Welcome to The MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group website.

About TSG
The Technical Services Group (TSG) at MIT's Department of Physics provides technical and teaching support for undergraduate courses at MIT. Our many rooms of physics demos, accumulated over the past century, display subtle physics concepts ranging from electromagnetism, to kinematics, to optics.

The undergraduate physics courses at MIT include lecture courses, as well as the Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) studio classroom courses. For more information on the MIT Department of Physics visit their website, or see MIT OpenCourseWare to download free course materials.

We provide support for most variants of 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03 classes in the form of:

Demonstration setup, execution and breakdown
Laboratory setup, execution and breakdown
TEAL classroom teaching assistance
General TEAL room support and maintenance

Additionally we occasionally provide some of the above services for departmental open houses, graduations and other special events.

Top News!
TSG @ MIT Museum
Posted: 2012-04-18
TSG present at the Inaugural Marvin Grossman Vacation Week Science Special

On February 25th Members of TSG hosted a public event at The MIT Museum to provide an apex to local school vacation week.
For more information on MIT Museum programs visit their website.

Random Cool Demonstration!

Air Puck Spinning on a Variable Length String (B 106)

Keyword: Circular Motion

An air puck is attached to a string that passes through the center of an air table. A weight is attached to the end of the string. The ball is set into rotation in a horizontal circle. When the weight is released, the radius of the path is shortened and the puck speeds up. This is shown with the TV system.