Found 20 - 30 results of 68 programs matching keyword " corner reflector exhibit activity"


AfterSchool Activities:  Sound Sandwich Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (Clip)
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00:02:32
A detailed demonstration of how to make this primitive wind instrument using little more than a straw, two craft sticks, and some rubber bands.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound, sound activity, sound experiment, vibration, hearing, ear, pitch, music, afterschool

Links: Download activity instructions
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AfterSchool Activities:  Sound Sandwich Activity: What's Going On (Clip)
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00:01:48
The science behind this instrument, including a discussion of how vibration produces sound, and how long, massive objects vibrate slowly and produce a low-pitched sound, while shorter, less massive objects vibrate quickly and produce a high-pitched sound.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound, sound activity, sound experiment, vibration, hearing, ear, pitch, music, afterschool

Links: Download activity instructions
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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

Keywords: art, aeolian, exhibit, ned kahn, wind, sand, dune, simulation


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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

Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit


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Seeing Gallery:  Virtual Unreality: Scalable Cities (Clip)
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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

Keywords: exhibit, virtual, virtual environment, interactive, virtual unrealtity

Links: Press Release: Virtual Unreality Interactive Digital Artworks

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

Keywords: antarctica, hands-on demo, activity, science


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Ice Stories:  Paul Doherty and Hands-on Activities (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:23:05
Join Exploratorium senior scientist Paul Doherty as he serves up hands-on activities related to science in Antarctica.

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

Date: December 8, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: antarctica, hands-on demo, activity, science


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Science from the Poles:  South Pole Telescope: Christmas Edition (Webcast)
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00:37:45
What's Christmas like at the South Pole? Also learn about the Race Around the World and the installation of the telescope's new receiver.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 29, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science

Keywords: south pole, telescope, antarctica, space, dark energy, mirrors, receiver, dish, reflector, camera

Links: South Pole Telescope Homepage

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Miscellaneous:  Aeolian Landscape (Clip)
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00:00:11
An clip of the Aeolian Landscape exhibit by artist Ned Kahn. Blowing air sculpts sand into an ever-changing landscape.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2006
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: art, aeolian, exhibit, ned kahn, wind, sand, dune, simulation


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Iron Science Teacher:  Alcohol (Webcast)
Running Time:
12:44:38
This special edition of Iron Scence Teacher is part of our celebration of the Teacher Institute's 21st birthday. 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.

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: October 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Everyday Science

Keywords: cocktails, liquor, density column activity, pickled eggs, naked egg chemistry, osmosis, diffusion, dollar bill activity, convection currents, surface tension


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