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Miscellaneous:  Pendulum Camera (clip)
Running Time:
00:03:19
Catch a glimpse of the floor as viewed from atop the concrete pendulum on the Exploratorium's Mezzanine.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, Physics
AfterSchool Activities:  Ice Balloons Activity: Introduction (clip)
Running Time:
00:00:25
An introduction to the Ice Balloons activity, in which learners explore globes of frozen water and learn how to ask and then answer 'investigable' questions.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
AfterSchool Activities:  Ice Balloons Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (clip)
Running Time:
00:07:39
A detailed demonstration of how to do the Ice Balloons activity, including a discussion of materials needed and strategies for getting learners to ask and then investigate questions about what they are seeing.

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Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
AfterSchool Activities:  Ice Balloons Activity: What's Going On (clip)
Running Time:
00:01:03
The science and pedagogy behind this activity, including a discussion of concepts such as density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, and the characteristics of the states of water, water vapor, and ice. Also describes strategies for observing, asking questions, and then choosing a question to investigate further.

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Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Ice Stories:  Barrow, Alaska: A Sense of Place (clip)
Running Time:
00:04:19
A video portrait of Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States.

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

Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Ice Stories:  Duck Camp Scenics (clip)
Running Time:
00:01:07
Scenics of the hunting camp or "duck camp" in Point Barrow, AK.

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

Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Science from the Poles:  Global Warming 101: Five Questions in 10 Minutes (webcast)
Running Time:
00:16:25
Join Exploratorium staff as they give the quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about global warming: What is a "tipping point"? What are carbon credits? What is carbon neutral? What can I do? What can my kid do?

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 20, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Origins: Antarctica:  Dive Under the Ice with Mary (webcast)
Running Time:
0:28:24
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: January 11, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Origins: Antarctica:  Antarctic Fish with Noel (webcast)
Running Time:
0:28:14
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: January 8, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science