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

Exhibit Services: Aeolian Landscape (clip)

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00:00:15

Aeolian Landscape is an exhibit in which a miniature wind-swept desert landscape is recreated by an electric fan and finely ground sand that mimics the process of wind picking up and depositing small particles. Visitors can change the direction of the fan, influencing the shape of the dunes.

Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Science

Exhibit Services: Balancing Ball (clip)

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00:00:15

At the Balancing Ball exhibit, a plastic beach ball floats mysteriously several feet above a large plastic cone. Upon closer inspection, the ball is found to be floating on a stream of air blowing out of the cone; visitors interact with the ball, changing its position in relation to the air flow.

Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Exhibit Services: Chaotic Pendulum (clip)

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00:00:15

The Chaotic Pendulum exhibit contains a deceptively simple set of pendulums in a steel and Plexiglas case. The visitor twists a protruding knob, expecting the resulting motion to be fairly predictable. But the device's motion is chaotic, extremely complicated and long-lived.

Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Ice Stories: Palmer Research Station, Antarctica (webcast)

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00:40:13

Scientists at Palmer Research Station in Antarctica talk about their research: How is the rich marine ecosystem just offshore responding to melting sea ice and global climate change?

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

Date: January 4, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Seeing Gallery: Virtual Unreality: Scalable Cities (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:10

Artist Sheldon Brown creates an urban/suburban/rural environment in which the visitor literally "paints" the flying landscape with highways, buildings, and automobiles. This exhibit was part of the Virtual Unreality exhibition.

Project: Seeing Gallery | Browse All

Date: January 1, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science

Solar Eclipse: Live from Turkey: More Images (clip)

Running Time:
00:03:34

Live program from Side, Turkey Images from the Total Solar Eclipse that took place on March 28-29, 2006.

Project: Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality | Browse All

Date: January 1, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Ice Stories: Ice Cube Telescope, Part I (webcast)

Running Time:
00:30:04

Meet the scientists and engineers at work on the South Pole's Ice Cube Telescope. This telescope will be the largest in the world and is designed to capture the movement of neutrinos, the smallest of all subatomic particles.

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

Date: December 28, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: South Pole Telescope: People and Projects (webcast)

Running Time:
00:31:32

Learn about the various projects and teams of people working on the South Pole Telescope.

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

Date: December 21, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Paul Doherty and Hands-on Activities 3 (webcast)

Running Time:
00:25:32

Join Exploratorium senior scientist Paul Doherty once more as he serves up hands-on activities related to Antarctic science.

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

Date: December 20, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Paul Doherty and Hands-on Activities 2 (webcast)

Running Time:
00:18:47

Join Exploratorium senior scientist Paul Doherty as he serves up more hands-on activities related to science in Antarctica.

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

Date: December 19, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science