EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

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00:37:59

This week's secret ingredient was leaves! This week's secret ingredient was triangles! Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 9, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

After Dark: Geometry Playground: TrapezeWorld (clip)

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00:05:27

Among the highlights of our Geometry Playground event were gravity-defying performances by four aerial artists from TrapezeWorld.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, general science,

Miscellaneous: Squid Program (clip)

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00:03:30

Justin Holl and Peter Winch from the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary and print-maker Julie Whitcomb explore squid anatomy through dissections, ink extractions, and squid prints.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, general science,

Iron Science Teacher: Lightbulbs (webcast)

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This week's secret ingredient was lightbulbs! Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 2, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Oil Redux (webcast)

Running Time:
00:37:00

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher." The Exploratorium's Iron Science Teacher competition showcases science teachers as they devise demonstrations around a particular "secret" ingredient—and today's secret ingredient was oil!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: June 25, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: Introduction to the Okeanos Explorer (clip)

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00:02:20

NOAA Chief Scientist Steve Hammond and Okeanos Commander Joe Pica introduce us to the capabilities of the new NOAA research vessel, the Okeanos Explorer, as it sets out on its maiden voyage to Indonesia. ROV footage and maps courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: June 15, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

After Dark: Time (clip)

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00:02:15

This After Dark event examined time's many faces through activities and presentations featuring honeybees, jump-shot photography, antique timepieces, and a performance by Gamelan Sari Raras.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: June 10, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science

Miscellaneous: Science of Cocktails 2010 (clip)

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00:02:13

Science of Cocktails presented the artistry of master mixologists shaken with the science behind the craft. Taking an in-depth, interactive look at the physics, chemistry, and biology of cocktails, this first-time Exploratorium fundraiser engaged guests in an exploration of their favorite libations like they've never experienced before.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: February 26, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry

Pi Day: A Taste of Pie! (clip)

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00:00:46

Celebrate Pi Day— an international holiday born at San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Join us for a live webcast where we examine the nature of everyone's favorite mathmatical constant, 3.1415926535…ad infinitum!

Project: Pi Day | Browse All

Date: February 5, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science

After Dark: Resolution: Mark Lottor's Cubatron (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:54

This After Dark event featured a special installation of the Cubatron by Bay Area artist and engineer Mark Lottor. A visually stunning favorite of music and art festival audiences, the Cubatron is a 3–D light sculpture made from 8–x–8-foot modular cubes, each containing 1,000 individually programmable RGB LEDs. Viewed from any direction—even underneath—the Cubatron’s thousands of programmed pixels paint exquisite arrays of color that cascade in spectacularly dynamic patterns.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: January 20, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science