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Science in the City: Slide Rules (Clip)
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Come out to play on the concrete slides at Seward Street Mini Park in the Castro. A series of speed tests guided by physicist Paul Doherty takes on the question asked by sliders everywhere: How can I go faster?
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: April 13, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: san francisco, the castro, mini park, exploratorium, speed, physics, slides, friction, velocity
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: April 13, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: san francisco, the castro, mini park, exploratorium, speed, physics, slides, friction, velocity
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Doctor Atomic: The Opera Singer and the Physicist (Podcast)
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How do opera singers sing loud enough to be heard over an orchestra? Can an opera singer's voice really break a wine glass? What's the difference between a baritone and a soprano? Discover the answers to these questions—and more!—in this presentation for families. Join physicist and composer Dr. Brian Holmes and San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald to explore how the art and science of singing combine in opera.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: human vocal chords, science of singing, physics of singing, physics of opera, physiology of vocal sounds, vocal projection, projecting your voice, human vocal folds, opera physicist, science of opera, vocal frequency, vocal resonance, vocal tract, articulation, vocali
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: human vocal chords, science of singing, physics of singing, physics of opera, physiology of vocal sounds, vocal projection, projecting your voice, human vocal folds, opera physicist, science of opera, vocal frequency, vocal resonance, vocal tract, articulation, vocali
| Real: 33K |
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Iron Science Teacher: Halloween Edition: Bones (Webcast)
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Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has 10 minutes to make a science lesson out of a science ingredient. This is a Halloween edition of Iron Science Teacher, and today's secret ingredient is: Bones!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 29, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: halloween, bones, resonance, pitch, secret bells activity, hearing, ear physiology, human ear deomonstration, hammer, anvil, stirrup, animal bones, preserving bones, baking soda, osteology, owl pellets
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 29, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: halloween, bones, resonance, pitch, secret bells activity, hearing, ear physiology, human ear deomonstration, hammer, anvil, stirrup, animal bones, preserving bones, baking soda, osteology, owl pellets
| Real: 225K |
Origins: Astrobiology: Looking for Mars on Earth (Webcast)
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Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, has traveled the world seeking Mars-like environments. In the Dry Valleys of Antarctica—his favorite Mars analog on Earth—Dr. McKay discovered a kind of algae living inside rocks porous to light and water. He’ll show us some of these rocks and talk about the physical conditions required for life.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
| 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 |
Iron Science Teacher: Tennis Balls (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: 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 |
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