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

Exploratorium Audio Salon: Dr. Christine Carter--The Science of Happiness (podcast)

Running Time:
00:15:41

Dr. Christine Carter is a sociologist who studies the childhood roots of happiness. She is the executive director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, an interdisciplinary research center that promotes the study of happiness, compassion, and altruism. In this program, Dr. Carter speaks about happiness, altruism, and the inspiring intersection of her personal and professional worlds.

Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All

Date: January 28, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Iron Science Teacher: Halloween: Bats (webcast)

Running Time:
00:37:58

Halloween Special Edition! In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special Halloween secret ingredient... bats!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: October 31, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Eye Care (webcast)

Running Time:
00:54:24

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

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 18, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Dental Hygiene (webcast)

Running Time:
00:48:06

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

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 11, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Iron Science Teacher: Hair Care (webcast)

Running Time:
00:48:10

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

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: June 27, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Return to Mars: Update on the Mars Phoenix Lander (webcast)

Running Time:
00:27:26

The Mars Phoenix Lander will have been collecting data and sending it back to earth for a month! Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty will examine the data and tell us what new information we've gained about Mars. We'll also get an update on our old friends, the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity!

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: June 27, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Live from Both Poles on the Solstice (webcast)

Running Time:
00:30:36

Join us as we celebrate the beginning of summer in the Arctic and the long, cold winter in Antarctica. We'll connect live to two polar field sites: Summit Camp atop Greenland's vast ice sheet, where the sun will be shining 24 hours a day, and the South Pole Research Station, now in the middle of 6 months of darkness.

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

Date: June 20, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Return to Mars: Mars Phoenix Lander Mission (webcast)

Running Time:
00:28:34

Learn more about the new mission to Mars! The Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on the Red Planet on Sunday, May 25, 2008, and began collecting data. Phoenix is designed to study the history of water and search for complex organic molecules in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he walks us through the mission and shows us the first pictures that the Phoenix Lander sends back!

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: May 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science

Fabricated Realities: Destination Mars (clip)

Running Time:
00:06:12

This machinima, a movie made entirely within Second Life (a 3-D virtual world), shows a simulation of the impact of a meteor on the surface of Mars.

Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All

Date: January 24, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Art

Return to Mars: Mars Update: Of Asteroids and Craters (webcast)

Running Time:
00:28:06

Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he gives us an update on Mars and examines the possibility of an upcoming asteroid collision with the red planet!

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: January 23, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science