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Geometry Playground:  It Feels Wonderful (clip)
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00:04:22
Master weaver Stacy Speyer explains how her relationship to math morphed from casual curiosity into an intensive study of the multifaceted shapes known as polyhedra. After re-creating these fundamental geometric forms in different materials, she developed her own variations and juxtapositions.

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Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art
Geometry Playground:  Exhibition Preview (clip)
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00:01:22
In June, 2010, the Exploratorium will launch it's newest exhibition, Geometry Playground. Check out this teaser clip and come back for more on June 25th, 2010.

Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All

Date: April 7, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Science Teaching Tips:  Then You Measure It (podcast)
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00:10:10
Put kids’ skepticism to work! Children’s book author David Schwartz explains how a class disagreed with the numbers in one of his math books, and set out to prove him wrong!

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: February 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
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Science Teaching Tips:  Discovering Pi (podcast)
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00:06:19
TI staff educator and math enthusiast Lori Lambertson describes how to find her favorite number.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: August 12, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Science Teaching Tips:  For the Love of Math (podcast)
Running Time:
00:08:30
TI staff educator Lori Lambertson explains her philosophy of integrating math and science in the classroom, and how she puts it into practice.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: July 22, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
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Science Teaching Tips:  How Much Is a Million? (podcast)
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00:07:49
Children’s book author David Schwartz shares some creative ways kids and teachers have used his books to look at big numbers.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
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Science Teaching Tips:  The Hairs on My Head (podcast)
Running Time:
00:07:33
Children’s book author David Schwartz tells how big numbers got him excited about math when he was a kid.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: May 13, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
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Science Teaching Tips:  Exponential Folding (podcast)
Running Time:
00:05:56
TI staff educators Lori Lambertson and Tory Brady explore the math behind the morning paper.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Exploratorium Audio Salon:  Computational Complexity and P vs. NP: Paul Stepahin (podcast)
Running Time:
00:08:15
Paul Stepahin is an Exploratorium exhibit developer who has a background in physics. He's worked on exhibits such as Elephant Turntable and Additor. Paul's knowledge and love of computer science and complex math has made him a resource for Exploratorium staff. In this program, Paul discusses the theoretical math P versus NP problem.

Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
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Pi Day:  Pi Day Celebration (webcast)
Running Time:
00:38:06
Celebrate Pi Day— an international holiday born at San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Join us for a live webcast where we examine the nature of everyone's favorite mathmatical constant, 3.1415926535…ad infinitum!

Project: Pi Day | Browse All

Date: March 14, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): General Science, Math
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