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 & 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 - 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 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 - 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 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 - 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 ...

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 – ...

MIT 21A.453 Anthropology of the Middle East - The Merchant of Art

MIT 21A.453 Anthropology of the Middle East, Spring 2004View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21A-453S04Instructor: Susan SlyomovicsDirected and produced by: Susan SlyomovicsAwadallah Abd al-Jalil Ali is the "merchant of art," a professional epic singer. ...

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 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 - 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 – ...