MIT course-inspired demos

Interactive teaching prototypes generated from the course catalog

This catalog turns 160 MIT subjects into small, responsive web demos. Each page is standalone, interactive, and meant to show one teachable idea rather than replace a full class.

Full Demo Set

Demos built
160
Units covered
32
Showcase
18
Good prototype
46
Needs ambition pass
96
Format
Static, responsive, no external runtime

Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1, CEE)

Mechanical Engineering (Course 2, MechE)

Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3, MSE)

Architecture (Course 4)

Needs ambition pass A

Form and Composition Studio

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Design Studio: How to Design. Make a core idea from Design Studio: How to Design.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an interactive studio critique for Design Studio: How to Design: students compose, drag, and revise spatial elements, then receive visual feedback on circulation, hierarchy, light, threshold, and use.

Needs ambition pass A

Spatial Sequence Builder

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Architectural Design Techniques. Make a core idea from Introduction to Architectural Design Techniques.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an interactive studio critique for Introduction to Architectural Design Techniques: students compose, drag, and revise spatial elements, then receive visual feedback on circulation, hierarchy, light, threshold, and use.

Needs ambition pass A

Object Interaction Prototype

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Design Studio: Objects and Interaction. Make a core idea from Design Studio: Objects and Interaction.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an interactive studio critique for Design Studio: Objects and Interaction: students compose, drag, and revise spatial elements, then receive visual feedback on circulation, hierarchy, light, threshold, and use.

Needs ambition pass A

Information Visualization Critique Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Design Studio: Information Design and Visualization. Make a core idea from Design Studio: Information Design and Visualization.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an interactive studio critique for Design Studio: Information Design and Visualization: students compose, drag, and revise spatial elements, then receive visual feedback on circulation, hierarchy, light, threshold, and use.

Needs ambition pass A

Visual Communication Grid Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Visual Communication Fundamentals. Make a core idea from Visual Communication Fundamentals.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an editable prose workshop for Visual Communication Fundamentals: students revise actual text, tag rhetorical moves, and receive rubric feedback on claim, evidence, audience, structure, and clarity.

Chemistry (Course 5)

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6, EECS)

Biology (Course 7)

Physics (Course 8)

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9, BCS)

Needs ambition pass BCS

Perception Illusion Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Psychological Science. Make a core idea from Introduction to Psychological Science.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a cognitive experiment for Introduction to Psychological Science: students run trials, manipulate stimuli or model parameters, collect response data, and compare competing explanations.

Needs ambition pass BCS

Neuron Firing Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Neuroscience. Make a core idea from Introduction to Neuroscience.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a cognitive experiment for Introduction to Neuroscience: students run trials, manipulate stimuli or model parameters, collect response data, and compare competing explanations.

Needs ambition pass BCS

Cognitive Model Comparison

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Cognitive Science. Make a core idea from Cognitive Science.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a cognitive experiment for Cognitive Science: students run trials, manipulate stimuli or model parameters, collect response data, and compare competing explanations.

Needs ambition pass BCS

Neural Data Fitting Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Quantitative Methods and Computational Models in Neurosciences. Make a core idea from Quantitative Methods and Computational Models in Neurosciences.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a cognitive experiment for Quantitative Methods and Computational Models in Neurosciences: students run trials, manipulate stimuli or model parameters, collect response data, and compare competing explanations.

Needs ambition pass BCS

Speech and Sound Spectrogram Toy

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Sound, Speech, and Hearing. Make a core idea from Introduction to Sound, Speech, and Hearing.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an audio-first trainer for Introduction to Sound, Speech, and Hearing: students hear, tap, layer, and edit patterns, with playback, beat highlighting, and feedback on timing, form, or listening accuracy.

Chemical Engineering (Course 10, ChemE)

Good prototype ChemE

Reactor Mixing Simulator

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Introduction to Chemical Engineering. Tune conversion, flow, and mixing for Introduction to Chemical Engineering.

Needs ambition pass ChemE

Molecule Builder

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Molecule Builders. Make a core idea from Molecule Builders.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a molecular construction bench for Molecule Builders: students assemble atoms/bonds directly, inspect geometry and polarity, and run quick stability/reactivity checks on the structures they create.

Needs ambition pass ChemE

Engineering Ethics Dilemma Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Ethics for Engineers. Compare choices in Ethics for Engineers.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethics case simulator for Ethics for Engineers: students choose among constrained actions, inspect affected stakeholders, surface hidden assumptions, and compare consequence, rights, and responsibility analyses.

Needs ambition pass ChemE

Energy Systems Balance Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Foundational Analyses of Problems in Energy and the Environment. Make a core idea from Foundational Analyses of Problems in Energy and the Environment.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a process-control sandbox for Foundational Analyses of Problems in Energy and the Environment: students tune feeds, reactors, separations, and controls, then see dynamic transients, constraints, safety margins, and yield.

Needs ambition pass ChemE

Thermodynamics Phase Slider

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics. Make a core idea from Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a thermodynamics lab for Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics: students move state points across phase regions, trigger transitions, and compare microscopic explanation, energy accounting, and measured curves.

Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11, DUSP)

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12, EAPS)

Good prototype EAPS

Planetary Interior Slicer

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Introduction to Geophysics and Planetary Science. Make a core idea from Introduction to Geophysics and Planetary Science.

Good prototype EAPS

Atmosphere-Ocean Circulation Lab

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Introduction to Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics. Make a core idea from Introduction to Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics.

Good prototype EAPS

Carbon-Cycle Budget Simulator

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Introduction to the Global Carbon Cycle. Make a core idea from Introduction to the Global Carbon Cycle.

Needs ambition pass EAPS

Rock Cycle Explorer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Geology. Make a core idea from Introduction to Geology.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a geoscience investigation for Introduction to Geology: students layer maps, time series, and model runs to infer mechanisms and forecast uncertainty.

Needs ambition pass EAPS

Mission-to-Planet Planner

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Planetary Explorations. Make a core idea from Planetary Explorations.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a geoscience investigation for Planetary Explorations: students layer maps, time series, and model runs to infer mechanisms and forecast uncertainty.

Economics (Course 14)

Good prototype E

Supply-Demand Market Lab

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Principles of Microeconomics. Make a core idea from Principles of Microeconomics.

Good prototype E

Consumer Choice Indifference Map

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory. Make a core idea from Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.

Good prototype E

Game Theory Payoff Arena

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Economic Applications of Game Theory. Compare choices in Economic Applications of Game Theory.

Needs ambition pass E

Macro Shock Dashboard

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Principles of Macroeconomics. Make a core idea from Principles of Macroeconomics.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a market experiment for Principles of Macroeconomics: students choose roles or policies, watch agents respond over rounds, and compare welfare, distribution, incentives, and equilibrium paths.

Needs ambition pass E

Policy Microeconomics Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy. Make a core idea from Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a market experiment for Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy: students choose roles or policies, watch agents respond over rounds, and compare welfare, distribution, incentives, and equilibrium paths.

Management (Course 15, Sloan)

Good prototype M

Pricing Strategy Simulator

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Economic Analysis for Business Decisions. Make a core idea from Economic Analysis for Business Decisions.

Good prototype M

Climate Economy Negotiation

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Climate and Energy in the Global Economy. Compare choices in Climate and Energy in the Global Economy.

Needs ambition pass M

Management Decision Cockpit

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Explorations in Management. Make a core idea from Explorations in Management.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a branching management simulation for Explorations in Management: students make sequential decisions under uncertainty, receive market/team/financial consequences, and debrief the strategy they created.

Needs ambition pass M

Analytics Dashboard Builder

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Analytics Tools. Make a core idea from Analytics Tools.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a branching management simulation for Analytics Tools: students make sequential decisions under uncertainty, receive market/team/financial consequences, and debrief the strategy they created.

Needs ambition pass M

Competitive Strategy Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Competitive Strategy. Explore relationships in Competitive Strategy.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a branching management simulation for Competitive Strategy: students make sequential decisions under uncertainty, receive market/team/financial consequences, and debrief the strategy they created.

Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16, AeroAstro)

Political Science (Course 17)

Good prototype PS

Trade Negotiation Model

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

International Political Economy. Compare choices in International Political Economy.

Needs ambition pass PS

Justice Allocation Game

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Justice. Compare choices in Justice.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a role-based political simulation for Justice: students represent actors with hidden incentives, negotiate or vote over rounds, and see coalitions, legitimacy, and outcomes evolve.

Needs ambition pass PS

Political Thought Concept Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Political Thought. Explore relationships in Introduction to Political Thought.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a role-based political simulation for Introduction to Political Thought: students represent actors with hidden incentives, negotiate or vote over rounds, and see coalitions, legitimacy, and outcomes evolve.

Needs ambition pass PS

Power Network Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions. Explore relationships in Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a role-based political simulation for Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions: students represent actors with hidden incentives, negotiate or vote over rounds, and see coalitions, legitimacy, and outcomes evolve.

Needs ambition pass PS

ML Ethics Lifecycle Board

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Just Code: The Ethical Lifecycle of Machine Learning. Make a core idea from Just Code: The Ethical Lifecycle of Machine Learning.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethics case simulator for Just Code: The Ethical Lifecycle of Machine Learning: students choose among constrained actions, inspect affected stakeholders, surface hidden assumptions, and compare consequence, rights, and responsibility analyses.

Mathematics (Course 18)

Biological Engineering (Course 20, BE)

Needs ambition pass BE

Biological Systems Parts Kit

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Concepts in Biological Engineering. Make a core idea from Introduction to Concepts in Biological Engineering.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design-build-test bioengineering cycle for Introduction to Concepts in Biological Engineering: students assemble parts or protocols, run noisy assays, and optimize against yield, reliability, and safety constraints.

Needs ambition pass BE

Experiment Design Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Experimentation in BE. Make a core idea from Introduction to Experimentation in BE.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design-build-test bioengineering cycle for Introduction to Experimentation in BE: students assemble parts or protocols, run noisy assays, and optimize against yield, reliability, and safety constraints.

Needs ambition pass BE

Synthetic Biology Circuit Builder

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Biological Engineering Design Using Synthetic Biology. Tune voltage, resistance, and storage in Introduction to Biological Engineering Design Using Synthetic Biology.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design-build-test bioengineering cycle for Introduction to Biological Engineering Design Using Synthetic Biology: students assemble parts or protocols, run noisy assays, and optimize against yield, reliability, and safety constraints.

Needs ambition pass BE

Lab Measurement Uncertainty Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering. Make a core idea from Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design-build-test bioengineering cycle for Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering: students assemble parts or protocols, run noisy assays, and optimize against yield, reliability, and safety constraints.

Needs ambition pass BE

Drug Development Pipeline

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Fundamentals of Drug Development. Connect sequence and context in Fundamentals of Drug Development.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design-build-test bioengineering cycle for Fundamentals of Drug Development: students assemble parts or protocols, run noisy assays, and optimize against yield, reliability, and safety constraints.

Anthropology (21A)

Needs ambition pass A

Culture Comparison Lens

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures. Make a core idea from Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethnographic evidence lab for Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures: students compare field notes, artifacts, kinship diagrams, and interview excerpts to test competing interpretations.

Needs ambition pass A

Norms and Rituals Model

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

How Culture Works. Make a core idea from How Culture Works.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethnographic evidence lab for How Culture Works: students compare field notes, artifacts, kinship diagrams, and interview excerpts to test competing interpretations.

Needs ambition pass A

Memory and Culture Archive

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Memory, Culture, and Forgetting. Connect sequence and context in Memory, Culture, and Forgetting.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethnographic evidence lab for Memory, Culture, and Forgetting: students compare field notes, artifacts, kinship diagrams, and interview excerpts to test competing interpretations.

Needs ambition pass A

Family Systems Comparison

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family. Explore relationships in For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethnographic evidence lab for For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family: students compare field notes, artifacts, kinship diagrams, and interview excerpts to test competing interpretations.

Needs ambition pass A

Class Mobility Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

American Dream: Exploring Class in the US. Make a core idea from American Dream: Exploring Class in the US.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethnographic evidence lab for American Dream: Exploring Class in the US: students compare field notes, artifacts, kinship diagrams, and interview excerpts to test competing interpretations.

Global Languages (21G)

Needs ambition pass Languages

Multilingual Boston Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Discovering Multilingual Boston. Connect sequence and context in Discovering Multilingual Boston.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a situated language/culture activity for Discovering Multilingual Boston: students choose utterances, media, or translations in context and get feedback on meaning, register, and cultural framing.

Needs ambition pass Languages

Bilingualism Code-Switching Demo

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism. Make a core idea from The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a situated language/culture activity for The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism: students choose utterances, media, or translations in context and get feedback on meaning, register, and cultural framing.

Needs ambition pass Languages

East Asian Culture Timeline

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to East Asian Cultures. Connect sequence and context in Introduction to East Asian Cultures.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for Introduction to East Asian Cultures: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass Languages

Advertising Comparison Board

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives. Make a core idea from Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a situated language/culture activity for Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives: students choose utterances, media, or translations in context and get feedback on meaning, register, and cultural framing.

Needs ambition pass Languages

Modern India Media Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

A Passage to India. Connect sequence and context in A Passage to India.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a situated language/culture activity for A Passage to India: students choose utterances, media, or translations in context and get feedback on meaning, register, and cultural framing.

History (21H)

Needs ambition pass H

History-of-Now Timeline

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

The History of Now. Connect sequence and context in The History of Now.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for The History of Now: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass H

Revolution Staging Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

How to Stage a Revolution. Compare choices in How to Stage a Revolution.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a rehearsal room for How to Stage a Revolution: students block actors, mark beats, adjust voice/light cues, and preview how staging choices alter focus, tension, and meaning.

Needs ambition pass H

World-History Fault-Line Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800. Connect sequence and context in World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass H

Election Timeline Explorer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

The History of American Presidential Elections. Connect sequence and context in The History of American Presidential Elections.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for The History of American Presidential Elections: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass H

Digital Humanities Annotation Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Digital Humanities Laboratory. Make a core idea from Digital Humanities Laboratory.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive investigation for Digital Humanities Laboratory: students inspect primary-source excerpts, build a timeline/causal map, and defend interpretations as new evidence appears.

Literature (21L)

Good prototype L

Poetry Meter Visualizer

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Reading Poetry. Make a core idea from Reading Poetry.

Good prototype L

Shakespeare Scene Network

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Shakespeare. Explore relationships in Shakespeare.

Needs ambition pass L

Epic Motif Tracker

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Foundations of Western Literature: Homer to Dante. Make a core idea from Foundations of Western Literature: Homer to Dante.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a close-reading workspace for Foundations of Western Literature: Homer to Dante: students annotate real passages, track motifs or voices, compare interpretations, and see how evidence changes a literary argument.

Needs ambition pass L

Fiction Narrator Lens

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Reading Fiction. Make a core idea from Reading Fiction.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a close-reading workspace for Reading Fiction: students annotate real passages, track motifs or voices, compare interpretations, and see how evidence changes a literary argument.

Needs ambition pass L

Film Shot Grammar Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Film Studies. Storyboard shot scale, motion, and cutting for Introduction to Film Studies.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a close-reading workspace for Introduction to Film Studies: students annotate real passages, track motifs or voices, and compare how interpretive choices change the argument.

Music (21M)

Needs ambition pass M

Western Music Timeline

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Western Music. Connect sequence and context in Introduction to Western Music.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for Introduction to Western Music: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass M

World Rhythm Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Musics of the World. Connect sequence and context in Introduction to Musics of the World.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an audio-first trainer for Introduction to Musics of the World: students hear, tap, layer, and edit patterns, with playback, beat highlighting, and feedback on timing, form, or listening accuracy.

Needs ambition pass M

Chord Builder

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Fundamentals of Music. Make a core idea from Fundamentals of Music.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an audio-first trainer for Fundamentals of Music: students hear, tap, layer, and edit patterns, with playback, beat highlighting, and feedback on timing, form, or listening accuracy.

Needs ambition pass M

Polyrhythm Trainer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Rhythms of the World. Compare choices in Rhythms of the World.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an audio-first trainer for Rhythms of the World: students hear, tap, layer, and edit patterns, with playback, beat highlighting, and feedback on timing, form, or listening accuracy.

Needs ambition pass M

Music Tech Signal Chain

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Music Technology. Make a core idea from Introduction to Music Technology.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an audio-first trainer for Introduction to Music Technology: students hear, tap, layer, and edit patterns, with playback, beat highlighting, and feedback on timing, form, or listening accuracy.

Theater Arts (21T)

Needs ambition pass TA

Acting Intention Beat Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Acting. Make a core idea from Introduction to Acting.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a rehearsal room for Introduction to Acting: students block actors, mark beats, adjust voice/light cues, and preview how staging choices alter focus, tension, and meaning.

Needs ambition pass TA

Voice Resonance Visualizer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Voice and Speech for the Actor. Make a core idea from Voice and Speech for the Actor.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a rehearsal room for Voice and Speech for the Actor: students block actors, mark beats, adjust voice/light cues, and preview how staging choices alter focus and meaning.

Needs ambition pass TA

Blocking and Directing Stage Planner

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Fundamentals of Directing. Make a core idea from Fundamentals of Directing.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a rehearsal room for Fundamentals of Directing: students block actors, mark beats, adjust voice/light cues, and preview how staging choices alter focus, tension, and meaning.

Needs ambition pass TA

Lighting Design Board

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Fundamentals of Theater Design. Make a core idea from Fundamentals of Theater Design.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a rehearsal room for Fundamentals of Theater Design: students block actors, mark beats, adjust voice/light cues, and preview how staging choices alter focus, tension, and meaning.

Needs ambition pass TA

Script Analysis Markup Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Script Analysis. Make a core idea from Script Analysis.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a rehearsal room for Script Analysis: students block actors, mark beats, adjust voice/light cues, and preview how staging choices alter focus, tension, and meaning.

Writing (21W)

Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22, NSE)

Good prototype NSE

Radiation Simulation Modeler

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Introduction to Modeling and Simulation. Make a core idea from Introduction to Modeling and Simulation.

Good prototype NSE

Ionizing Radiation Dose Lab

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation. Make a core idea from Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation.

Good prototype NSE

Neutron Transport Visualizer

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Neutron Physics and Radiation Transport. Make a core idea from Neutron Physics and Radiation Transport.

Needs ambition pass NSE

Nuclear Systems Society Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Nuclear Engineering: Science, Systems, and Society. Explore relationships in Nuclear Engineering: Science, Systems, and Society.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a radiation/reactor safety simulator for Nuclear Engineering: Science, Systems, and Society: students configure shielding, geometry, flux, and dose constraints, then inspect uncertainty and safety margins.

Needs ambition pass NSE

Radiation Medicine Explorer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Radiation and Life. Make a core idea from Radiation and Life.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a radiation/reactor safety simulator for Radiation and Life: students configure shielding, geometry, flux, and dose constraints, then inspect uncertainty and safety margins.

Linguistics and Philosophy (Course 24)

Needs ambition pass L&P

Philosophical Argument Mapper

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Problems of Philosophy. Map premises, objections, and warrants for Problems of Philosophy.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an argument/formal-analysis lab for Problems of Philosophy: students manipulate examples, premises, syntax trees, or thought experiments and test validity against counterexamples.

Needs ambition pass L&P

Moral Dilemma Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Moral Problems and the Good Life. Compare choices in Moral Problems and the Good Life.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an argument/formal-analysis lab for Moral Problems and the Good Life: students manipulate examples, premises, syntax trees, or thought experiments and test validity against counterexamples.

Needs ambition pass L&P

Justice Allocation Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Justice. Compare choices in Justice.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an argument/formal-analysis lab for Justice: students manipulate examples, premises, syntax trees, or thought experiments and test validity against counterexamples.

Needs ambition pass L&P

Minds-and-Machines Turing Game

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Minds and Machines. Compare choices in Minds and Machines.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an argument/formal-analysis lab for Minds and Machines: students manipulate examples, premises, syntax trees, or thought experiments and test validity against counterexamples.

Needs ambition pass L&P

Paradox Explorer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Paradox and Infinity. Make a core idea from Paradox and Infinity.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an argument/formal-analysis lab for Paradox and Infinity: students manipulate examples, premises, syntax trees, or thought experiments and test validity against counterexamples.

Comparative Media Studies (CMS)

Needs ambition pass CMS

Media Ecosystem Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Media Studies. Explore relationships in Introduction to Media Studies.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a media-making and critique lab for Introduction to Media Studies: students remix framing, mechanics, platform rules, or audience assumptions and compare interpretive effects.

Needs ambition pass CMS

Game Mechanics Taxonomy

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Game Studies. Make a core idea from Game Studies.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a media-making and critique lab for Game Studies: students remix framing, mechanics, platform rules, or audience assumptions and compare interpretive effects.

Needs ambition pass CMS

Game Design Balancing Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Game Design Methods. Make a core idea from Game Design Methods.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a media-making and critique lab for Game Design Methods: students remix framing, mechanics, platform rules, or audience assumptions and compare interpretive effects.

Needs ambition pass CMS

Comics Panel Sequencing Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Making Comics and Sequential Art. Sequence panels and closure for Making Comics and Sequential Art.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a media-making and critique lab for Making Comics and Sequential Art: students remix framing, mechanics, platform rules, or audience assumptions and compare interpretive effects.

Needs ambition pass CMS

Worldbuilding Constraint Generator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Critical Worldbuilding. Make a core idea from Critical Worldbuilding.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a media-making and critique lab for Critical Worldbuilding: students remix framing, mechanics, platform rules, or audience assumptions and compare interpretive effects.

Data, Systems, and Society (IDS/IDSS)

Good prototype IDSS

System Safety Fault Tree

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

System Safety. Explore relationships in System Safety.

Good prototype IDSS

Cybersecurity Attack-Defense Model

Works and teaches a real idea, but should gain richer interaction before outreach

Cybersecurity. Compare choices in Cybersecurity.

Needs ambition pass IDSS

Statistics Simulation Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Statistics, Computation and Applications. Make a core idea from Statistics, Computation and Applications.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a socio-technical incident simulator for Statistics, Computation and Applications: students trace data, incentives, failures, and governance choices through cascading system consequences.

Needs ambition pass IDSS

Data-and-Society Bias Audit

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Data and Society. Make a core idea from Data and Society.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a socio-technical incident simulator for Data and Society: students trace data, incentives, failures, and governance choices through cascading system consequences.

Needs ambition pass IDSS

Energy Systems Climate Lever Tool

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation. Make a core idea from Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a socio-technical incident simulator for Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation: students trace data, incentives, failures, and governance choices through cascading system consequences.

Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)

Needs ambition pass MAS

Futures Scenario Generator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Safeguarding the Future. Make a core idea from Safeguarding the Future.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a live prototype for Safeguarding the Future: students manipulate sensors, agents, bodies, or interfaces and see emergent behavior rather than a static diagram.

Needs ambition pass MAS

Sensor Data Playground

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Mobile and Sensor Computing. Make a core idea from Mobile and Sensor Computing.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a live prototype for Mobile and Sensor Computing: students manipulate sensors, agents, bodies, or interfaces and see emergent behavior rather than a static diagram.

Needs ambition pass MAS

Human Augmentation Design Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Human 2.0. Make a core idea from Human 2.0.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a live prototype for Human 2.0: students manipulate sensors, agents, bodies, or interfaces and see emergent behavior rather than a static diagram.

Needs ambition pass MAS

Affective Computing Ethics Board

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Advanced Seminar: Affective Computing and Ethics. Make a core idea from Advanced Seminar: Affective Computing and Ethics.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an ethics case simulator for Advanced Seminar: Affective Computing and Ethics: students choose among constrained actions, inspect affected stakeholders, surface hidden assumptions, and compare consequence, rights, and responsibility analyses.

Needs ambition pass MAS

Creative Learning Activity Builder

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Learning Creative Learning. Make a core idea from Learning Creative Learning.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a live prototype for Learning Creative Learning: students manipulate sensors, agents, bodies, or interfaces and see emergent behavior rather than a static diagram.

Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

Needs ambition pass STS

Technology History Timeline

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Technology in American History. Connect sequence and context in Technology in American History.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for Technology in American History: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass STS

Finance-and-Society Network

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Finance and Society. Explore relationships in Finance and Society.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a controversy/evidence simulator for Finance and Society: students weigh artifacts, stakeholders, timelines, and uncertainty to see how technical facts and institutions co-produce outcomes.

Needs ambition pass STS

Science History Lineage Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Ancient Greeks to Modern Geeks. Connect sequence and context in Ancient Greeks to Modern Geeks.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for Ancient Greeks to Modern Geeks: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass STS

Data Society Case Explorer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Data and Society. Make a core idea from Data and Society.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a controversy/evidence simulator for Data and Society: students weigh artifacts, stakeholders, timelines, and uncertainty to see how technical facts and institutions co-produce outcomes.

Needs ambition pass STS

Biotech Controversy Simulator

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Engineering Life: Biotechnology and Society. Compare choices in Engineering Life: Biotechnology and Society.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a controversy/evidence simulator for Engineering Life: Biotechnology and Society: students weigh artifacts, stakeholders, timelines, and uncertainty to see how technical facts and institutions co-produce outcomes.

Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)

Needs ambition pass WGS

Gender Studies Concept Map

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies. Explore relationships in Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design justice audit for Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies: students inspect personas, defaults, datasets, harms, and accountability paths, then redesign and compare impacts.

Needs ambition pass WGS

Gender and Media Representation Analyzer

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Gender and Media Studies. Make a core idea from Gender and Media Studies.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design justice audit for Gender and Media Studies: students inspect personas, defaults, datasets, harms, and accountability paths, then redesign and compare impacts.

Needs ambition pass WGS

Gender and Technology Design Audit

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Gender and Technology. Make a core idea from Gender and Technology.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design justice audit for Gender and Technology: students inspect personas, defaults, datasets, harms, and accountability paths, then redesign and compare impacts.

Needs ambition pass WGS

Women in Science Timeline

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

History of Women in Science and Engineering. Connect sequence and context in History of Women in Science and Engineering.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as an archive-and-timeline investigation for History of Women in Science and Engineering: students inspect primary-source excerpts, place evidence on a timeline, revise causal links, and defend an interpretation as new documents appear.

Needs ambition pass WGS

Games and Culture Critique Lab

Current version is too slider-driven or shallow for the original faculty-demo goal

Games and Culture. Make a core idea from Games and Culture.

Ambition pass: Rebuild as a design justice audit for Games and Culture: students inspect personas, defaults, datasets, harms, and accountability paths, then redesign and compare impacts.