1. ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

SESSION 1

MIT Physics Dept. research

PART 1: Watch the video (beginning-2:28:00) and fill in the blanks.

COMPREHENSION

1. The missions of the Physics Department at MIT:

Pursue (1) at the frontier of Physics (2a)

(3) students (4) in both the physics professions and in other fields...

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2. Kristin Beck works...

...in (5)

...on a system aimed at studying how to make mediated (6) .

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3. Laura Lopez

She looks at (7) the went off in the last (8) , looking at (9) to better understand the physics of the explosion and how the explosion (10)

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4. Wolfgang Ketterle at Center for Ultracold atoms:

Collaboration between the (11) at MIT and Harvard.

The (12) of his research group is (13) .

Future: (14) .

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5. Nergis Malvalvala, Laser and Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO):

Main facilities (15) .

Goal (16) .

Future: regular detection of radiation from different sources in the sky to launch the era of gravitational wave astrophysics.

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PART 2: Watch the video (02:28:00-end) and identify the main ideas/information mentioned by the following people.

INFORMATION

6. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski:

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7. Prashanth Vendataram:

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8. Christie Chiu:

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9. Edward Mazenc: UROP

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10. Katelin Schultz:

Note:

TLL = Teaching and Learning Laboratory
TA = Teaching Assistant, graduate student who tutors undergraduates

A lot of universities

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With TLL,

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STRUCTURE

Introduction to the course

To be done in class.

Watching

MIT Physics Dept. research

Comprehension

Fill in the blanks
Identify main ideas/information

Watching

Are perpetual motion machines possible?

Comprehension

Fill in the blanks
Identify main ideas/information

Watching

The drinking bird?

Comprehension

How does it work?
Further questions

COURSEBOOK

Your teacher will bring your a book on the first session.
If you wish to have a digital copy you can download it from Madoc or here.

TESTS

LANGUAGE TEST (10%)

Language tools (20 minutes)

WRITING TEST (40%)

Reading comprehension

ORAL TEST #3 (50%)

Presentation (15 minutes)

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

Online activities available on Madoc are compulsory and must be completed by session 6 at the latest.

Physics Girl: Are perpetual motion machines possible?

BEFORE YOU WATCH

Do you know what a perpetual motion machine is?
Do you know how it works?
Can you think of examples?

PART 1: Watch the video (beginning-02:30:00) and answer the questions.

1. How does the machine presented by Diana Cowern (a.k.a. known as Physics Girl) work? Fill in the gaps.

As the wheel turns, the coins fall in the (1) so that one side of the wheel is always (2) than the other. The wheel could (3) on forever without a push.

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2. What could be a great application of this machine according to her? Choose the correct answer.

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3. Does it work? Choose the correct answer then explain by filling in the blanks.

Yes, it does/No, it doesn't (1) because of the coin(s), the wheel will (2) back and (3) where the center of (4) is at its (5) and (6) on the axle until it stops.

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