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Origins: Antarctica: Science Fiction Writer Kim Stanley Robinson (author of Antarctica) (Webcast)
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0:37:50
0:37:50
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: December 29, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science
Keywords: ecological sustainability, nsf antarctic artists and writers program, life in extreme invironments, life in isolated environments, effects of extreme environments, effects of extreme isolation, hostile environmnets,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 29, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science
Keywords: ecological sustainability, nsf antarctic artists and writers program, life in extreme invironments, life in isolated environments, effects of extreme environments, effects of extreme isolation, hostile environmnets,
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Xmas in McMurdo (Webcast)
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0:38:23
0:38:23
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: December 26, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ventifacts, renewable energy in antarctica, solar power in antarctica, emergency shelters in antarctica, snowboarding in antarctica, human peace sign, extreme environments, wildlife in antartica, life in antarctica,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 26, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ventifacts, renewable energy in antarctica, solar power in antarctica, emergency shelters in antarctica, snowboarding in antarctica, human peace sign, extreme environments, wildlife in antartica, life in antarctica,
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Extreme Life at McMurdo with Mary Miller and Craig Dunne (Webcast)
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0:21:57
0:21:57
Exploratorium staff member Mary Miller is joined by Craig Dunne, a technician at McMurdo Station, to talk about extreme conditions.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 13, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: hard conditions on antarctica, cold and dry condiitions, adapting to conditions in antarctica, cold climate conditions in antarctica, condition 2 in antarctica, life in the extremes, winter in the antarctic, telecommunications in antarctica, anxiety in extreme co
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 13, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: hard conditions on antarctica, cold and dry condiitions, adapting to conditions in antarctica, cold climate conditions in antarctica, condition 2 in antarctica, life in the extremes, winter in the antarctic, telecommunications in antarctica, anxiety in extreme co
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Interview with Karen Joyce (Webcast)
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0:31:36
0:31:36
Karen Joyce has spent 10 seasons in Antarctica. From our studio at the Exploratorium, we talked with Ms. Joyce about what life is like in Antarctica.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 8, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: physical fitness in antarctica, dryness of the air in antarctica, everyday life at mrmurdo station.life in antarctica, life in extreme environments, karen joyce interview, community at mcmurdo
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 8, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: physical fitness in antarctica, dryness of the air in antarctica, everyday life at mrmurdo station.life in antarctica, life in extreme environments, karen joyce interview, community at mcmurdo
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: McMurdo Life (Webcast)
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0:28:48
0:28:48
Join Exploratorium staff member Julie Konop as she gives us a tour of McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 7, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sleeping patterns in antarctica, transport in antartica, transportation in antarctica, entertainment on antarctica, the currency of antarctica, mcmurdo station, the people of mcmurdo, safety conditions at mcmurdo, everyday life at mrmurdo station.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 7, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sleeping patterns in antarctica, transport in antartica, transportation in antarctica, entertainment on antarctica, the currency of antarctica, mcmurdo station, the people of mcmurdo, safety conditions at mcmurdo, everyday life at mrmurdo station.
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: The Journey (Webcast)
Running Time:
0:24:49
0:24:49
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: December 5, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: flight to mcmurdo station, people of antartica, temperature of antartica, overview of antarctica, survival camp, survival traininig, survival strategies, building a snow camp,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 5, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: flight to mcmurdo station, people of antartica, temperature of antartica, overview of antarctica, survival camp, survival traininig, survival strategies, building a snow camp,
| Real: 80K |
Try This!: Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends: Dr. Yoji Takikawa (Webcast)
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00:20:06
00:20:06
Dr. Paul Doherty scours the globe for the world's greatest science demonstrations. Here he partners with Dr. Yoji Takikawa of the International Christian School in Tokyo. Dr. Takikawa creates at least one new activity every month and has published over 25 books of science activities. Watch this webcast, follow the links to the 'recipes,' then try it yourself!
Project: Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends | Browse All
Date: March 8, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: break spaghetti on a scale activity, tensile strength, force, inverse square law, buckling of beams, building science, building engineering, deflect a flame with oxygen activity, magnetism, magnetic forces, magnetic properties of oxygen, paramagnetic, blind experimen
Project: Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends | Browse All
Date: March 8, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: break spaghetti on a scale activity, tensile strength, force, inverse square law, buckling of beams, building science, building engineering, deflect a flame with oxygen activity, magnetism, magnetic forces, magnetic properties of oxygen, paramagnetic, blind experimen
| Real: 256K |
Iron Science Teacher: Popsicle Sticks (Webcast)
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1:01:41
1:01:41
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. This week’s “secret” ingredient: popsicle sticks!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 30, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, structural reinforcement for earthquakes, building for an earthquake, sheer wall contruction, earthquake retrofitting, thermal postcard, heat siensitive postcard, how lcds work, polarizing lenses, liquid crystals, polarizing film mo
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 30, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, structural reinforcement for earthquakes, building for an earthquake, sheer wall contruction, earthquake retrofitting, thermal postcard, heat siensitive postcard, how lcds work, polarizing lenses, liquid crystals, polarizing film mo
| Real: 34K |
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