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After Dark: Dr. Megavolt under the Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda (Clip)
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In November 2009, Exploratorium After Dark welcomed particle physicist Dr. Austin Richards—aka Dr. MegaVolt. Under the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda, he jousted with a high-voltage Tesla coil, which generated 200,000 volts of electricity and shot 14-foot-long arcs of lightning through the air.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
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Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips: Going to the Dogs (Podcast)
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What do polarized sunglasses have to do with dog urine? Listen to this curious story from staff physicist Paul Doherty.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: October 28, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: polarized, sunglasses, dog, urine
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: October 28, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: polarized, sunglasses, dog, urine
| Links: | Paul Doherty’s Web site |
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Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips: Stringing Us Along (Podcast)
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TI program participant Mark Hespenheide presents an elegant illustration of free fall using string and paper clips.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: October 21, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: free, fall, string, paper, clips
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: October 21, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: free, fall, string, paper, clips
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After Dark: Dr. Megavolt® -- November 5, 2009 (Clip)
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Blow your mind with the electrifying science of Tesla coils and Austin Richards, Ph.D. – aka, Dr. MegaVolt® . This electrifying Exploratorium Science After Dark event will feature Dr. Megavolt® jousting with 14-ft. electrical arcs from his high voltage Tesla Coil on the evening of Thursday, November 5, 2009, a special 40th Anniversary event, from 6-10pm.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: October 14, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Physics, General Science
Keywords: electricity, tesla, static, dr.megavolt® , lightening, after dark
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: October 14, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Physics, General Science
Keywords: electricity, tesla, static, dr.megavolt® , lightening, after dark
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explo.tv: Shoot the Moon! A Moon-Shaking, Crash-Landing Search for Water (Webcast)
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Is water ice present or absent in a crater near the moon's south pole? NASA’s Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission is seeking a definitive answer. Join Exploratorium staff for a special Webcast featuring live coverage of LCROSS crashing into the moon! Our team will be broadcasting live from the 36" Refractor Telescope at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton, where we’ll watch the impact and investigate how this intentional crash could reveal the existence of water ice.
Project: explo.tv | Browse All
Date: October 9, 2009
Format: Lecture
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics
Keywords: moon, nasa, lcross, water, ice, crater. observatory, telescope
Project: explo.tv | Browse All
Date: October 9, 2009
Format: Lecture
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics
Keywords: moon, nasa, lcross, water, ice, crater. observatory, telescope
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Reflections: Walk Away from the Mirror (Clip)
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Exhibit developer Erik Thogersen backs away from the Giant Mirror. Watch his image change as he passes through the focal point, then continues on past the center of curvature.
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 9, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 9, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit
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Reflections: Framing the Real Thing (Clip)
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At the Giant Mirror, Senior Staff Scientist Paul Doherty demonstrates a simple way of locating a real image—an image that floats in space in front of the mirror.
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 9, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit, real, virtual
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 9, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit, real, virtual
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Reflections: Testing the Giant Mirror’s Sphericity (Clip)
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Senior Staff Scientist Thomas Humphrey invents a simple experiment to see if the Giant Mirror is spherical or parabolic, and then to see if it’s perfectly spherical. By placing a Styrofoam ball at the center of curvature, he's able to prove that the mirror is out of pure sphericity by about one-quarter of one degree.
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 7, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit, sphere, experiment
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 7, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit, sphere, experiment
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Reflections: Reflections of Infrared Radiation (Clip)
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Staff Neuroscientist Richard Brown demonstrates that the Giant Mirror reflects infrared radiation as well as visible light.
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 5, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, exhibit, light, heat, experiment
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 5, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, exhibit, light, heat, experiment
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Exploratorium Audio Salon: Laura Peticolas: Sonification of the Solar Winds (Podcast)
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Dr. Laura Peticolas is a physicist at UC Berkeley's Space Physics Research group. She studies the Aurora to learn more about the Earth and the workings of our Solar System. She's currently working with NASA's Mars data to understand why the Martian aurora looks the way it does. In this podcast she discusses her research, her inspiration and how and why scientists sonify data.
Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All
Date: September 3, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): physics, astronomy
Keywords: laura peticolas, sonification, mars, physics, solar wind, nasa, auroras
Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All
Date: September 3, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): physics, astronomy
Keywords: laura peticolas, sonification, mars, physics, solar wind, nasa, auroras
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