May 31st, 2012. Our BLOSSOMS Learning Video.

To quote the BLOSSOMS Newsletter (http://blossoms.mit.edu):

“Exponentials. Geometric growth. Geometric decay. What do these terms mean? Well, there are formulas. A teacher can present them and students can dutifully memorize them. But this BLOSSOMS video takes an entirely different approach. Three 1st-year MIT doctoral students let their hair down, go in costume and act out various exponential situations. They show dramatically the might of exponentials. One gets incredible growth or decay. But acting out scenes does not mean there is no math. They present all the mathematics that one needs to understand exponentials. Have fun with this one!”

This was a joint effort with John Silberholz and Nataly Youssef. We were each awarded $500 for this. You can watch the video here. It’s now available in Urdu and Mandarin!!