Found 110 - 120 results of 141 programs matching keyword " hands-on science" |
Return to Mars: Playing Around on Mars (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:57:03
00:57:03
On Mars, would a Frisbee “fris”? Would a boom box “boom”? Exploratorium scientist Paul Doherty demonstrates how Mars’s gravity would affect our toys and gadgets.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Robotic Biomotion (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:22:58
00:22:58
With Special Guest Dr. Robert Full!
Witness robots that scurry, cockroach-like, over walls and other obstacles. Get a sneak peek behind UC Berkeley’s Poly-PEDAL Lab, a hotbed of Bay Area robotics innovation.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: More Mission Updates and Surprises (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:46:27
00:46:27
We'll check in with scientists at JPL and find out what unexpected discoveries they've made in the first two weeks of observation.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Mission Updates and Surprises (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:41:12
00:41:12
We'll check in with scientists at JPL and find out what unexpected discoveries they've made in the first two weeks of observation.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 15, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 15, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: The History of Mars (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:31:00
00:31:00
Explore how Mars has been perceived from antiquity to Galileo to the present.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 14, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 14, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Martian Snowflakes (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:46:22
00:46:22
Dr. Paul Doherty “discovered” Martian snowflakes by creating them in the lab. Join him as he discusses ice on Mars and its possible manifestations in astronomical phenomena.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 13, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 13, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Myths (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:34:00
00:34:00
Explore the myths and misconceptions about Mars, from little green men to Orson Welles’s infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 11, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 11, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Camping on Mars (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:55:24
00:55:24
What would it be like to set up camp on Mars? Learn about Martian camping conditions, including how to "boil" water.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, camping, survival
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, camping, survival
Return to Mars: Getting the Message (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:22:03
00:22:03
Dr. Keith Noll of the Hubble Heritage Project and the Exploratorium's Ron Hipschman explain how MERs’ images are sent back to Earth.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 9, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 9, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, target.
| Real: 225K |
Return to Mars: Tales of a Martian Rock Climber (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:27:00
00:27:00
Explore how Mars’s gravity and geology would affect rock climbers, with the Exploratorium's Dr. Paul Doherty.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, geology, rock climbers
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, mer, robots, science, images, horizon, craters, surfaces, dry lakes, rocks, wheels, cameras, nasa, jpl, rat, solar power, geology, rock climbers
| Real: 225K |
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