They were all confused; I found it amusing XD
Reminescie 2 months ago
i would so get caught doing that! (: LOL
dance71713 2 months ago
P/2GONS!
alessan 2 months ago
genius
anyanythingthing 2 months ago
I should get you a spirograph for Christmas..
rosehips360 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Vihart
am i the only one who likes maths?
SchokoSchlagSahne 2 months ago
Yeah the teacher won't notice if I pull out my giant protractor and start drawing all over my page during math class!
3cheesed 2 months ago
@3cheesed Ya cause that protractor is soooo giant. And protractors stand out soooo much in math class
JGeiger15 2 months ago
@JGeiger15
They do when you're supposed to be writing words and talking about factoring.
3cheesed 2 months ago
I LOVE YOU! MARRY ME!!
MrMorganKarma 2 months ago
The really complex stars at the end remind me of black holes...
PandaPlaysPunk 2 months ago 2
i know what i'll be doing tommorrow in math class
sam60396 2 months ago
Dammit I.....learned.
Michie1456 2 months ago 52
i feel like doodling stars now.
LeechOfSukiness 2 months ago
6 pointed star can be made with 1 stroke, I did this same thing and went up to I think 50 point star on a single stroke, not easy to do but possible
colalicious1 2 months ago
@pinksparkles121 it's from Skyrim
Sherbetrockett 2 months ago
I wish you were my maths teacher :3 I get maths when you explain it :)
Sherbetrockett 2 months ago
You think way too fast than could be considered normal.
MoonshoesArtemis 2 months ago
I used to draw these, but with a spiragraph.
greenschmoodle 2 months ago
I dont get any of this,. but this is hypnotic to watch! :) Brilliant!
Zachary1981 2 months ago 2
And I'm pretty sure this took you longer than how long math class is.
yomamapoops 2 months ago
Slow the fuck down.
yomamapoops 2 months ago
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This joke used to be funny, but then it took an arrow in the knee.
WheatThin55 2 months ago
i dont get the arrow to the knee thing :/
pinksparkles102 2 months ago
@pinksparkles102 It's a skyrim thing.
141swat 2 months ago
if you promise me that every video will be this interesting, i will sub
wrhsfan66 2 months ago
I used to be smart like you, than I discovered everything could be solved with a arrow to the knee.
SamuraiM0 2 months ago
huh?
AG31594IsBack 2 months ago
polygon Pi * 8 my favourite octagon ^ ^
okuma0kuma 2 months ago
i cant decide if it was a girls or a boys voice
quosmo1 2 months ago
F*ck, I understood everything. I am beyond nerdy xD
nightmaredude456 2 months ago
@nightmaredude456 No you didn't If you understood it, then you would know its simple enough so that understanding it is nothing to be proud of.
daemonpacman 2 months ago
Ummmmmm O_O.............. ok then
kak10053 2 months ago
what?
mmokitten 2 months ago
You. Talk. Too. Fast.
ninjasquirrelsrock 2 months ago
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and1dodger 2 months ago
@and1dodger , you got me.
emmalemma11h 2 months ago
O_O
terminator499 2 months ago
1:36
Pick a number... Q.
steamsword1 2 months ago
@steamsword1 She means pick a number representing q. The numbers name is q
inetusgaming 2 months ago
Sheit! i love you
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i'd rather do math
newgle 2 months ago