tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185643960 2008-03-14 10:22:28 -0400 MIT Sloan Widely considered the nation's leading expert on aviation safety, Arnie Barnett uses his background in applied math to help conquer his own fear of flying. He calms himself — and sometimes even fellow passengers — during turbulence by recalling statistics on crash probability. A firm believer that math should be accessible to his students and can be applied to almost any problem, Arnie's passion for math is infectious. In this podcast, Arnie talks about his ideas for a new approach to the Electoral College and his constant vigilance against skewed statistics. 2580 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185563340 2008-05-01 17:27:19 -0400 MIT ZigZag <strong><a href="http://web.mit.edu/magloa/">MAGLOA - Massachusetts Academic Gaming League of America</a></strong><br /> The Massachusetts Academic Games League of America (MAGLOA) is an MIT student-run and community organization dedicated to developing “Thinking Kids” of character, excellence, honor, and integrity. The main mission of the league is to prepare public school students for learning beyond the classroom and to get them excited about academic learning and competition. 196 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185450180 2007-08-08 10:50:13 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative aims to excite high school students about invention through science, technology, engineering, and math; empower students to problem solve; and encourage an inventive culture in schools and communities.<br><br>The 2007 InvenTeams Odyssey was hosted at MIT by the Lemelson-MIT Program during June 20-22.<br><br>Visit http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ for more information.<br><br>Music by Sbbrucey, available at http://www.sectionz.com. This video complies with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, viewable at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ . 202 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185401360 2007-08-08 10:41:27 -0400 Lemelson-MIT Program Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative aims to excite high school students about invention through science, technology, engineering, and math; empower students to problem solve; and encourage an inventive culture in schools and communities.<br><br>The 2007 InvenTeams Odyssey was hosted at MIT by the Lemelson-MIT Program during June 20-22.<br><br>Visit http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ for more information.<br><br>Music by STE316, available at http://www.sectionz.com. This video complies with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, viewable at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ . 142 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185382040 2008-09-09 14:53:31 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group A can of spray paint is attached to a spring oscillator. A roll of paper is run past the oscillating can. The result is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave">sine wave</a> on the paper. 51 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185339420 2009-01-16 10:47:10 -0500 SoE Outreach Videos The MIT Science of Baseball Program (MSBP) is a summer program provided free of charge to talented boys who attend public school in Boston or Cambridge, who will enter the eighth grade in the fall of 2009, and who have a love for math, science and baseball. 235 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185276660 2009-05-28 10:26:08 -0400 OEIT Haynes Miller is a professor of Mathematics at MIT. In this 5-minute video, he is providing the overview of the d'Arbeloff Interactive Mathematics Project which started in 2000. 312 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185249420 2009-06-11 14:02:02 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group An air puck is attached to a string that passes through the center of an air table. A weight is attached to the end of the string. The ball is set into rotation in a horizontal circle. When the weight is released, creating a constant force inwards, the radius of the path is shortened and the puck speeds up. A similar effect is seen when the string wraps around a center rod like a tether ball. This creates an increasing force, which causes the puck to inspiral more quickly. 181 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185219960 2009-06-12 15:38:50 -0400 MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group Subatomic particles such as cosmic ray muons, alpha particles, and high energy electrons are striking our bodies all the time. In the cloud chamber, these particles ionize air molecules, creating delicate cloud trails by condensing supersaturated alcohol vapor. This is similar to the way condensation trails are formed in the sky behind airplanes. <br><br> This is about as close as you'll ever get to seeing subatomic particles with your own eyes... 157 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185200920 2009-09-15 17:39:05 -0400 Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies (BLOSSOMS) This video lesson shows students that math can play a role in understanding how an infectious disease spreads and how it can be controlled. During this lesson, students will see and use both deterministic and probabilistic models and will learn by doing through role-playing exercises. 2035