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

Ice Stories: ANDRILL: How and Why They Drill (webcast)

Running Time:
00:23:36

How do ANDRILL scientists drill and retrieve sediment cores from under the ice and sea, and why do they do it?

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: November 30, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: ANDRILL: An Overview (webcast)

Running Time:
00:31:34

Join us for an overview of the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) Project, a multinational collaboration among 200-plus scientists, students, and educators from five nations, to recover sediment cores (layered sections of earth) from under the Antarctic ice and seas.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: November 28, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Mind: The Science of Laughter (webcast)

Running Time:
00:57:53

Join us as we talk with Dr. William Fry, emeritus professor at Stanford University and the father of gelotology, the study of humor and laughter, and their effects on the human body.

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: November 10, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Whales Under Ice (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:52

Craig George and Glenn Sheehan explain how scientists have learned from Iñupiaq hunters to make more accurate counts of bowhead whales.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Paulo Olivas Interview (clip)

Running Time:
00:06:55

Interview with Paolo Paulo Olivas about his research at the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO).

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: August 28, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Paulo Olivas Explains Sensors (clip)

Running Time:
00:05:16

Paulo Olivas points out the different equipment he uses to measure the amount of greenhouse gases being released from the tundra.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: August 28, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Wire (webcast)

Running Time:
00:53:52

In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: wire!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: August 10, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Candles (webcast)

Running Time:
00:39:56

In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: candles.

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: August 3, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Paint (webcast)

Running Time:
00:40:59

In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: paint.

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 20, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Sugar (webcast)

Running Time:
00:54:10

In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: sugar.

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 13, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology