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Science Teaching Tips:  Follow the Bouncing Ball (Podcast)
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00:09:29
Have you ever really listened to a ball bounce? Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey describes the elegant mathematics of a bouncing ball.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: April 7, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: mathematics, bouncing, ball, physics


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Exhibit Services:  Balancing Ball (Clip)
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00:00:15
At the Balancing Ball exhibit, a plastic beach ball floats mysteriously several feet above a large plastic cone. Upon closer inspection, the ball is found to be floating on a stream of air blowing out of the cone; visitors interact with the ball, changing its position in relation to the air flow.

Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit


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Origins: Antarctica:  Antarctica: Neutrinos 101 (Webcast)
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0:24:35
In this webcast, we talk to Exploratorium staff particle physicist, Thomas Humphrey, about neutrinos

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 19, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: subatomic particles, atomic physics, particle physics, protons, pool ball analolgy for particles, particle accelerators, neutral particels, electrically charged particles, bubble chambers, cloud chambers, neutrinos, neutrino detection, particle traces, particle tracks


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Try This!:  Try This! With Paul Doherty and Friends: Gorazd Planinsic (Webcast)
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00:16:58
Dr. Paul Doherty scours the globe for the world's greatest science demonstrations. Here he partners with Dr. Gorazd Planinsic, frequent contributor to Physics Teacher magazine, active in international physics education, and illustrator of physics text books. 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: color, light and color, ping pong ball, film can, film cannister, colored leds, mixing colors, led light activity, mixing colors to make white light, density column, mineral oil, soda bottle, cartesian diver snack, descartes diver activity, bouyancy, air pressure, liqu


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