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Welcome to the BLOSSOMS Video Library!

All of the lessons in this library have been contributed by BLOSSOMS partners from around the world, including educators from MIT and institutions in Jordan, Pakistan, and other partnering countries.

We invite you to watch the Teacher’s Guide Video Segment included with each lesson to learn more about it. The final segment of each BLOSSOMS video lesson is a one-on-one conversation between you and the “virtual teacher.” In this Teacher's Guide Segment, the virtual teacher discusses the learning objectives of the lesson and shares ideas on ways to conduct the in-class activities that will engage students during the breaks between video segments.

Some of these videos are available with Closed Captioning, which can be useful for translation purposes. If you do not want Closed Captioning, you can shut it off by clicking on the CC at the bottom of the screen.

Measuring Distances in the Milky Way

Physics

The main aim of this lesson is to show students that distances may be...
Gravity Assist or Stealing a Planet's Angular Momentum and Getting Away With It

Physics

This video lesson will present Gravity Assist, or what is wrongly referred to...
The Parallax Activity: Measuring the Distances to Nearby Stars

Physics

Determining the position of a star or other object in three-dimensional space...
Rational versus Irrational Numbers

Mathematics

The scope of this video lesson consists in studying the sets of Rational and...
How Mosquitoes Fly in the Rain

Biology

In this lesson, we learn how insects can fly in the rain. The objective is to...
The King of Dinosaurs or a Chicken Dinner? One Paleontologist’s Quest to Activate Atavistic Genes and Create a Dinosaur

Biology

This lesson uses the fundamentals of protein synthesis as a context for...
The Case of the Stolen Painting: A Forensic Mystery

Biology

This video was conceived around the idea that students, particularly students...
How Scientific Teams Develop New Anti-Cancer Drugs

Biology

In this lesson, students will see first-hand how all different kinds of...