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Exploratorium at the Piers: A Joint Effort (Clip)
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The Exploratorium’s new home has an ace up its sleeve for the next big earthquake—a single seismic joint, 300 feet long and two feet wide, will isolate the entire pier structure from the rest of San Francisco. Watch here as the bulkhead at Pier 15 is readied for the installation of the seismic joint.
Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, pier 15, earthquake, engineering, construction, port of san francisco, cutting concrete, seismic joint
Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, pier 15, earthquake, engineering, construction, port of san francisco, cutting concrete, seismic joint
Science in the City: Golden Gate Bridge Dynamics (Clip)
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Admit it: Hasn't the Godzilla inside you always wanted to grab the Golden Gate Bridge and shake it silly? Finally, you can. In honor of the iconic span's 75th birthday, Exploratorium exhibit developer Dave Fleming presents a dynamic model of the Golden Gate Bridge. What happens to the bridge during an earthquake? How about strong winds and heavy traffic? The model dances and wiggles realistically, displaying the same vibrational modes and motions that occur in the actual bridge.
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: May 9, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, san francisco, golden gate bridge, 75th anniversery, suspension bridge, earthquake, wind, exhibit, mickey hart
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: May 9, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: exploratorium, san francisco, golden gate bridge, 75th anniversery, suspension bridge, earthquake, wind, exhibit, mickey hart
Miscellaneous: Cardburg! (Clip)
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02:50
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Josh Short from the Cardboard Institute of Technology walks us through their latest installation, Subterrain, on the Exploratorium floor!
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 16, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: cardburg, cardboard, cardboard institute of technology, subterrain, exploratorium learning studio, cit, making, materials, building, group build, tinkering studio, installation
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 16, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: cardburg, cardboard, cardboard institute of technology, subterrain, exploratorium learning studio, cit, making, materials, building, group build, tinkering studio, installation
| Links: | CIT website |
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Exploratorium Audio Salon: The Sound of Ice: Terje Isungset (Podcast)
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Terje Isungset is one of Europe's most accomplished and innovative percussionists. With over two decades experience in jazz and Scandinavian music his work travels far beyond traditional boundaries. He's become more like a cross between a sound artist and a shaman. Isungset crafts his own instruments from natural elements found in Norway such as arctic birch, granite, slate, and even ice.
Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All
Date: March 11, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: sound art, music, instrument building, terje isungset, ice, audio salon
Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All
Date: March 11, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: sound art, music, instrument building, terje isungset, ice, audio salon
| Links: | Terje Isungset's Website |
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Faultline: Seismic Science: Is California Going to Fall Into the Ocean? (Podcast)
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Can pets predict earthquakes? Do quakes happen more often at certain times of the day or year? And could a really big one mean the end of California? Exploratorium geologist Eric Muller separates earthquake fact from fiction.
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: April 3, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: faultline, seismic, earthquake, geology, eric muller, california
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: April 3, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: faultline, seismic, earthquake, geology, eric muller, california
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Faultline: Seismic Science: Earthquake in an Outhouse (Podcast)
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Relive the Loma Prieta quake with our photographer, Amy Snyder, who was caught in an outhouse at the beach. Why didn't it, or any San Francisco skyscapers, collapse?
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: April 3, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: faultline, seismic, earthquake, geology, california
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: April 3, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: faultline, seismic, earthquake, geology, california
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Faultline: Seismic Science: Edible Geology Road Trip (Podcast)
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Join Exploratorium geologist Eric Muller on a tour of world-famous geological features to be found in the national parkland just north of the Golden Gate bridge.
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: April 3, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: faultline, seismic, earthquake, geology, eric muller, california
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: April 3, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: faultline, seismic, earthquake, geology, eric muller, california
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Faultline: Seismic Science: San Francisco in Jell-O (Clip)
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This wobbly luminescent sculpture by Liz Hickok is both art work and a
simulation of how a San Francisco neighborhood might jiggle when the Big One strikes.
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: January 1, 2005
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: jello, art, earthquake, san francisco, liz hickok
Project: Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter | Browse All
Date: January 1, 2005
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: jello, art, earthquake, san francisco, liz hickok
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Origins: Astrobiology: Life's Ingredients (Webcast)
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Julia Child and physicist Philip Morrison once cooked up (and sampled) "primordial soup," a mixture of ingredients said to be the materials from which life sprang on Earth. How accurate is this notion? David Deamer studies how some molecules self-assemble into order, and has developed new theories about how life evolved from components on Earth. We’ll talk with him, do hands-on experiments, and watch vintage footage of Julia Child tasting the soup. Guests: David Deamer, Director, UC Berkeley SETI Program, and Karen Kalumuk, Exploratorium staff scientist.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Chemistry
Keywords: self-assembled structures, self-assembly processes, directed assembly process, primordial soup recipe, building blocks of life, life on other planets, life on mars, chemical reactions, amino acid production, molecule formation, density column, emulsifiers, emulsifica
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Chemistry
Keywords: self-assembled structures, self-assembly processes, directed assembly process, primordial soup recipe, building blocks of life, life on other planets, life on mars, chemical reactions, amino acid production, molecule formation, density column, emulsifiers, emulsifica
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Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: The Journey (Webcast)
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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 5, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: flight to mcmurdo station, people of antartica, temperature of antartica, overview of antarctica, survival camp, survival traininig, survival strategies, building a snow camp,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 5, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: flight to mcmurdo station, people of antartica, temperature of antartica, overview of antarctica, survival camp, survival traininig, survival strategies, building a snow camp,
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