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

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Mt. Erubus 2 (webcast)

Running Time:
0:21:02

Check in with Noel Wanner and Paul Doherty as they tell us more about their visit to the active volcano Mt. Erebus.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 9, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Live Penguins! (webcast)

Running Time:
0:27:29

In today's webcast, California Academy of Science's Pam Schullar talks about her work with penguins and answers audience questions.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 9, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Interview with Karen Joyce (webcast)

Running Time:
0:31:36

Karen Joyce has spent 10 seasons in Antarctica. From our studio at the Exploratorium, we talked with Ms. Joyce about what life is like in Antarctica.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 8, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: McMurdo Life (webcast)

Running Time:
0:28:48

Join Exploratorium staff member Julie Konop as she gives us a tour of McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 7, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Mt. Erebus (webcast)

Running Time:
0:29:46

Exploratorium staff members Paul Doherty and Noel Wanner travelled to Mt. Erebus, a volcano in the Antarctica region, to join scientists doing experiments in the field.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 6, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: The Journey (webcast)

Running Time:
0:24:49

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 5, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Iron Science Teacher: Bi-Coastal Challenge: Milk Cartons (webcast)

Running Time:
1:04:05

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. This special edition will pit east coast teachers from Columbia University against teachers from the Exploratorium's Teacher's Institute. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity from a "secret" ingredient: milk cartons!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: December 1, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Everyday Science

Origins: CERN: The Mystery of the Higgs Boson (webcast)

Running Time:
0:49:06

What if we did contact another intelligent life form in the universe? What should we say? What traits best represent our humanity? Douglas Vakoch, the SETI Institute’s Director of Interstellar Message Composition, is working with scientists, artists, linguists, composers, and others to imagine how to speak for our planet.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 19, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Iron Science Teacher: Celebrity Bake Off! (webcast)

Running Time:
01:01:28

For science fair competition taken to the third power, watch two veteran scientists as they battle head to head to determine who is the Iron Scientist. Home-town favorite, Exploratorium physicist, Dr. Dr. Paul Doherty will square off against heavy-weight contender, visiting Exploratorium Osher Fellow and Boston University astrophysicist Professor Kenneth Brecher. They have 5 minutes to teach their favorite activities, and then move on to the secret ingredients: marbles and panty hose

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: October 12, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Robot Sumo: Robot Races (webcast)

Running Time:
01:50:50

Our annual tradition of robot races and wrestling with a high tech twist, the Robot Races are produced in conjunction with the San Francisco Robotics Society. Watch the 'bots battle it out with hosts Leo Laporte and SFRSA President David Calkins.

Project: Robot Sumo | Browse All

Date: October 1, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): general Science, Robotics