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 - The Disease of Our Time: Diabetes (Arabic)

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 - Selfish Drivers: Braess's Paradox and Traffic ...

BLOSSOMS - Selfish Drivers: Braess's Paradox and Traffic Planning (English ...

The idea of this lesson is to introduce, in a simplified manner, the so-called Braess's Paradox

BLOSSOMS - Counting Systems (Arabic)

This video lesson aims to explain counting systems (Decimal, Binary, and Hexadecimal).

BLOSSOMS: The Magic Picture

BLOSSOMS: The Magic Picture: Steganography in Bitmap Files

This Video aims to connect many topics in computer science to reach the writing of an application which can do something useful in actual life. The student will get to know the concept of ciphering and hiding (Steganography in bitmap files), will have a glance at the ...

BLOSSOMS - Equilibrium (English)

This video lesson will focus on systems that are said to be in equilibrium - that is, systems that are not allowed to move away from their original places or rotate about their axis. Students will learn about static equilibrium by exploring themselves what is meant by translational ...

BLOSSOMS - "The Physics of Pool" by Joseph Formaggio

The objective of this lesson is to illustrate how a common everyday experience (such as playing pool) can often provide a learning moment. In the example chosen, we use the game of pool to help explain some key concepts of physics - such as the conservation of linear ...

BLOSSOMS - "How Cold Is Cold: Examining the Properties of ...

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BLOSSOMS - "How Cold Is Cold: Examining the Properties of Materials at ...

This video is the second lesson in the How Cold Is Cold? BLOSSOMS series and examines the properties of materials under low temperature conditions. The video consists of a series of fascinating demonstrations with liquid nitrogen, which boils at 77K (-196°C; ...

BLOSSOMS - The Physics of Racing Cars (Arabic)

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BLOSSOMS - The Physics of Racing Cars (Arabic)

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 Mailman and the Five Packages: Data Packets ...

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BLOSSOMS - The Mailman and the Five Packages: Data Packets and Data ...

This lesson will explain the process of data transfer throughout computer systems, and the form the data gets transferred into. Additionally, the lesson will touch on some factors that alter the transfer speed. Simple analogies and examples are used to explain ...

BLOSSOMS - Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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BLOSSOMS - Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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 - Quantifying the Energy Associated with Everyday ...

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BLOSSOMS - Quantifying the Energy Associated with Everyday Things and ...

This lesson is about energy and how it manifests itself in every day things and events. In particular, the video focuses on quantification or estimation of energy. The main learning objectives are to: gain familiarity with units of measure such as Joules and calories; ...

BLOSSOMS - The Magic Picture: Steganography in Bitmap Files

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BLOSSOMS - The Magic Picture: Steganography in Bitmap Files

BLOSSOMS - Selfish Drivers: Braess's Paradox and Traffic ...

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BLOSSOMS - Selfish Drivers: Braess's Paradox and Traffic Planning

The idea of this lesson is to introduce, in a simplified manner, the so-called Braess's Paradox by providing simple examples to clarify that the addition of some new roads to a network does not always lead to an improvement in the liquidity of the traffic; in some ...

BLOSSOMS - How Small is Small? (English Voiceover)

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BLOSSOMS - How Small is Small? (English Voiceover)

This video lesson introduces students to the concept of size. It looks at how to classify objects based on their size and how the size of an object affects its properties and behavior. This lesson explores how size affects the properties of an object by affecting the ...

BLOSSOMS - Mathematics of Voting

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BLOSSOMS - Mathematics of Voting

The goal of this video lesson is to teach students about new and exciting ways of holding an election that they may not be aware of. Students will learn three different methods of voting: plurality, instant runoff, and the Borda count. This lesson will show that not every voting system is ...

BLOSSOMS - How Cold is Cold: What is Temperature?

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BLOSSOMS - How Cold is Cold: What is Temperature?

This video lesson is part of a two-part series and introduces the concept of temperature. Temperature can be a challenging concept to convey since our perception is tied to words that are relative to our own experience, which varies quite a lot. A short activity to be ...

BLOSSOMS - What's in an Eye? The Eye's Components and the ...

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BLOSSOMS - What's in an Eye? The Eye's Components and the Diseases that ...

The major purpose of this video lesson is to promote the learning of eye function by associating eye problems and diseases to parts of the eye that are affected. Included in this module are discussions and activities that teach about eye components and their ...

BLOSSOMS - Finding Acceleration of Gravity "g" using ...

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BLOSSOMS - Finding Acceleration of Gravity "g" using Pendulum (English ...

This very interactive video lesson uses the Simple Pendulum experiment to enable students to answer the fundamental question: What is the value of g in my school and in my home? Students will learn to calculate this value by working in groups to make pendulums of ...

BLOSSOMS - In the Field Sizzle Reel

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BLOSSOMS - Pythagoras and Juice Seller (English Voiceover)

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BLOSSOMS - Pythagoras and Juice Seller (English Voiceover)

This video lesson presents a real world problem that can be solved by using the Pythagorean theorem. The problem faces a juice seller daily. He has equilateral barrels with equal heights and he always tries to empty the juice of two barrels into a third barrel that ...

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