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.

BLOSSOMS - Arabesque Groups: Where Art Meets Mathematics ...

BLOSSOMS - Arabesque Groups: Where Art Meets Mathematics (English ...

Teacher: Dr. Jawad AbuhlailSummary: The main objective of this lesson is to illustrate an important application of mathematics in practical life -- namely in art. Most of the pictures selected for this lesson are visible on the walls of Al-Hambra – ...

BLOSSOMS - Connection between Water Desalination and Making ...

BLOSSOMS - Connection between Water Desalination and Making Pickles ...

Teacher: Dr. Abdul Muttaleb Yousef Mohammed Jaber Summary: The objective of this lesson is to get students acquainted with the basic principles of sea water desalination and to make them appreciate the importance of sea water desalination in the Kingdom of Saudi ...

BLOSSOMS - Connection between Water Desalination and Making ...

BLOSSOMS - Connection between Water Desalination and Making Pickles ...

BLOSSOMS - Arabesque Groups: Where Art Meets Mathematics ...

BLOSSOMS - Arabesque Groups: Where Art Meets Mathematics (English ...

BLOSSOMS - The Power of Exponentials, Big and Small

Teachers: Swati Gupta, John Silberholz and Nataly YoussefSummary: Exponential growth is keenly applicable to a variety of different fields ranging from cell growth in biology, nuclear chain reactions in physics to computational complexity in computer science. In this ...

BLOSSOMS - Plastics and Covalent Chemical Bonds (English ...

BLOSSOMS - Plastics and Covalent Chemical Bonds (English Subtitles)

In this lesson, we discuss the distribution of electrons in a carbon atom, introduce the students to examples of plastic materials made from organic compounds, explore environmentally safe materials that can mimic the same properties of plastic and explore the effects ...

BLOSSOMS - Why the Honeycomb of Beehives Has a Hexagonal ...

BLOSSOMS - Why the Honeycomb of Beehives Has a Hexagonal Shape (English ...

Teacher: Fatma Al-QataniPresenter: Amjad Al NourSummary: Beavers are generally known as the engineers of the animal world. In fact the beaver is MIT's mascot! But honeybees might be better engineers than beavers! And in this lesson involving geometry in ...

BLOSSOMS - The Physics of Racing Cars (English Subtitles)

This video lesson discusses how a few simple physics concepts can help in understanding various factors that influence the performance of racing cars. Students will also learn how these same concepts influence the design and development of a racing car that is safe ...

BLOSSOMS - The Respiratory System of Birds (English ...

BLOSSOMS - The Respiratory System of Birds (English Subtitles)

Teacher: Seham Tahir Musa Al-BohadjaSummary: This video aims to provide an illustrative lesson about the respiratory system in birds and howthe adaptations of that system over time have made it different than that of other living creatures,especially mammals. ...

BLOSSOMS - Arabesque Groups: Where Art Meets Mathematics ...

BLOSSOMS - Arabesque Groups: Where Art Meets Mathematics (Arabic)

BLOSSOMS - The Disease of Our Time (English Subtitles)

This video presents a lesson on Type 2 diabetes for high school students - what diabetes is and how it works in the human body.

BLOSSOMS - Sequences (English Subtitles)

This lesson aims to introduce arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences to secondary school students. It uses two wonderful problems to do that and it explains the laws of those two kinds of sequences.

BLOSSOMS - Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social ...

BLOSSOMS - Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking

Teachers: Dr. F. Jordan Srour and Dr. George TurkiyyahSummary: This video lesson will introduce students to algorithmic thinking through the use of a popular field in graph theory --- social networking. Specifically, by acting as nodes in a graph ...

BLOSSOMS - The Respiratory System of Birds (Arabic)

BLOSSOMS - Static and Kinetic Friction Forces: Similarities ...

BLOSSOMS - Static and Kinetic Friction Forces: Similarities and ...

This lesson is about the importance of friction in our lives. It discusses the meaning of friction as well as the different types of friction. The lesson attempts to downplay the misconception that many people have regarding friction’s hindrance to movement and ...

BLOSSOMS - Connections in the Plane without Crossing ...

BLOSSOMS - Connections in the Plane without Crossing (English Subtitles)

This lesson presents interesting and challenging problems in Graph Theory, supporting the skills that students learned at school and stimulating their critical thinking. The topics will include: basic properties of graphs; complete graphs and complete bipartite graphs; ...

BLOSSOMS - Why the Honeycomb of Beehives Has a Hexagonal ...

BLOSSOMS - Why the Honeycomb of Beehives Has a Hexagonal Shape.

BLOSSOMS - The Quadratic Equation: It's Hip to Be Squared

By: Gilbert StrangSummary: This lesson aims to help students with quadratic functions y = ax2 + bx + c. This is the next step after linear functions bx + c. The lesson begins with three quadratics and their graphs (three parabolas): y = x2 - 2x + (0 ...

BLOSSOMS - Construction of Proteins (English Subtitles)

This lesson examines the relationship between proteins and amino acids digested in the small intestine. It discusses their absorption into the blood, the various nucleic acids (mRNA, tRNA, rRNA) and the arrangement of proteins involved in the activities of the body.

BLOSSOMS - Uniform Circular Motion and Centrifugal Force ...

BLOSSOMS - Uniform Circular Motion and Centrifugal Force (English ...

The objective of this video lesson is to correct the misconception in the students’ understanding of centrifugal force. The lesson will work to clarify this misconception by using Newton's three laws of motion, particularly the law of inertia, and will ...

BLOSSOMS

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