BLOSSOMS

Channel | updated March 19, 2013

BLOSSOMS is an MIT educational project in partnership with colleagues in Jordan and Pakistan. Each BLOSSOMS module is a multi-segment educational video to be shown in a high school math or science class, with the in-class teacher leading the students in interactive educational activities between each BLOSSOMS video segment. BLOSSOMS is funded by the Hewlett Foundation with additional funding by the Sloan Foundation and by partners in Jordan and Pakistan.

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CAN WATER BE THE FUTURE FUEL - LEGENDADO

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CAN WATER BE THE FUTURE FUEL - LEGENDADO

THE BROKEN STICK EXPERIMENT - TRIANGLES RANDOM NUMBERS AND ...

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THE BROKEN STICK EXPERIMENT - TRIANGLES RANDOM NUMBERS AND PROBABILITY - ...

THE GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION - LEGENDADO

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THE GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION - LEGENDADO

THE PHYSICS OF BOOMERANGS - LEGENDADO

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THE PHYSICS OF BOOMERANGS - LEGENDADO

DISCOVERING MEDICINES USING ROBOTS AND COMPUTERS - LEGENDADO

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DISCOVERING MEDICINES USING ROBOTS AND COMPUTERS - LEGENDADO

FLU MATH GAMES - LEGENDADO

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FLU MATH GAMES - LEGENDADO

FREE FALL - LEGENDADO

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FREE FALL - LEGENDADO

BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with ...

BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with Laura Zager ...

Video Summary: This learning video introduces students to the world of Fractal Geometry through the use of difference equations. As a prerequisite to this lesson, students would need two years of high school algebra (comfort with single variable equations) and ...

BLOSSOMS - Discovering Medicines Using Robots & ...

BLOSSOMS - Discovering Medicines Using Robots & Computers with Anne ...

Video Summary: Scientists who are working to discover new medicines often use robots to prepare samples of cells, allowing them to test chemicals to identify those that might be used to treat diseases. Students will meet a scientist who works to identify new ...

BLOSSOMS - Flaw of Averages (Portuguese Subtitles)

Video Summary: This learning video presents an introduction to the Flaws of Averages using three exciting examples: the “crossing of the river” example, the “cookie” example, and the “dance class” example. Averages are often ...

BLOSSOMS - Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship ...

BLOSSOMS - Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Portuguese ...

The video lesson seeks to encourage students to see the world with a fresh perspective for innovation through interactive classroom brainstorming activities and real life stories. Students will build self-efficacy in their own entrepreneurial potential by developing ...

BLOSSOMS - Building Cryptosystems (Portuguese Subtitles)

Video Summary: This video module presents an introduction to cryptography – the method of sending messages in such a way that only the intended recipients can understand them. In this very interactive lesson, students will build three different devices for ...

BLOSSOMS - Can Earthquakes Be Predicted? (Portuguese ...

BLOSSOMS - Can Earthquakes Be Predicted? (Portuguese Subtitles)

This video module uses a simple analog setup to explore why earthquakes are so unpredictable. The setup is simple enough that students should be able to assemble and operate the setup on their own with teacher supervision. It is important to note that students should ...

BLOSSOMS - How Mosquitoes Fly in Rain

In this lesson, we learn how insects can fly in the rain. The objective is to calculate the impact forces of raindrops on flying mosquitoes. Students will gain experience with using Newton's laws, gathering data from videos and graph, and most importantly, the utility of making ...

BLOSSOMS -The Case of the Stolen Painting: A Forensic ...

BLOSSOMS -The Case of the Stolen Painting: A Forensic Mystery

This video was conceived around the idea that students, particularly students in lower-level biology classes (i.e. not AP classes) have a practical application for knowing about the major divisions between plants, particularly about the details of plant anatomy and ...

BLOSSOMS - Antioxidant Enzymes Three or Four Veggies a Day ...

BLOSSOMS - Antioxidant Enzymes Three or Four Veggies a Day Keeps Aging ...

The purpose of this video lesson is to expand the student’s knowledge about enzymes by introducing the antioxidant enzymes that are intimately involved in the prevention of cellular damage and eventual slowing of the aging process and prevention of several ...

BLOSSOMS - Biotechnology: Can it help in making the desert ...

BLOSSOMS - Biotechnology: Can it help in making the desert green? ...

This learning video introduces high school students to a topic they would not ordinarily study in school, biotechnology, and to different applications of biotechnology that relate to the main theme of the module - making the desert greener.

BLOSSOMS - Blood: The Stuff of Life (Portuguese Subtitles)

BLOSSOMS - ATP: The Fuel of Life

Teacher: Christian R. SchubertSummary: The goal of this lesson is to introduce students who are interested in human biology and biochemistry to the subtleties of energy metabolism (typically not presented in standard biology and biochemistry textbooks) through the lens of ATP as the primary ...

BLOSSOMS - Tissue Specific Gene Expression

Teachers: Rabih Talhouk, PhD and Elia El-Habre, MSc. of the American University of Beirut in LebanonSummary: How is it that all cells in our body have the same genes, yet cells in different tissues express different genes? A basic notion in biology that most high ...

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