Found 10 - 20 results of 24 programs matching keyword "gravitational forces on the human body" |
Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: James Watson (Webcast)
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Dr. James Watson is the President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the codiscoverer of the double helix, for which he won a Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1962. Dr. Watson was also the first director of the Human Genome Project. He talks with us about early discoveries in molecular biology, the Human Genome Project, and what makes Cold Spring Harbor a unique scientific institution.
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Medicine, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dna, james watson, cold spring harbor laboratory, medicine, double helix, human genome project, molecular biology
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Medicine, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: dna, james watson, cold spring harbor laboratory, medicine, double helix, human genome project, molecular biology
Iron Science Teacher: Pencils (Webcast)
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00:53:13
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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: Pencils
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: yardstick, air pressure, density of air, strength of pencils, mechanical forces, conductivity of pencils, electric currents in a pencil, polymer, metal content of a pencil, carbon graphite cundictivity, electrical resistance in carbon graphite, rheostat activity, lan
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: yardstick, air pressure, density of air, strength of pencils, mechanical forces, conductivity of pencils, electric currents in a pencil, polymer, metal content of a pencil, carbon graphite cundictivity, electrical resistance in carbon graphite, rheostat activity, lan
| Real: 256K |
Science Wire: Echo-Logic (Webcast)
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Produced by students from San Francisco's Aim High Program. Today they ask, how do our ears work? Can we communicate without words? How do whales communicate under water? Why don't bats slam into trees as they fly? Middle school students will interview Exploratorium Educator Ken Finn and Biologist Dr. Karen Kalumuck, plus special surprise guests!
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: sonar, human hearing, sound location, science of music, guitar science, paul dresher ensemble, chromatic quadrachord instrument demonsrtation, nocturnal animal sounds, underwater animal sounds, whale song, production of sound, animal echolocation, low-frequency sound
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: May 18, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: sonar, human hearing, sound location, science of music, guitar science, paul dresher ensemble, chromatic quadrachord instrument demonsrtation, nocturnal animal sounds, underwater animal sounds, whale song, production of sound, animal echolocation, low-frequency sound
| Real: 256K |
Science Wire: Sound Advice (Webcast)
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Why do many things sound different underwater? How are echoes made? Can you feel or see sound? Join us as we delve into the mysteries of sound. This webcast will feature an Aim High student demonstrating how to make a membranophone; Exploratorium physicist Dr. Paul Doherty modeling sound with ringing aluminum rods, corrugated plastic whirlies, and a slinky; and Marco Jordan, lead educator in the Exploratorium's Outreach program, demonstrating sound science with a "whine" glass and a singing bowl.
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: May 4, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: human hearing, ear physiology, sense of hearing, perception of sound, slinky science, compression waves, acoustics, oscilloscope, pitch, 5-tone whirly, whirly tube, whirly hose, echo tube exhibit, echo tube floor exhibit, sound wavelengths, reflection of sound waves, r
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: May 4, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: human hearing, ear physiology, sense of hearing, perception of sound, slinky science, compression waves, acoustics, oscilloscope, pitch, 5-tone whirly, whirly tube, whirly hose, echo tube exhibit, echo tube floor exhibit, sound wavelengths, reflection of sound waves, r
| Real: 256K |
Origins: Antarctica: Xmas in McMurdo (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: 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 |
Try This!: Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends: Dr. Yoji Takikawa (Webcast)
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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 |
Women's Health: Explainer Perspectives: Gay Issues (Webcast)
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This informative programming includes dispatches from the Young Women's Health Conference, a Webcast on breast cancer, and teen perspectives on pregnancy and gay issues.
Project: The Changing Face of Women's Health Exhibition | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Sociology
Keywords: communication, self image, human sexuality, homophobia, queer bashing, teens, terenagers, explainers, peer pressure, lifestyles, coming out of the closet, hate crimes, counseling, gay issues,
Project: The Changing Face of Women's Health Exhibition | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Sociology
Keywords: communication, self image, human sexuality, homophobia, queer bashing, teens, terenagers, explainers, peer pressure, lifestyles, coming out of the closet, hate crimes, counseling, gay issues,
| Real: 35K |
Iron Science Teacher: Tennis Balls (Webcast)
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1:05:40
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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: tennis balls!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: activitiies, contests, amusement park ride physiology, gravity forces on the human body, gravitational forces on the human body, free fall deomnstrator, bouyancy, why do boats float, floatation, doppler effect, 5-tone whirly, how radar works, air pressure in tennis b
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: activitiies, contests, amusement park ride physiology, gravity forces on the human body, gravitational forces on the human body, free fall deomnstrator, bouyancy, why do boats float, floatation, doppler effect, 5-tone whirly, how radar works, air pressure in tennis b
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Soap (Webcast)
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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: soap!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: membranes, cells, osmosis, phospholipid bilayer.cellular soap opera, phospholipid membrane structures, constructive interference, reflection, fluid flow, fluid mechanics, experiments, activitiies, contests, adhesive forces, detergeants, glycreol, surface tension, soap bo
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: membranes, cells, osmosis, phospholipid bilayer.cellular soap opera, phospholipid membrane structures, constructive interference, reflection, fluid flow, fluid mechanics, experiments, activitiies, contests, adhesive forces, detergeants, glycreol, surface tension, soap bo
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Disposable Cups (Webcast)
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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: disposable cups!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, paper cups, drinking cups, rotational forces, aerodynamic lift, cumbustion, boiling water in a paper cup, extracting chlorophyll, chloroplasts, photosynthesis, electrical charge, paper cup microphone, cup that crows, clucking cups, diap
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, paper cups, drinking cups, rotational forces, aerodynamic lift, cumbustion, boiling water in a paper cup, extracting chlorophyll, chloroplasts, photosynthesis, electrical charge, paper cup microphone, cup that crows, clucking cups, diap
| Real: 34K |
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