EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Return to Mars: Tardigrades-Waterbears (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:30:00

Tardigrades are amazing creatures that can withstand the most extreme conditions on Earth, as well as the vacuum of space! This unique and charismatic animal has the ability to survive in a variety of situations. In today's program, Exploratorium scientist Karen Kalumuck will continue our programming about life in extreme environments as it relates to the search for 'habitability' on Mars.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 23, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: mars, curiosity, rover, msl, mars science laboratory, tardigrades, water bears, extreme environments, life, conditions, heat, cold, dry, wet

Return to Mars: Follow the Water (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:30:00

Why is water, or evidence of water, so important to the Mars missions? Join Exploratorium scientists Ron Hipschman and Karen Kalumuck as they examine water as one of the building blocks for life and what previous Mars missions have discovered about water on the red planet.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 16, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: mars, curiosity, rover, msl, mars science laboratory, spacecraft, water, life, rock, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, exploration

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: North Pacific Gyre (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:18

Join the Exploratorium crew on a visit to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where we will learn more about the ecological impact of plastic debris in the North Pacific Gyre. To learn more about marine debris visit: http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=110&program=1301&type=clip

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science,

Keywords: oeanography, marine debris, pacific gyre, america's cup

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: San Diego Race Weather Report (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:01:33

Weather plays a large role in sailing! Join us as we pay a visit to the National Weather Service station in San Diego to catch a glimpse into the future weather patterns that will effect the America's Cup Races.

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 25, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sailing, america's cup, weather

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: Green Sea Turtles (Clip)

Running Time:
04:55

There are green sea turtles in San Diego Bay? Where did they come from? Do they really live over 100 years? Why is it important for scientists to keep track of these giant creatures, and how on earth do they do it? In this interview with ecologist Tomoharu Eguchi (NOAA Marine Fisheries Service) and ecology graduate student Sheila Madrak, we meet the sea turtles and explore these 'big' questions.

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 25, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: exploratorium america's cup green sea turtle turtles tagging ecology biology noaa san diego bay power plant marine

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: Wind Modeling (Clip)

Running Time:
02:50

The Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (http://sccoos.org/) gathers live data about winds, waves, surface currents, temperature, and water quality, and makes it available to everyone. In this piece, Oceanographer Art Miller tells us about this system, and about how America's Cup sailors can use this kind of data and modeling to improve their race performances. To access wind modeling data, visit: http://www.sccoos.org/data/observations/

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 25, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: scripps institution wind modeling sccoos america's cup exploratorium art miller bay currents sailing marine

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: Science of Sailing 101 (Clip)

Running Time:
04:53

How can a wind-powered sailboat move faster than the wind? Why do the America's Cup sails look like airplane wings? With the beginner in mind, Exploratorium senior scientist Paul Doherty introduces the basic physics of sailing and sail design.

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 18, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: exploratorium, america's cup, sailing, science, wind, waves, boats, ships, paul doherty, physics

Exploratorium at the Piers: A New Perspective on Construction (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:44

Take a look at the construction at Piers 15 and 17 from a different vantage point. This past August we recorded video of the Exploratorium's new home from a boat about 100 yards off the back of the piers.

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: October 17, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: construction, exploratorium, san francisco, piers 15 and 17, san francisco, bay, water, ocean, piers, embarcadero, port

QuickTime: 996K

Science at Burning Man: The MicroZoo (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:20

We went and talked with the folks who ran the Microzoo camp at Burning Man 2010, and learned about critters in extreme environments.

Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All

Date: September 10, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: burning man, microzoon, organisms, extreme environments, water flea, biology

Mind: Sip of Conflict (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:27

Would you drink from a water fountain fashioned from an actual (but unused!) toilet? Watch museum visitors experience the tension between reason and emotion while playing with this unusual Mind area exhibit, aptly named "Sip of Conflict."

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Keywords: fear, emotion, gross, toilet, water, mind, exhibit


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