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Teachers And Those Magical OK Go Videos: A Match Made In Science?

If you're a rock band, and thousands of teachers and students are using your hugely popular music videos in the classroom, Why not help them out?
Teachers are using OK Go videos — like <em>This Too Shall Pass</em> — to teach students about science and math concepts.

If you've ever gone down the rabbit hole that is OK Go's YouTube channel, then you know how insanely cool the band's music videos are.

Sure, Ok Go is a rock band. Their songs get on the radio, they've played sold-out shows, but the group is far better known for their really complex and elaborate videos.

There's the one (viewed 41 million times) where they're all dancing on treadmills, jumping back and forth in time to the music. Another (12 million views) where the band is flying — and singing

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