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After Dark: Dr. Megavolt under the Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda (Clip)
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In November 2009, Exploratorium After Dark welcomed particle physicist Dr. Austin Richards—aka Dr. MegaVolt. Under the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda, he jousted with a high-voltage Tesla coil, which generated 200,000 volts of electricity and shot 14-foot-long arcs of lightning through the air.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
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AfterSchool Activities: Ice Balloons Activity: Introduction (Clip)
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An introduction to the Ice Balloons activity, in which learners explore globes of frozen water and learn how to ask and then answer 'investigable' questions.
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
| Links: | Download activity instructions | Download concept map | Going further |
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AfterSchool Activities: Ice Balloons Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (Clip)
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A detailed demonstration of how to do the Ice Balloons activity, including a discussion of materials needed and strategies for getting learners to ask and then investigate questions about what they are seeing.
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
| Links: | Download activity instructions | Download concept map | Going further |
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AfterSchool Activities: Ice Balloons Activity: What's Going On (Clip)
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The science and pedagogy behind this activity, including a discussion of concepts such as density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, and the characteristics of the states of water, water vapor, and ice. Also describes strategies for observing, asking questions, and then choosing a question to investigate further.
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All
Date: September 2, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ice, water. inquiry, questioning, investigable questions, experiment, observing, density, temperature, thermal conductivity, center of mass, freezing point depression, heat capacity, water vapor, states of water, states of ice, afterschool
| Links: | Download activity instructions | Download concept map | Going further |
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Iron Science Teacher: Pencils (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: Pencils
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: yardstick, air pressure, density of air, strength of pencils, mechanical forces, conductivity of pencils, electric currents in a pencil, polymer, metal content of a pencil, carbon graphite cundictivity, electrical resistance in carbon graphite, rheostat activity, lan
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: yardstick, air pressure, density of air, strength of pencils, mechanical forces, conductivity of pencils, electric currents in a pencil, polymer, metal content of a pencil, carbon graphite cundictivity, electrical resistance in carbon graphite, rheostat activity, lan
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Iron Science Teacher: Spare Change (Coins) (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 have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: coins!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 29, 1995
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, making a penny glow, glowing penny, chemical reaction with acetone, exothermic reaction, copper catalyst, rate of acceleration, free fall, air resistance, laws of acceleration, conductivity meter, metals conducting electricity, coins
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 29, 1995
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, making a penny glow, glowing penny, chemical reaction with acetone, exothermic reaction, copper catalyst, rate of acceleration, free fall, air resistance, laws of acceleration, conductivity meter, metals conducting electricity, coins
| Real: 34K |
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