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

Arts at the Exploratorium: Miwa Matreyek: Live at the Exploratorium (clip)

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00:01:39

As a part of the Exploratorium's opening ceremonies, Miwa Matreyek performed in our Outdoor Gallery on April 17,2013. In her live performance, Matreyek interacted within beautifully expressed cinematic narratives that unfolded as wondrous journeys, exploring nature and human imagination.

Project: Arts at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: May 3, 2013
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art

After Dark: Miwa Matreyek (clip)

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This magical piece integrates live performance and projected animation. As artist Miwa Matreyek moves behind the screen, her shadow becomes the protagonist in a fantastical world of her own creation.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: May 19, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

After Dark: Extended Cinemas (clip)

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00:02:25

Join us for an exploration of new frontiers in film—where cinematic artworks range beyond the screen to encompass unique combinations of animation, objects, and live performance.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: May 17, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Exploratorium at the Piers: Pier 15 Interviews and Animations (clip)

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00:03:11

This video includes interviews with Exploratorium Executive Director Dr. Dennis Bartels and Exploratorium Chairman of the Board George Cogan about Piers 15 and 17, as well as a fly-through animation of the future home of the Exploratorium.

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: October 18, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):

Ice Stories: Antarctica, McMurdo, Williams Field, Basler take-off (clip)

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00:02:58

A Kenn Borek Basler (Turbo DC-3) taxis, takes-off, and flies low back over the field at Williams Airfield outside McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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

Date: January 3, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,

ARTNANO: Trailer from All That Remains (clip)

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00:06:00

Animated abstract images create a portrait of matter in perpetual decomposition.

Project: ARTNANO | Browse All

Date: February 8, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

AfterSchool Activities: Whirling Watcher Activity: Introduction (clip)

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00:00:45

An introduction to a spinning disc called a stroboscope, which lets you create your own animated cartoon.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Whirling Watcher Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (clip)

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00:04:32

A detailed demonstration of how to make a stroboscope, including a discussion of materials needed.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Whirling Watcher Activity: What's Going On (clip)

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00:00:47

The science behind the Whirling Watcher stroboscope, including a discussion of the phenomenon called persistence of vision, which in this activity creates the illusion of a galloping horse.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Origins: Las Cuevas: Smiling Whiteflies (webcast)

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00:34:32

Look behind the scenes into the process of scientific research and the people who do it - in the tropical Central American country of Belize. In this series of Webcasts, we visited a field research station located in the remote Chiquibul forests of the mountains of Belize. Find out what white flies have to smile about with entomologist Andrew Polaszek.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: November 1, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology