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Science of Gardening: Intro to McMurdo Station, Antarctica (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:19

McMurdo Station is the American staging area for Antarctic research. At the edge of Ross Island, off the coast of the continent, a small town of workers feed, house, prepare, supply, fuel, transport, and protect those who conduct field research throughout Antarctica and the surrounding waters. The community numbers 1,000 in the summer and 200 in the winter. And the community has a garden. In these conditions

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: January 8, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: garden, hydroponic, mcmurdo, antarctica, weather, extreme

Educational Outreach Programs: Aim High Program's Groovy Disco Science (Webcast)

Running Time:
0:20:52

The Science Summer 2000 workshop explored the science of disco mirror balls, tie dye, lasers, and other things that made the 1970s so happening and far-out.

Project: Educational Outreach Programs | Browse All

Date: July 25, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: portable laser light show, fiber optic sculpture activity, disco science, science of discos, tie-dye science, color mixing, science of the 70s, mirror ball activity

Real: 34K

Iron Science Teacher: Marshmallow Peeps (Webcast)

Running Time:
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

Real: 34K

Origins: Antarctica: South Pole Recap with Noel (Webcast)

Running Time:
0:57:04

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 30, 1997
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: drilling ice, tunneling through ice, amundsen-scott south pole station, new south pole station construction, elevated station, dasi telescope, viper telescope, amanda experiment, icecube experiment, extereme environments, tunneling in antarctica, jamesways,

Real: 80K


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