Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 2, part 2 ...
Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 2, part 2 (ingredients)
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 2, part 2 (of 3)
Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 13, part 2 ...
Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 13, part 2 (cooking ...
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 13, part 2 (2 of 3). Recipes and notes available at: ...
Space: So Close, So Far
Space: So Close, So Far
Build a scale model of the solar system to understand just how far the planets are from the Earth.
Sound Wave Interference
Sound Wave Interference
Two speakers, mounted on the table and facing each other, are driven by a function generator. A microphone is introduced between the speakers and the sound waves are displayed on an oscilloscope. This demonstrates the effect of interference and the resulting phase shift on sound waves over a ...
Series and Parallel Circuits: A Water Analogy
Series and Parallel Circuits: A Water Analogy
Understanding electrical circuits using a water analogy.
School of Engineering Special Lecture: Sal Khan
School of Engineering Special Lecture: Sal Khan
Sal Khan gives advice about making educational videos.
Ring Falling in a Magnetic Field
Ring Falling in a Magnetic Field
Three aluminium objects are dropped through a magnetic field. The objects move slower entering and leaving the field due to changes in the flux through the object. The change in the flux through a conductor results in a force which opposes additional flux change. As a result the force opposes ...
Remembering Margaret MacVicar
Remembering Margaret MacVicar
Professor Margaret L.A. MacVicar was an outstanding educator and scientist who founded MIT's famous Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and went on to serve as MIT's first Dean for Undergraduate Education until her untimely death in 1991 at the age of 47. She was nationally ...
Refraction in Gases
Refraction in Gases
Make your own mirage using a tank, fresh water, salt water, and a laser.
Putting it all together
Putting it all together: Steel Bridge Competition
Go behind the scenes as MIT sends a team to compete in a steel bridge building contest.
Pulling a Cloth From Under a Beaker
Pulling a Cloth From Under a Beaker
A beaker is placed on top of a cloth, on top of a stool. The cloth is pulled quickly from underneath the beaker, while the beaker remains stationary. The impulse of the net force is made very small by reducing the time over which the cloth acts on the beaker. In other words, the force of the ...
Pulleys are Cool
Pulleys are Cool
Ever wonder how NASA gets the space shuttle on top of a 747? They use pulleys! License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions
Public service projects from MIT's Class of 2012
Public service projects from MIT's Class of 2012
Meet a few of the members of MIT's Class of 2012 who are continuing their public service projects after graduation.
President Reif's MIT Story
President Reif's MIT Story
A clip from President's L. Rafael Reif's Inaugural Address. Video courtesy of The Office of the Vice President for Institute Affairs and MIT Video Productions.
PLAY BALL: The House that Euclid Built
PLAY BALL: The House that Euclid Built
How to make a baseball diamond with chalk, a rope, and some basic geometry.
Plate Sliding Under a Soda Can
Plate Sliding Under a Soda Can
A can is placed on top of a metal sheet on a stool. A broom hits the sheet causing it to fly from underneath the can, while the can remains stationary. The impulse of the net force is made very small by reducing the time over which the metal sheet acts on the can. In other words, the force of ...