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

Geometry Playground: Passionately Curious (Clip)

Running Time:
00:04:22

For John Edmark, geometry is a foundation for creating beauty. Here he explains his interest in unexpected natural phenemona, and how visitors to his kaleidoscopic piece, The Geometron, can turn simple shapes into surprisingly intricate patterns of reflection.

Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All

Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: geometry, geometron, reflection, kaleidoscope, art, john edmark

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Geometry Playground

Geometry Playground: It Feels Wonderful (Clip)

Running Time:
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.

Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All

Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: stacy speyer, math, geometry, polyhedra

Geometry Playground: Beauty Is A Way In (Clip)

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00:04:34

Tauba Auerbach talks about randomness, the unity of art and science, and the way her Geometry Playground piece uses the beauty of geometry to draw visitors into a zone of comfort with math and their own artistic capabilities.

Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All

Date: September 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: randomness, tauba auerbach, art, science, geometry, spirograph

Geometry Playground: Geometric Threads (Clip)

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00:02:48

Amy Williams, chair of Fashion at San Francisco's California College of Arts encourages the creative spirit of her students through creation of opulent gowns, made in a day with just pattern makers tissue and tape. The result is not only an education for students, but also a playful and performative experience in the process of fashion creation.

Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All

Date: August 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, general science,

Keywords: art, design, geometry, playground, fashion, triangles, patterns, amy williams

After Dark: Nomadic Communites (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:43

This week's After Dark event explored the connection between the diverse nomadic communities that thrive in the bay area.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: August 8, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: burning man, after dark, dust city diner, succulents, ice cream, food carts, nomades, bay, exotic species, exploratorium

Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: ROV Highlights, July 10, 2010 (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:38

View some of the spectacular underwater footage captured by the Little Hercules ROV on July 10th during the Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration Expedition. Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: July 10, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: rov, ocean, exploration

Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: ROV Highlights, July 9, 2010 (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:09

View some of the spectacular underwater footage captured by the Little Hercules ROV on July 9th during the Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration Expedition. Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: July 9, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: rov, ocean, exploration

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?

Project: After Dark | Browse All

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

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

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Teacher's Institute Website

After Dark: Geometry Playground (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:27

The July Exploratorium After Dark explored our newest exhibit, Geometry Playground. Among the highlights of the evening were four aerial performers from TrapezeWorld who challenged spacial reasoning with their gravity defying performances.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, general science,

Keywords: performance art, aerial performers, trapezeworld, geometry, playground

explo.tv: Squid Program (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:30

Justin Holl and Peter Winch from the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary and print-maker Julie Whitcomb explore the anatomy of the squid. The day involved numerous dissections, ink extractions and making unique squid prints.

Project: explo.tv | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, general science,

Keywords: squid, print-making, cephlopod, dissection


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