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Return to Mars: The Wheels of the Mars Rover Curiosity (Clip)
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Mechanical Engineer Armen Toorian explains that the wheel tracks of the Mars rover Curiosity are used to determine how far the rover has travelled on the red planet.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, armen toorian, wheels, morse code
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, armen toorian, wheels, morse code
Return to Mars: Living and Working on Mars Time (Clip)
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Lead Curiosity Driver Matt Heverly and Research Scientist Bethany Ehlmann elaborate on the unusual working conditions involved with a Mars rover expedition.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, matt heverly
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 3, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, matt heverly
Return to Mars: The Scientific Capabilities of the Mars Rover Curiosity (Clip)
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Research Scientist Bethany Ehlmann and Mechanical Designer Scott McGinley explain some of the scientific instruments aboard the Mars rover Curiosity.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, scott mcginley
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 2, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, bethany ehlmann, scott mcginley
Return to Mars: Testing the Mars Rover Curiosity (Clip)
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Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) explain how they simulate martian conditions and conduct tests with model rovers to prepare the Curiosity rover for its journey to Mars and its work on the red planet.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, matt heverly, patrick martin, armen toorian, fernando abilleira, mars yard, sandbox, vacuum chambe
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam, matt heverly, patrick martin, armen toorian, fernando abilleira, mars yard, sandbox, vacuum chambe
Return to Mars: Curiosity Model Teaser (Clip)
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A glimpse of the full-scale model of the Mars rover, Curiosity. On display at the Exploratorium from August 1st to September 16, 2012. This model is on loan from JPL, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and there are only two on loan in the United States!
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: July 11, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: July 11, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): astronomy/space science
Keywords: curiosity, exploratorium, mars, mission, nasa, rover, model, jpl, jet propulsion laboratory, msl, mars science laboratory, geology, rocks, lasers, chem cam
Evidence: Who Is (Clip)
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Geneticist Mark Stoneking discusses a special type of genetic material called mitochondrial DNA gets passed directly from mother to child. Largely unchanged from generation to generation, this genetic material gives researchers a way to track populations back in time.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: November 11, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: mitochondrial dna
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: November 11, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: mitochondrial dna
| Links: | Transcript (in English) | Transcript (en Espanol) |
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Science from the Poles: Climate Change with Dr. Stephen Schneider (Webcast)
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Dr. Stephen H. Schneider joins us to discuss climate change. Dr. Schneider was honored in 1992 with a MacArthur Fellowship for his ability to integrate and interpret the results of global climate research through public lectures, seminars, classroom teaching, and research collaboration with colleagues.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: January 13, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, global warming, stephen schneider, weather, climate model
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: January 13, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, global warming, stephen schneider, weather, climate model
| Links: | Stephen Schneider Homepage |
Iron Science Teacher: Fruit (Webcast)
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In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week-fruit!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: teachers, contest, science activities, experiments, fruit, dna, pigments, electricity
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: teachers, contest, science activities, experiments, fruit, dna, pigments, electricity
Saturn: Saturn/Cassini Update: Looking Back at Saturn (Webcast)
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Paul Doherty and Ron Hipschman discuss some of Saturn's interesting history.
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History
Keywords: saturn, galleleo, scale model of saturn, rings of saturn, christian huygens, cassini spacecraft, telescopes, scale of saturn, urbulent orb snack, gravity assist, trajectory course of cassini spacecraft, model of the atmosphere of saturn, chermical composition of the
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History
Keywords: saturn, galleleo, scale model of saturn, rings of saturn, christian huygens, cassini spacecraft, telescopes, scale of saturn, urbulent orb snack, gravity assist, trajectory course of cassini spacecraft, model of the atmosphere of saturn, chermical composition of the
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Iron Science Teacher: Aluminum Foil (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. Tee off with this week’s “secret” ingredient-aluminum foil!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: teachers, experiments, activities, tinfoil into copper, density, aluminum foil boats, surface tension, bouyancy, hydrogen blimp model, electrical charge, electroscope model, static electricity, properites of aluminum foil, aluminum foil battery, activated charcoal,
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 6, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: teachers, experiments, activities, tinfoil into copper, density, aluminum foil boats, surface tension, bouyancy, hydrogen blimp model, electrical charge, electroscope model, static electricity, properites of aluminum foil, aluminum foil battery, activated charcoal,
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