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

ECHO Climate Change Symposium: Panel-Impact on Arctic Ecosystems and Populations (webcast)

Running Time:
00:45:47

Join panelists Richard Glenn, Jim Leavitt, and others to discuss the impact of climate change on Arctic Ecosystems and Populations

Project: ECHO Climate Change Symposium | Browse All

Date: April 6, 2009
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Science Teaching Tips: Classroom Management (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:57

TI teacher coach Sandra Robbins talks about better classroom management styles.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: April 1, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Science Teaching Tips: Student Misconceptions (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:35

TI staff educator Sandra Robbins touts the merits of a book that examines how to address student misconceptions in the science classroom. The book is Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model by Joseph Stepans, published by the Idea Factory in 2003.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 25, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Science Teaching Tips: Straw Oboe (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:00

TI staff educator Modesto Tamez explains how to make a simple straw oboe that will bring down the house (and teach good physics!)

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Name That Book (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:01

TI staff educator Don Rathjen describes how making up joke book titles, such as Marine Biology by C. Star, is a useful teaching tool—and also one of his personal addictions.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Science Teaching Tips: Stem Cells (podcast)

Running Time:
00:03:28

TI postdoctoral fellow Julie Yu explains what a stem cell is and why they’re important.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): General Science

Science Teaching Tips: Sing a Song of Science (podcast)

Running Time:
00:08:43

TI teacher coach Rilla Chaney says she’s no singer, but she’s successfully used songs to teach science concepts in her classroom.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Art

Science Teaching Tips: Exponential Folding (podcast)

Running Time:
00:05:56

TI staff educators Lori Lambertson and Tory Brady explore the math behind the morning paper.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Exploratorium Audio Salon: Computational Complexity and P vs. NP: Paul Stepahin (podcast)

Running Time:
00:08:15

Paul Stepahin is an Exploratorium exhibit developer who has a background in physics. He's worked on exhibits such as Elephant Turntable and Additor. Paul's knowledge and love of computer science and complex math has made him a resource for Exploratorium staff. In this program, Paul discusses the theoretical math P versus NP problem.

Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Pi Day: Pi Day Celebration (webcast)

Running Time:
00:38:06

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: March 14, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): General Science, Math