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Iron Science Teacher:  Triangles (Webcast)
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00:55:52
This week's secret ingredient was triangles! Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher."

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Date: July 16, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: iron science teacher, teaching, activities, demonstrations


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Iron Science Teacher:  Leaves (Webcast)
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00:37:59
This week's secret ingredient was leaves! This week's secret ingredient was triangles! Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher."

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Date: July 9, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: iron science teacher, teaching, activities, demonstrations


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After Dark:  Flaming Ice in Slow Motion (Clip)
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00:00:36
Slow motion footage of flames licking through ice during a demonstration by Eric Muller of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. Can you guess what he added to the bottom of the vessel before lighting it?

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Date: July 8, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Keywords: fire, ice, after dark, slow motion, teacher's institute, flames

Links: Teacher's Institute Website

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Iron Science Teacher:  Lightbulbs (Webcast)
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This week's secret ingredient was lightbulbs! Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher."

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Date: July 2, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: iron science teacher, teaching, activities, demonstrations


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Iron Science Teacher:  Oil (Webcast)
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00:37:00
Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher." The Exploratorium's Iron Science Teacher competition showcases science teachers as they devise demonstrations around a particular "secret" ingredient—and today's secret ingredient was oil!

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Date: June 25, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Chemistry, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: iron science teacher, teaching, activities, demonstrations


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explo.tv:  Science of Cocktails 2010 (Clip)
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Science of Cocktails presented the artistry of master mixologists shaken with the science behind the craft. Taking an in-depth, interactive look at the physics, chemistry, and biology of cocktails, this first-time Exploratorium fundraiser engaged guests in an exploration of their favorite libations like they've never experienced before.

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Date: February 26, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry

Keywords: cocktails, after dark, alcohol, event, bartender, adult


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explo.tv:  Earl Stirling and his Pyrograph (Clip)
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Exploratorium staff member Earl Stirling demonstrates the amazing "Pyrograph", an artwork refined over four years. Like a fiery version of the museum’s classic Drawing Board, Stirling’s "Pyrograph" swings a pendulum over a sandy cauldron, tracing out oscillating patterns in colorful fire. This mesmerizing piece evokes both the Foucault pendulum and Dante’s Inferno.

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Date: January 28, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Chemistry, Physics

Keywords: earl, dodger, stirling, foucault, pendulum, fire, propane, art, pyrograph, sodium, electron


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Teacher Institute Teaching Tips:  Huh? (Podcast)
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00:04:40
When this chemistry teacher entered her portable classroom as a new teacher, she was fresh from West Africa—and there was a lot she didn’t know.

Project: Teacher Institute Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Keywords: chemistry, teacher, west, africa


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explo.tv:  Charles Sowers and his Watch Water Freeze Exhibit (Webcast)
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Join exhibit developer Charles Sowers as he demonstrates Watch Water Freeze, an exhibit designed to encourage noticing. Patience with this piece is rewarded with breathtaking patterns of ice crystals. Viewed through a polarizing filter, the beautiful colors and crystalline structures of Watch Water Freeze have inspired countless museum visitors to reach for their cameras.

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Date: December 16, 2009
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Chemistry, Physics, Art

Keywords: charles, sowers, water, ice, freeze, exhibit, polarization


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AfterSchool Activities:  Color Chromatography Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (Clip)
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00:04:51
A detailed demonstration of how to do the Color Chromatography activity, which lets you see the colors hidden in black ink. Includes a discussion of materials needed.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: September 10, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry

Keywords: chromatography, capillary action, ink, color, art, afterschool

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