Browsing 10 - 20 results of 140 programs for subject - Physics
The end of an era is near: In movie theaters across the country, film projectors are rapidly being replaced by digital projectors. Paul Clipson, projectionist at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gives us what may be a last-chance look at the tools and techniques—including lightning reflexes—at work in 35 mm film projection.
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: March 15, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, general science, physics What is light? How is it made? In this video, staff physicist Ron Hipschman will talk about and demonstrate light, it's features and various ways it can be made as well as how colors mix.
Project: Color | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2011
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics Exploratorium neuroscientist Richard Brown discusses how we see color, how color vision evolved, why color vision varies from person to person, and how the scientific understanding of color vision has led to technologies such as color photography
Project: Color | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2011
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics XTech at the Exploratorium empowers high school students through the practical use of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Students develop skills - designing and building, creating media, and facilitating community education events - that will lead them into college and beyond.
In this show, we will be investigating lasers. Did you know that that LASER was an acronym? It stands for Light Amplification Stimulated by the Emission of Radiation. Join us in learning how a laser works, as well as a real world application for lasers, and finally, how they can create stunning light patterns.
Project: Educational Outreach Programs | Browse All
Date: June 25, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics XTech at the Exploratorium empowers high school students through the practical use of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Students develop skills - designing and building, creating media, and facilitating community education events - that will lead them into college and beyond.
In this show, we will be investigating color. There are colors all around us. Join us and explore the relationship between color and light. Watch as we create colored shadows and trick your mind with colors.
Project: Educational Outreach Programs | Browse All
Date: May 21, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
