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AAAS Dispatches: Stump the Scientist: String Squirter Exhibit (Webcast)
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0:29:37
0:29:37
In these archived webcasts from inside the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) exhibition hall, watch as Exploratorium senior scientist Tom Humphrey challenges some of the top scientists in the world to explain the phenomena behind selected exhibits from the museum floor. In this webcast: the String Squirter exhibit
as explained by physicist and Nobel laureate Leon Lederman
Project: AAAS Annual Meeting Dispatches, San Francisco | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: scientific process, scientific method, hypothesis, experimental studies, complexity, string squirter exhibit, angular momentum, conservation of motion, wave propagation, non-linear behavior, oscillation, potential energy, damping,
Project: AAAS Annual Meeting Dispatches, San Francisco | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: scientific process, scientific method, hypothesis, experimental studies, complexity, string squirter exhibit, angular momentum, conservation of motion, wave propagation, non-linear behavior, oscillation, potential energy, damping,
| Real: 35K |
Iron Science Teacher: Tennis Balls (Webcast)
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1:05:40
1:05:40
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: Corks (Webcast)
Running Time:
1:04:33
1:04:33
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: corks!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 23, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, fork balancing trick, center of mass, balance, center of gravity, rocket launcher, measuring velocity, bottle blast-off activity, rocket height calculator, buoyancy, magnethenge, magnetic repulsion, magnetic attraction, battling magnet
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 23, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, fork balancing trick, center of mass, balance, center of gravity, rocket launcher, measuring velocity, bottle blast-off activity, rocket height calculator, buoyancy, magnethenge, magnetic repulsion, magnetic attraction, battling magnet
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Marshmallow Peeps (Webcast)
Running Time:
1:08:41
1:08:41
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: marshmallow Peeps!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: March 11, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, balancing trick, center of mass, balance, center of gravity, marshmallows in a vaccuum, marshmallow ssience of marshmallows, frequency, torque, friction, monster mallows, marshmallow in a microwave, marshmallow blow gun, marshmallow pa
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: March 11, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, balancing trick, center of mass, balance, center of gravity, marshmallows in a vaccuum, marshmallow ssience of marshmallows, frequency, torque, friction, monster mallows, marshmallow in a microwave, marshmallow blow gun, marshmallow pa
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Chanukah Candles (Webcast)
Running Time:
0:51:15
0:51:15
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: Chanukah candles!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: December 11, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, balance, center of mass, center of gravity, fulcrum, candle in a jar activity, condensation, liver and hydrogen peroxide, decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, enzyme catalysis, enzyme catalysts, catalase effect on hydrogen peroxide, co
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: December 11, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, balance, center of mass, center of gravity, fulcrum, candle in a jar activity, condensation, liver and hydrogen peroxide, decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, enzyme catalysis, enzyme catalysts, catalase effect on hydrogen peroxide, co
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Ping Pong Balls (Webcast)
Running Time:
1:13:45
1:13:45
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: ping pong balls!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 9, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, gravity, air flow, air pressure, probablity triangle, random triangles, pascal's triangle, center of gravity, center of mass, dry ice, change of state, co2 sublimates, dry ice sublimates, carbon dioxide sublimates, cell membranes, alka
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 9, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, gravity, air flow, air pressure, probablity triangle, random triangles, pascal's triangle, center of gravity, center of mass, dry ice, change of state, co2 sublimates, dry ice sublimates, carbon dioxide sublimates, cell membranes, alka
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Rulers and Meter Sticks (Webcast)
Running Time:
0:50:12
0:50:12
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: rulers and meter sticks!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: February 25, 1996
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, balance, center of mass, center of gravity, exponentials, take it from the top activity, take it from the top snack, balancing stick avtivity, balancing stick snack, static electricity, electron charge, negative charge, static charge
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: February 25, 1996
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, balance, center of mass, center of gravity, exponentials, take it from the top activity, take it from the top snack, balancing stick avtivity, balancing stick snack, static electricity, electron charge, negative charge, static charge
| Real: 34K |
Turbulent Landscapes: Mesocyclone (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:03:36
00:03:36
Mesocyclone, centerpiece of the Turbulent Landscapes exhibition, is a 40 foot tall, working model of a hurricane. Powerful fans at the base of the structure create complex airflow patterns. These patterns are made visible by water vapor released from the top of the structure.
Project: Turbulent Landscapes | Browse All
Date: January 1, 1996
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Scientist
Keywords: exhibit, turbulence, complexity
Project: Turbulent Landscapes | Browse All
Date: January 1, 1996
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Scientist
Keywords: exhibit, turbulence, complexity
| Real: 16K |
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