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

Polynesian Navigation: We Are All Astronomers (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:13

The intertwining of astronomy, Hawaiian ancestry, and traditional navigation are the subject of this video featuring astrophysicist Paul Coleman, cultural historian Koa Rice, and captain Billy Richards.

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Science Teaching Tips: Minilabs (podcast)

Running Time:
00:09:00

TI teacher coach Zeke Kossover explains how he uses short, focused lab activities to really get concepts across to his students.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Miscellaneous: Energy from Death-Side View (clip)

Running Time:
00:05:16

Animals are a source of energy-rich food even after they die. Here we can see beetles, flies, bacteria, and other organisms feasting on carcasses.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Miscellaneous: Energy from Death-Front View (clip)

Running Time:
00:05:17

Watch the process of a deceased monitor lizard providing energy for other organisms to live in this time-lapse video. Look for this exhibit in the museum, upstairs in the Traits of Life area.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Science Teaching Tips: 'Hey, neat!' The Importance of Provocacion (podcast)

Running Time:
00:05:36

Do your lessons sometimes fall flat? Staff educator Modesto Tamez explains how to be a good salesperson and get students engaged.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 10, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Science Teaching Tips: The Drama of the Immune System (podcast)

Running Time:
00:13:11

Staff educator Tory Brady performs a bit of theater, demonstrating the roles of the star players in the immune system.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 3, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Miscellaneous: Science of Cocktails 2010 (clip)

Running Time:
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

Science Teaching Tips: Seeing the Light (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:52

Newton wasn’t really ready to believe that light was a wave, and so he didn’t see what was in front of his eyes. Staff physicist Paul Doherty tells how to do the same experiment that Newton did back in the 1650s to see the wave nature of light.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: February 24, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Then You Measure It (podcast)

Running Time:
00:10:10

Put kids’ skepticism to work! Children’s book author David Schwartz explains how a class disagreed with the numbers in one of his math books, and set out to prove him wrong!

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: February 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Science Teaching Tips: Whack a Stack (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:40

Exploratorium staff educator Don Rathjen makes some noise with this activity about Newton’s laws.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: February 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics