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

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1:09:46

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. Tee off with this week’s “secret” ingredient-salt!

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Date: July 23, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Iron Science Teacher: Aluminum Cans (webcast)

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1:02:33

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient-aluminum cans!

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Date: July 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Iron Science Teacher: Golf Balls (webcast)

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00:58:11

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. Tee off with this week’s “secret” ingredient-golf balls!

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Date: July 9, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Carbohydrates (webcast)

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1:01:08

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient- carbohydrates!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 2, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Washington, DC: Red Tape (webcast)

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00:48:17

The Live @ cast and crew take a journey to our Nation's Capitol for a special politically-charged edition of Iron Science Teacher. The competitors must create a math or science activity that is politically correct and leaves no child behind.

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Date: March 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Valentine's Day Edition 2004 (webcast)

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0:59:08

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special Valentine's Day secret ingredient.

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Date: February 14, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Halloween Edition: Plastic Bags (webcast)

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00:55:27

Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has 10 minutes to make a science lesson out of a secret ingredient. In this special Halloween edition, today's secret ingredient is: Plastic Bags!

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Date: October 31, 2003
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Light and Landscape: James Turrell (webcast)

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1:14:57

James Turrell studied optics and perceptual psychology in college, but gravitated towards art as his curiosity led him to investigate light itself. In this Webcast of a lecture, James Turrell discusses his experiences manipulating pure light and how it became his artistic medium. He reveals how this early work led him to discover Roden Crater in Arizona and to create his subsequent lifelong project of transforming the crater into an astronomical observatory.

Project: Light and Landscape | Browse All

Date: September 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science

Explainer Perspectives: Under the Hood (webcast)

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0:18:34

The first in a series on automotive science, this webcast will explain all about braking systems. How do disc brakes work? Are there other kinds of brakes? What kind of maintenance should you be doing? Join High School Explainers as they visit a repair shop.

Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All

Date: August 3, 2003
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Water (webcast)

Running Time:
1:05:23

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week's secret ingredient-water!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 11, 2003
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science