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AfterSchool Activities:  Ice Balloons Activity: Introduction (clip)
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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.

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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
Origins: Antarctica:  Dive Under the Ice with Mary (webcast)
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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
Science Wire:  The World Reports: Exploring Energy (webcast)
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0:16:04
Nine Aim High students explore shadow and light, and build their own energy machines. In this webcast, the students delve into energy transference and alternative energy sources like solar cells and wind power.

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Date: March 10, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Iron Science Teacher:  Popsicle Sticks (webcast)
Running Time:
1:01:41
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: popsicle sticks!

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Date: June 30, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science