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 of bacteria and fungi on plastic materials.
Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies (BLOSSOMS)
In this module, the idea is to put students in a similar situation as the one faced by astronomers when mapping the universe.
This lesson teaches how the distances to nearby stars are measured using the parallax effect.
The scope of this video lesson consists in studying the sets of Rational and Irrational numbers. The main objectives for the students are: 1) Learning how to distinguish between a rational number and an irrational number; Learning about the existence of 2 infinities: the ...
The MIT Glass Lab is administratively co-sponsored by the Materials Processing Center and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Learning the difference between kinetic and static friction.
Jesper Juul offered this lecture on Nov. 28, 2006. Juul is a video game theorist and assistant professor in video game theory and design at the Centre for Computer Game Research Copenhagen, where he also earned his PhD.
In a visit to the MIT campus on May 14, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with President L. Rafael Reif and Media Lab director Joichi Ito, faculty members and students, and a group of young MIT entrepreneurs.
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