Exploring Circuits
Exploring Circuits
Try this experiment to understand parallel and series circuits.
Golf Ball Dropped in Water in Slow Motion
Golf Ball Dropped in Water in Slow Motion
Watch what happens when you drop a golf ball in a bucket of water in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
Hammer Smashing Lightbulb in Slow Motion
Hammer Smashing Lightbulb in Slow Motion
Watch what happens when you hit a lightbulb with a hammer in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
Heat Transfer
Heat Transfer
Understanding conductive, convective, and radiative heat transfer using a thermal camera.
House Fly in Slow Motion
House Fly in Slow Motion
See what a house fly looks like in slow motion in this film by Doc Edgerton.
How a High-Speed Camera Works
How a High-Speed Camera Works
Watch this film by Doc Edgerton showing how a high-speed camera works.
How a Vaccine Works
How a Vaccine Works
Ever wonder what exactly a vaccine does to prevent you from getting sick? Watch this video to find out how it works.
How Information Travels Wirelessly
How Information Travels Wirelessly
Understanding how we use electromagnetic waves to transmit information.
How to Make Teaching Come Alive
How to Make Teaching Come Alive
The Council on Primary and Secondary Education 2002 summer program hosted 70 pre-college teachers at MIT to attend MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin's inspired talk about physics.
Indoor Flying Robots
Indoor Flying Robots
Learn the physics behind how quadrotors fly -- and how they can do it without any human help at all.
Insects with Two Pairs of Wings in Slow Motion
Insects with Two Pairs of Wings in Slow Motion
See how the wings move on insects with two pairs of wings behaving as one in this slow motion film by Doc Edgerton.
Is that Really Gold? Archimedes and Density
Is that Really Gold? Archimedes and Density
How do you determine the density of an irregularly shaped object? Learn how Archimedes did this thousands of years ago with just a beaker, water, and some simple math.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau testing Harold 'Doc' Edgerton's ...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau testing Harold 'Doc' Edgerton's camera, 1952
Jacques-Yves Cousteau testing Harold 'Doc' Edgerton's underwater camera and flash in the MIT Pool, 1952.
