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

Polynesian Navigation: Website Preview (clip)

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00:01:04

Video teaser for the upcoming launch of the new Exploratorium website, 'Never Lost'. Learn a little bit about Polynesian Navigation in anticipation of the full website

Project: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Science Teaching Tips: Minilabs (podcast)

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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):

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

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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):

Miscellaneous: Live from the Lab: Living Systems Warm Room (clip)

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00:23:38

Get a special sneak peek at the Exploratorium's lab. Living Systems' Caitlin Johnson shares this space where public is not allowed. Today's Live from the Lab highlights the museum's "warm room," where plants are grown, eggs are incubated, and zebrafish are farmed. Th Exploratorium's lab is an unusual museum feature, allowing a greater variety of programs and exhibits about biology.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 9, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Speaking of Music Rewind: Trimpin (podcast)

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01:23:00

In this gem from 1990, we get a brief peek into the flourishing mind of German-born composer/sculptor Trimpin, a MacArthur "genius" award winner and the subject of a recent feature documentary. He chronicles his unique adventures through sound and music making, takes audience questions, and stages modified versions of his musical installations in front of the live audience.

Project: Speaking of Music Rewind | Browse All

Date: February 19, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Science Teaching Tips: Then You Measure It (podcast)

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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):

After Dark: Sexplorations: Biologist Kristina Yu (clip)

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00:01:54

The Exploratorium TV crew caught up with Exploratorium Living Systems director, Dr. Kristina Yu, at After Dark: Sexplorations. Kristina confirmed it for us—sex is all around us, all the time.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Science Teaching Tips: Running Hot and Cold (podcast)

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00:05:20

Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey explains what temperature and color have to do with one another.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: February 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Huh? (podcast)

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00:04:40

When this chemistry teacher entered her portable classroom as a new teacher, she was fresh from West Africa—and there was a lot she didn’t know.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Science Teaching Tips: Nobody's Ever Taught You Anything (podcast)

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00:05:51

Nobody can really teach you anything—rather, you have to learn it for yourself. So how can you help your students understand science? TI staff educator Modesto Tamez shares some thoughts about helping students make ideas their own.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: January 20, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
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