Browse Course Material

  • Syllabus

  • Readings

  • Lecture Notes

  • Assignments

  • Projects

  • Related Resources

  • Image Galleries

    • Frames and Tubes
    • Tubes, Frames, Lenses and Mirrors
    • Compass and Spectacles
    • Glass Blowing and Lenses
    • Observations
    • Observations and Motion
    • Motion and Telescope
    • Slide Rule
    • Telescope
    • Lenses
    • Motion, Lens and the Observatory
    • Motion and Light
    • Light
Course Info
Instructor
  • Dr. Elizabeth Cavicchi
Departments
  • Edgerton Center
As Taught In
January IAP 2010
Level
Undergraduate
Topics
  • Humanities
    History
    Intellectual History
Learning Resource Types
notes Lecture Notes
group_work Projects
collections Image Gallery
assignment Activity Assignments
assignment_turned_in Written Assignments with Examples

Download Course
MIT OpenCourseWare
  • search
  • Give Now
  • About OCW
  • Help & Faqs
  • Contact Us
MIT OpenCourseWare
search give now about ocw help & faqs contact us
EC.050 | January IAP 2010 | Undergraduate
Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past: Galileo
  • Syllabus

  • Readings

  • Lecture Notes

  • Assignments

  • Projects

  • Related Resources

  • Image Galleries

    • Frames and Tubes
    • Tubes, Frames, Lenses and Mirrors
    • Compass and Spectacles
    • Glass Blowing and Lenses
    • Observations
    • Observations and Motion
    • Motion and Telescope
    • Slide Rule
    • Telescope
    • Lenses
    • Motion, Lens and the Observatory
    • Motion and Light
    • Light
Image Galleries

Telescope

Activities involving the telescope

Students set up a Celestron reflector telescope on the MIT front steps, to view Jupiter. Students orient the Celestron reflector telescope so as to view the moon. Sharing the view in the reflector telescope. The moon as seen with the naked eye. Students enjoying their session with the reflector telescope. Students reading historical facsimile text. Student rolls balls down ramp. A student in the lab observes a pendulum constructed using a metal weight hanging from a drawer handle. Two students observe a pendulum constructed using a block of wood and a string.

Course Info
Instructor
  • Dr. Elizabeth Cavicchi
Departments
  • Edgerton Center
As Taught In
January IAP 2010
Level
Undergraduate
Topics
  • Humanities
    History
    Intellectual History
Learning Resource Types
notes Lecture Notes
group_work Projects
collections Image Gallery
assignment Activity Assignments
assignment_turned_in Written Assignments with Examples

Download Course
MIT Open Learning
Over 2,500 courses & materials
Freely sharing knowledge with learners and educators around the world. Learn more
facebook
instagram
twitter
youtube
LinkedIn
© 2001–2023 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Accessibility
Creative Commons License
Terms and Conditions
Proud member of: Open Education Global
facebook
instagram
twitter
youtube
LinkedIn
© 2001–2023 Massachusetts Institute of Technology