Found 10 - 20 results of 32 programs matching keyword " center of gravity"


Iron Science Teacher:  Clothespins (Webcast)
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1:00:13
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: Clothespins!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, contest, activities, center of gravity, balance, balance beam, weights and measures, inertia, soda bottle launchers, projectile motion, impulse, muscles, clothespin workout activity,


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Saturn:  How Far Have We Gone? (Webcast)
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00:46:28
After a week of analyzing the data from the Huygens probe, do scientists think of Titan differently? What were the unexpected findings? Which hypotheses were wrong? Which were correct? Join us as we talk to mission scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and get the latest on this enigmatic moon.

Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All

Date: January 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: titan, atmosphere of titan, cassini spacecraft, gravity on titan demonstration, ice balloon activity, weathering, surface erosion, dendridic rivers, sounds of titan


Real: 225K  
Iron Science Teacher:  Holiday Edition: Fruitcake (Webcast)
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00:53:29
The only thing to beat out Iron Science Halloween! Holiday madness right when you could use a laugh.... today's secret ingredient: fruitcake!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: December 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, circumference, diameter, pi, turning fruitcake into pi, diarrhoea, fiber, constipation, measuring density, mass, volume, weight, gravity.laws of gravity, rocket fuel


Real: 225K  
Saturn:  Saturn/Cassini Update: Looking Back at Saturn (Webcast)
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00:27:05
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Iron Science Teacher:  Salt (Webcast)
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1:09:46
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. Tee off with this week’s “secret” ingredient-salt!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 23, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Keywords: teachers, experiments, salt shaker, center of gravity, balance, table salt, sodium chloride crsytal, exponentials, diapers, osmosis, solutions, perception of taste, dna strands, cell membrane, cell structure, dna extraction


Real: 225K  
Iron Science Teacher:  Aluminum Cans (Webcast)
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1:02:33
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-aluminum cans!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Keywords: teachers, demos, experiments, activities, bouyancy, volume, density, balance, center of gravity, vaccuum, condensation, change of state, air pressure


Real: 225K  
Iron Science Teacher:  Golf Balls (Webcast)
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00:58:11
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. Tee off with this week’s “secret” ingredient-golf balls!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 9, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: teachers, demos, activities, gravity, energy, catapults, brazil nut effect, kinetic sieving, temperature effect on bouncing balls, graphing, elasticity, fertilization model, roller bowler model, friction, bowler roller model, roller bowler model, birds, bird beaks, bird


Real: 225K  
Saturn:  Saturn/Cassini Update-The Rings of Saturn (Webcast)
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00:19:05
Join Exploratorium scientist Dr. Paul Doherty and Dr. Eric Wegryn as they discuss the rings of Saturn and show new images from Cassini.

Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All

Date: July 9, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: model of saturn, rings of saturn, cassini spacecraft, gravity well floor exhibit, gravity well exhibit, keppler's third law, orbits, model of saturn's rings, model of the rings of saturn, orbital resonance,


Real: 225K  
Science of Cooking:  Sparkling Science: Champagne (Webcast)
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00:52:14
Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from! We reveal how to open a bottle without touching the cork, as well as the best way to keep the bubbles in the bubbly. Join our special guests, Stanford chemistry professor Dick Zare, and French enologist Michel Salgues, winemaker at Roederer Estates in California, as we explore the science of tiny bubbles.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All

Date: December 28, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry

Keywords: dick zare, bubbles, science of champagne, science of sparkling wine, air pressure, opening a champagne bottle, condensation, fog, gases, carbonation, carbonated beverages, gravity, air resistance, drag force, terminal velocity, surface tension, carbon dioxide, equilibriu


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Origins: Las Cuevas:  History in a Jar (Webcast)
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0:47:31
We explore behind the scenes in the "tank room" of the Darwin Centre, where thousands of biological specimens up to 300 years old are kept.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: November 2, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: origins, biodiversity, tank room, london, england, darwin center, specimens, natural history, jungle, organisms, laboratories, insects, entomology


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