Found 70 - 80 results of 89 programs matching keyword " history of exploratorium" |
Pi Day: 20th Anniversary of Pi Day at the Exploratorium (Webcast)
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01:53:32
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The Exploratorium celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pi Day with a pie-throwing contest, Pi Day exhibits in Second Life, and more activities honoring everyone's favorite mathematical constant.
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
Date: March 13, 2008
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: pi day, geometry, history, math, chain reaction
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
Date: March 13, 2008
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: pi day, geometry, history, math, chain reaction
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Ice Stories: The Road to ANDRILL (Clip)
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In this video, ride in a special Mattracks truck across the ice sheet with geologist Christina Riesselman as she travels with ANDRILL Staff Scientist Richard Levy from McMurdo Station to the ANDRILL drill site. They investigate the truck’s special wheels, observe beautiful panoramas of the Transantarctic Mountains, and hear the drill running at the drill site.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 29, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, geology, sediment coring, sea ice, mcmurdo sound, mcmurdo station, climate history, mattracks
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 29, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: andrill, geology, sediment coring, sea ice, mcmurdo sound, mcmurdo station, climate history, mattracks
| Links: | Dispatch: The Road to ANDRILL |
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Teacher Institute: Modesto Tamez: San Francisco 101 (Podcast)
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00:30:26
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The Teacher Institute's own food and entertainment maven takes us on a whirlwind tour of our golden city. Find out about the cheapest eats, the best place to see Art Deco or to go kayaking, and where to get insulted while you get your sandwich. These are Modesto's opinions; they don't represent the Exploratorium or its funders.
Project: Teacher Institute Summer Institute | Browse All
Date: April 25, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):
Keywords: food, restaurants, exploratorium, entertainment
Project: Teacher Institute Summer Institute | Browse All
Date: April 25, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):
Keywords: food, restaurants, exploratorium, entertainment
| Links: | Modesto's Best |
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Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio: Exploratorium B-Roll Sample (Clip)
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This short preview clip of the larger B-Roll video has footage of the Exploratorium, inside and out, including scenes of children interacting with museum exhibits.
Project: Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2005
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, museum, children, exhibits
Project: Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2005
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, museum, children, exhibits
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Exploratorium History: Palace of Delights (Clip)
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00:57:36
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Originally produced for NOVA in 1982, Jon Else's film takes a look behind the scenes at the Exploratorium. The film follows the development of three exhibits from prototype to museum floor. Palace of Delights won a Cine Golden Eagle Award and was shown at the International Film and Television Festival of New York.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, jon else, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, jon else, exploratorium
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Exploratorium History: Dr. Frank Oppenheimer: Random Quotes (Clip)
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A collection of random quotes by Exploratorium founder, Dr.Frank Oppenheimer.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
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Exploratorium History: Exploratorium Beginnings (Clip)
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In this short film Frank Oppenheimer gives us some of his visions for what he is creating in the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts. This film dates back to 1969, the year that the Exploratorium was founded.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium, art
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium, art
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Exploratorium History: Exploratorium by Jon Boorstin (Clip)
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Jon Boorstin's 1974 film, Exploratorium, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. This film explores the museum through imagery and sound, without a narrative voice-over.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
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Exploratorium History: Staff Rememberances of Dr. Frank Oppenheimer (Clip)
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Shortly after Frank Oppenheimer's death, Exploratorium staff share their experiences working with Frank, and tell us why staff retention at the Exploratorium was never an issue.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Art, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Art, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
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Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Sydney Brenner (Webcast)
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Dr. Sydney Brenner won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2002 for his work with the tiny nematode, C. elegans. Dr. Brenner recruited the one-millimeter worm in the early sixties as the ideal model organism to study cell differentiation and organ development. In this program, he describes how new model organisms are established for studying basic physiology, recounts his reaction to seeing Watson and Crick's DNA model for the first time, and offers advice to young scientists just starting out.
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 27, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: history, discovery of dna helix, dna model, dna helix model, genetics, dna structure, genetic mutations, conducting research, problem solving, scientific approach, scientific process, model organsims, research standards, c. elegans,
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 27, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: history, discovery of dna helix, dna model, dna helix model, genetics, dna structure, genetic mutations, conducting research, problem solving, scientific approach, scientific process, model organsims, research standards, c. elegans,
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