Mathematical Minutes Contest Information

The Mathematical Minutes Video Contest asks members to create educational and entertaining videos. Chapter members select a math topic and create a fun, informative, two- to five-minute video.

The following material pertains to the 2025 Mathematics Minutes Video Contest.

The contest is run by Doral Academy Charter High School under the direction of Sam Koski. For the 2024-2025 academic year, submissions will be accepted starting on February 1, 2025, and will be due by 11:59 pm (EST) on February 28, 2025. The chapter's sponsor must view the final video before submission and submit the chapter's entry form. The entry form will be emailed to all primary sponsors by January 31, 2025, but an example entry form is available below so you can see the information that will be required from sponsors.

Schools may submit no more than three videos. Only the top submission per school is eligible for prize awards. Award money may either go to the chapter or to the students. All submissions must be signed off by the chapter sponsor to ensure they have seen the video and approved the content. Only videos submitted with G-rated material will be accepted. All videos must be closed captioned.

Eight videos will be chosen by mid-April 2025, for the final round of judging. Chapters will vote to rank the top eight videos. The prize money to be awarded will be split amongst the final entries. Final award amounts will be determined by the votes cast for winners, along with input from the Mu Alpha Theta's Governing Council.

Videos may be submitted with high school content through calculus.  Students no higher than geometry or algebra 2 are in the THETA category, students in precalculus are in the ALPHA category, and calculus students are in the MU category. Based on the course content from these levels and the material covered in your video, you will designate at which level your video will should be judged.   

Sponsors may find the ID number for their members by logging into their chapter online and clicking the "View Members" link on the left.

Once you've thoroughly reviewed the instructions, please email any questions to Sam Koski.

• Rules & Guidelines and YouTube Instructions
• Contest Hints, Dos and Don'ts
• Entry form will be emailed to all chapters' primary sponsors by January 31, 2025. Only chapter sponsors may submit the entry form through the link. Please email the National Office at info@mualphatheta.org if you're a primary sponsor and you need the entry form link after 1/31/2025. Click here to see an example entry form and the information required from sponsors for each video submission. 

Presenting the 2024 Mathematical Minutes Video Contest Winners! Thanks for voting!

1st Place CALGENIE Friend Like This - Calculus. Transmountain Early College High School, El Paso, TX

2nd Place SMTHINTG Smooth Integral. International School of Veaverton, Aloha, OR

3rd Place P(U&ME)? Probability. South Iredell High School, Statesville, NC

4th Place TENERGY I'm Just Ten. L&N STEM Academy, Knoxville, TN

5th Place HYPRSTAT Hypergeometric & Binomial.  Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA

6th Place PARFRACT The Rain Taught Me Partial Fractions. New Tech High at Coppell, Coppell, TX

7th Place SMARTALG Are YOU Smarter Than An Algebra 3 Student? Center Hill High School, Olive Branch, MS

8th Place ANOVAEMS Analysis of Variance. Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA

Presenting the 2023 Mathematical Minutes Video Contest Winners! Thanks for voting!

1st Place CACLTING Calculating. Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken, NJ

2nd Place QUADFORM Quadratic Formula. Eastwood Christian School, Montgomery, AL

3rd Place HRIEMANN Stats Speaks for Itself. Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA

4th Place PSSNPCK Nightly News. Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA

5th Place DERIVEIT Derive It. Stratford High School, Goose Creek, SC

6th Place KWLIMNOT Not Newton, Nor Leibniz on Limits. Okkodo High School, Barriguada, Guam

7th Place MR.LOVE Learning Math with Mr. Love.  Central York High School, York, PA

8th Place RELATEDA Related Dates.  Arizona School for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ

Presenting the 2022 Mathematical Minutes Video Contest Winners! Thanks for voting!    
Click the short title to view the video:   
1st Place DNTSPDRV--Derivative Rules. Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, MD

2nd Place TLKABOUT--Irrational Numbers. Center Hill High School, Olive Branch, MS

3rd Place INVRSFUN--Function Inverses. International School of Beaverton , Beaverton, OR

4th Place POWERDUO--Antiderivatives. Mount Notre Dame High School, Cincinnati, OH

5th Place COVIDIFF--Systems of Differential Equations. Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL

6th Place BASERATE--False Positive Paradox. Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA 

7th Place TAKEDYDX--Derivative Rules. South Oldham High School, Crestwood, KY

8th Place GBANDIT--Permutations and Combinations. Oswega East High School, Oswego, IL

Prior Mathematical Minutes Contests: