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Iron Science Teacher: Special Fall 2012 episode (Webcast)

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01:00:00

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: September 22, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science

Keywords: iron science teacher, physics, activities, demonstration, teachers, competition

After Dark: The Tibetan View of the Mind with Venerable Geshe Lhakdor (Clip)

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00:32:46

Discover the Tibetan Buddhist view of the mind with Geshe Lhakdor. He discusses how awareness and sensory information (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch) are perceived through different forms of consciousness, and how Buddhist practitioners investigate their inner mental experiences to better understand their experience of the world around them.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: May 9, 2012
Format: Lecture
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Keywords: geshe lhakdor, science for monks, buddhism, sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, five senses, tibet, mind

Iron Science Teacher: Eggs (Webcast)

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00:46:01

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 8, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: iron science teacher, hands-on science, demonstration

Iron Science Teacher: Magnets (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:48:20

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 1, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: iron science teacher, hands-on science, demonstration

Iron Science Teacher: Colors (Webcast)

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00:47:47

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher." This week's secret ingredient? Colors!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: June 25, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: iron science teacher, hands-on science, demonstration, color

After Dark: Fire and Ice: Magnesium Burning in Dry Ice (Clip)

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Most things won't burn on Mars—after all, the main ingredient in the Martian atmosphere, carbon dioxide, is used in fire extinguishers on earth. So how would one create fire without oxygen? Use metal!This slow motion footage shows magnesium burning within a block of dry ice.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Chemistry, Art

Keywords: fire, magnesium, oxygen, burn, light, glow, dry ice, demonstration, snack

Iron Science Teacher: Batteries (Webcast)

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00:52:10

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off. Teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the revered title, "Iron Science Teacher." This week's secret ingredient: batteries.

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 17, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry

Keywords: teacher institute, batteries, electricity, ist, demonstration, activity

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Windows Media: 256K 600K

Ice Stories: Antarctic Ice Hands-On Demo with Paul Doherty (Webcast)

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00:11:27

Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he shows us a demo related to Antarctic ice! Paul demonstrates how using Antarctic ice can help tell us what the temperatures of the earth's oceans were, thousands of years ago.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 11, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: antarctica, ice, demonstration, neutrons, protons

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QuickTime: 1128K

Iron Science Teacher: Potatoes (Webcast)

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01:04:45

Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has ten minutes to make a science lesson out of a secret ingredient. Today's secret ingredient-potatoes!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: July 22, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Keywords: demonstration, demo, teaching, teachers, potatoes, contest, experiments, activities, science

Real: 450K 225K

Iron Science Teacher: Valentine's Day Edition 2005 (Webcast)

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1:00:11

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 - Valentine gifts!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: February 11, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: demonstration, demo, teaching, teachers, valentine's day, contest, experiments, activities, science

Real: 512K 226K


		Streaming Technology provided by: Digital Rapids	Webcasts made possible through the generosity of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Jim Clark Endowment for Internet Education, the McBean Family Foundation,.and the Corporation for Educational Networks Initiatives in California (CENIC).