Annual Report FY11: Year in Review
2011 was a great year for the Institute; together, the Alumni Association and volunteers hosted 164 sesquicentennial events--including the 8,000-person Toast to Tech party in Killian Court and the MIT Club of the Blue Ridge's mountain dedication in Virginia. View more highlights from the past year in this short video.
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1. Introductory Interference
OPTI 505R. Diffraction and Interferometry (3) II. Interference and
interferometry; concepts of coherence; diffraction theory;
Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction; optical transfer function; Gaussian beam propagation; holography; volume diffraction; speckle.
Equivalent Fractions
This video shows two students discussing equivalent fractions and greatest common factors. ( The problems do not appear in print.) This selection could be used to introduce or review the concepts.
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Forest Fragmentation in the Rocky Mountains
This resource is a detailed manual of protocols and instructional information for carrying out an undergraduate laboratory exercise in forest and landscape ecology, including student outlines, instructors notes, and suggested questions for laboratory reports.
Vaginal Birth
This patient education program reviews female reproductive anatomy and explains vaginal birth. It also discusses the stages of labor and delivery, as well as potential risks and complications. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Naissance de l'industrie phonographique française. Conférence d'Henri Chamoux
Si l'histoire du cinéma fait l'objet de nombreuses études, il existe en revanche fort peu de travaux sur les débuts de la musique industrielle. La production massive du son enregistré à des fins de divertissement domestique avant 1914 ressemble à un mythe, tant sont devenues rares et fragiles les sources permettant d'écrire cette histoire. Gravure, pantographie, moulage, galvanoplastie : présentation d'un panorama des techniques de reproduction des disques et cylindres à la Belle É
El Nino Sea Surface Temperature and Height Anomaly on a Globe: January 1997 through August 1998
An animation of sea surface temperature and sea surface height anomalies in the Pacific Ocean for the period January 1997 through August 1998. The data is shown on a rotating globe.
Union Solidarity: A View from Underneath While paying my way through grad school, I was employed by Overnite Transportation Company as a part-time dockworker. This "part-time" employment carried with it full-time hours and regular overtime on a weekly basis. The early-morning schedule allowed me to take classes in the afternoon and to pay for school on a semester-by-semester schedule, never accruing tuition debts. The same schedule a
Résidence artistique dans un centre de recherche / Jérôme Planes, Sylvie Sauvaigno, Valérie Lege
Une résidence artistique dans un centre de recherche / Jérôme Planes, Sylvie Sauvaigno et Valérie Legembre. In "Images & mirages @ nanosciences", colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, le Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (CEMES) rattaché à l'Institut de Physique du CNRS et le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de
The Surface of Mars
This five minute video explains how scientists know what "rocks" come from Mars and what the surface of Mars might be like. This could be used as a career film or science lesson. Shows the importance of problem solving.
Computerbeveiliging : Prezi-presentatie Dit is een presentatie over computerbeveiliging. Leerlingen/cursisten komen te weten aan welke gevaren een computer bloot kan staan en wat ze kunnen doen om hun computer te beveiligen.
Family Traditions
This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson "Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who" and is mainly based on "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant; therefore, family structure including titles or roles is assumed to be prior knowledge for this lesson.
Animaniacs Magellan
Human characters
Our international editor discusses the work and legacy of Vasily Grossman, the Russian novelist
Karrah Miller
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La laïcité dans l'Union européenne / Jean Baubérot
La laïcité dans l'Union européenne. Jean Baubérot. Conférence donnée en mars 1995 dans le cadre de l'Institut d'Études Doctorales (IED) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail (France). Présentation par le sociologue Jean-Michel Berthelot, directeur de l'IED.
GULP: Bloodhound SSC: An engineering adventure
Dan Johns, engineer for Bloodhound SSC, the latest attempt at the land speed World record, talks about his involvement with the project.
Changing Decimals Into Percents
This teacher-created video explains changing decimals to percents by moving the decimal point two places to the right. Examples are written on a white board as they are explained. ( 1:06)
BIM.BON . A BIM system for architectural practice in Brazil
This article discusses the difficulties faced by the BIM (Building Information Modeling) systems to be widely adopted among most part of architecture and engineering professionals in Brazil. A revision of the issue and investigation of possibilities for improving the practice of architecture were made by creating a new model of BIM software addressed to a wider audience. It lists the main critical points in the usability of BIM software, based on a survey made with 300 professionals. The analysi
