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

Running Time:
12:26:40

Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as we receive the first images of Titan, Jupiter's largest moon, from the European Space Agency headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. The Huygens probe, released from the Cassini spacecraft, descended to Titan and captured hundreds of images of this mysterious moon.

Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Light and Landscape: James Turrell (webcast)

Running Time:
1:14:57

James Turrell studied optics and perceptual psychology in college, but gravitated towards art as his curiosity led him to investigate light itself. In this Webcast of a lecture, James Turrell discusses his experiences manipulating pure light and how it became his artistic medium. He reveals how this early work led him to discover Roden Crater in Arizona and to create his subsequent lifelong project of transforming the crater into an astronomical observatory.

Project: Light and Landscape | Browse All

Date: September 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science

Origins: Antarctica: LIDAR Mapping Project with Bill Krabill (webcast)

Running Time:
0:34:29

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 3, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Iron Science Teacher: Tennis Balls (webcast)

Running Time:
1:05:40

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: tennis balls!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: August 3, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Iron Science Teacher: Compact Discs (webcast)

Running Time:
0:54:03

Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: compact ∂iscs!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: June 26, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science