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Exhibit Services: Aeolian Landscape (Clip)
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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
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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Miscellaneous: Aeolian Landscape (Clip)
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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
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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Science of Gardening: Everybody Gets Lunch (Clip)
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Sonoma Valley farmer Bob Cannard doesn't fight nature: he collaborates with it. The result is bountiful fields of healthy, beautiful plants, some of which end up in the kitchen at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. Here Bob speaks eloquently about appreciating and respecting nature. As he says, "it's simple...it's all right there before you."
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: gardening, farming, bob cannard, cannard farms, organic, sonoma valley, california, alice waters, chez panisse
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: gardening, farming, bob cannard, cannard farms, organic, sonoma valley, california, alice waters, chez panisse
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Science of Cooking: Turkey: Getting to the Meat of the Matter (Webcast)
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Why does a turkey continue to cook after it is out of the oven? How can you be sure to thoroughly cook the dark meat without drying out the white meat? Is stuffing really a good idea? Join us as we talk turkey with food expert and author Harold McGee. Discover why temperature is critical, and investigate different cooking methods: roasting, deep frying, barbecuing, and smoking.
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown
| Links: | Fowl Science: Talking Turkey |
Origins: Hubble: Hubble and the Next Gen Telescope (Webcast)
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We learn about Hubble's new solar arrays, and Dr. Bruce Margon talks about the future of Hubble and about the Next Generation Telescope, which will eventually replace Hubble.
Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All
Date: March 5, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: designation sts-109 hubble space telescope service mission, location of hubble, solar wind damage, solar arrays, solar panels
Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All
Date: March 5, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: designation sts-109 hubble space telescope service mission, location of hubble, solar wind damage, solar arrays, solar panels
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Origins: Antarctica: Dry Valleys 2 with Paul (Webcast)
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Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier research, glacier change, commonwealth glacier, mcmurdo dry valleys, glacier movements, glacier melting, glacier size, ice flows, taylor dry valley, glaciers in the desert, glaciers flow, wind erosion, katabatic wind, weather in antartica, life at extreme tempe
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: glacier research, glacier change, commonwealth glacier, mcmurdo dry valleys, glacier movements, glacier melting, glacier size, ice flows, taylor dry valley, glaciers in the desert, glaciers flow, wind erosion, katabatic wind, weather in antartica, life at extreme tempe
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