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

Miscellaneous: Cardburg! (Clip)

Running Time:
02:50

Josh Short from the Cardboard Institute of Technology walks us through their latest installation, Subterrain, on the Exploratorium floor!

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 16, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: cardburg, cardboard, cardboard institute of technology, subterrain, exploratorium learning studio, cit, making, materials, building, group build, tinkering studio, installation

Links:	CIT website

After Dark: While You Were Sleeping (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:10

This After Dark event was devoted to the ever-mysterious and otherworldly dimensions of sleep, darkness, and night.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: March 15, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: afterdark, exploratorium, sleep, science, event

Miscellaneous: Chaotic Pendulum (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:00

A short video created about an iconic exhibit at the Exploratorium, Ned Kahn's Chaotic Pendulum. An apparently simple set of pendulums is given an initial twist. Intuition says that the resulting motion of this simple system should be, if not simple, at least predictable. Intuition doesn't work with this device though, and its motion is an extremely complicated, and somewhat whimsical, twisting and turning that defies the predictive powers of physics.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: February 24, 2011
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: chaotic pendulum, ned kahn, exploratorium, science, art

Exploratorium at the Piers: Connector Building Demolition at the Piers (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:18

Construction at the Exploratorium's new home on the Embarcadero began in October 2010. Over a three day span in November 2010, the existing non-historic connector building on the east end of Piers 15 and 17 was demolished, revealing for the first time in 55 years a view out to the Bay.

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: February 4, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: exploratorium, demolition, piers 15 and 17, construction, embarcadero, san francisco, port of san francisco

QuickTime: 824K

After Dark: Chill: Joe Mangrum’s Sand Mandala (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:21

This After Dark event, which explored the science behind slowing down, included artist Joe Mangrum, who created a sand mandala on the floor of the museum. In this timelapse video, shot over 8 hours, you can see the full arc of the work.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: January 20, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: mandala, joe mangrum, sand painting, art, artist, timelapse, sand mandala, after dark, chill, exploratorium, museum art

Explainer Perspectives: The Explainers (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:49

The High School Explainer Program is one of the most exciting programs at the Exploratorium. It focuses on high school--aged students in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world.

Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All

Date: December 10, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: explainers, museum, exploratorium, program

Exploratorium at the Piers: Groundbreaking at the Piers (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:20

The Exploratorium celebrated its future home at Piers 15 and 17 in San Francisco with an official groundbreaking ceremony and festivities on October 19, 2010.

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: October 26, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, Art

Keywords: exploratorium, groundbreaking, piers 15 and 17

QuickTime: 26.3K

Exploratorium at the Piers: Pier 15 Interviews and Animations (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:11

This video includes interviews with Exploratorium Executive Director Dr. Dennis Bartels and Exploratorium Chairman of the Board George Cogan about Piers 15 and 17, as well as a fly-through animation of the future home of the Exploratorium.

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: October 18, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):

Keywords: pier 15 and 17, exploratorium, fly through animation, dennis bartels, george cogan

QuickTime: 824K

After Dark: Sol System (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:05

This After Dark event presented a collection of objects, organizations, and activities use various alternative energy sources, and also looked at sustainably raised food.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: October 13, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: solar panels, alternative energy, solar flowers, art, sustainable farming, oysters, after dark, exploratorium, night event

After Dark: Nomadic Communities (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:43

This After Dark event explored the diverse nomadic communities that thrive in the Bay Area including a mobile diner, food carts, an annual arts event in the desert, urban foragers, and Bay creatures that arrived by ballast water.

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


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