Found 10 - 20 results of 33 programs matching keyword "density of salt water" |
AfterSchool Activities: Ice Balloons Activity: What's Going On (Clip)
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The science and pedagogy behind this activity, including a discussion of concepts such as density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, and the characteristics of the states of water, water vapor, and ice. Also describes strategies for observing, asking questions, and then choosing a question to investigate further.
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
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Exploratorium Audio Salon: Nature and Culture--A Conversation with Jane Wolff (Podcast)
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A short visit with the inspiring Jane Wolff. She is an artist, landscape architect, educator, and author of 'Delta Primer: a field guide to the California Delta.'
Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All
Date: February 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, History, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: delta, jane wolff, water, invisible dynamics, audio salon
Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All
Date: February 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, History, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: delta, jane wolff, water, invisible dynamics, audio salon
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Ice Stories: Making Water in Antarctica (Clip)
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You might be surprised to know that water is one of the most scarce resources in Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 12, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice, iceberg, survival, water, camping
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 12, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice, iceberg, survival, water, camping
| Links: | Dispatch: Mining Ice |
Ice Stories: Adelies and Photographers at Sea Ice Crack 3 (Clip)
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Adelie penguins contemplate the water near a photographer at a crack in the ice.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, water, sea ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, water, sea ice
| Links: | Ross Sea Penguins | Penguins |
Ice Stories: Greenland, Ice Sheet Melting (Clip)
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Greenland Ice Sheet shots of melting
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 8, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: ice, sheet, greenland, melting, water
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 8, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: ice, sheet, greenland, melting, water
Ice Stories: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers (Clip)
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To understand how Earth’s climate system has changed over time, scientists need to find, develop and use natural recorders of temperature and precipitation. One natural thermometer comes in the form of alkenones: trans-fats produced by certain algae.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
| Links: | Dispatch: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers |
Return to Mars: Mars Phoenix Lander Mission (Webcast)
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Learn more about the new mission to Mars! The Mars Phoenix Lander touched down on the Red Planet on Sunday, May 25, 2008, and began collecting data. Phoenix is designed to study the history of water and search for complex organic molecules in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he walks us through the mission and shows us the first pictures that the Phoenix Lander sends back!
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: May 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: mars phoenix lander, mars, soil, poles, space, water, martian arctic, jpl, spacecraft, entry, descent, landing
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: May 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: mars phoenix lander, mars, soil, poles, space, water, martian arctic, jpl, spacecraft, entry, descent, landing
Iron Science Teacher: Rocks (Webcast)
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In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: rocks!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science
Keywords: teachers, contest, experiments, activites, rocks, exploding volcanoes, crushing concrete, filtering water, coca-cola geysers, erosion
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 21, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science
Keywords: teachers, contest, experiments, activites, rocks, exploding volcanoes, crushing concrete, filtering water, coca-cola geysers, erosion
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Iron Science Teacher: Alcohol (Webcast)
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This special edition of Iron Scence Teacher is part of our celebration of the Teacher Institute's 21st birthday. 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.
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: cocktails, liquor, density column activity, pickled eggs, naked egg chemistry, osmosis, diffusion, dollar bill activity, convection currents, surface tension
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: cocktails, liquor, density column activity, pickled eggs, naked egg chemistry, osmosis, diffusion, dollar bill activity, convection currents, surface tension
| Real: 225K |
Iron Science Teacher: Holiday Edition: Fruitcake (Webcast)
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The only thing to beat out Iron Science Halloween! Holiday madness right when you could use a laugh.... today's secret ingredient: fruitcake!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, circumference, diameter, pi, turning fruitcake into pi, diarrhoea, fiber, constipation, measuring density, mass, volume, weight, gravity.laws of gravity, rocket fuel
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, circumference, diameter, pi, turning fruitcake into pi, diarrhoea, fiber, constipation, measuring density, mass, volume, weight, gravity.laws of gravity, rocket fuel
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