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

Return to Mars: The Scientific Capabilities of the Mars Rover Curiosity (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:55

Research Scientist Bethany Ehlmann and Mechanical Designer Scott McGinley explain some of the scientific instruments aboard the Mars rover Curiosity.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 2, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science

Return to Mars: Testing the Mars Rover Curiosity (clip)

Running Time:
00:04:50

Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) explain how they simulate martian conditions and conduct tests with model rovers to prepare the Curiosity rover for its journey to Mars and its work on the red planet.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science

Return to Mars: Exploratorium visits the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:27

Join the Exploratorium crew on our trip to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California, to learn more about the Mars Science Laboratory mission and the Curiosity rover.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: July 31, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Iron Science Teacher: Domes (webcast)

Running Time:
00:58:00

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 13, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics, general science

Science in the City: Camera Obscura (clip)

Running Time:
00:04:05

On the cliffs above San Francisco's Ocean Beach perches a landmark observatory—a giant camera obscura. Step inside with Robert Tacchetto and see how this centuries-old technology creates enchanting images of the outside world.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: July 11, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Return to Mars: Curiosity Model Teaser (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:00

A glimpse of the full-scale model of the Mars rover, Curiosity. On display at the Exploratorium from August 1st to September 16, 2012. This model is on loan from JPL, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and there are only two on loan in the United States!

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: July 11, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science

Iron Science Teacher: Things Found Around the Lagoon (webcast)

Running Time:
00:40:00

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 6, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics, general science

Iron Science Teacher: Exploratorium paper products (webcast)

Running Time:
00:40:00

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher." Secret ingredient-

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: June 29, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics, general science

Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2012: 1st and 2nd Contact (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:00

Watch the beginning of Venus’s transit across the disk of the sun, one of the rarest astronomical events.

Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All

Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2012: 3rd and 4th Contact (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:00

Watch the conclusion of Venus’s 6.5-hour journey across the disk of the sun, one of the rarest astronomical events.

Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All

Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science