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Miscellaneous: Exploratorium: Changing the Way the World Learns (Clip)

Running Time:
00:03:06

For the past forty years, the Exploratorium has set the standard in hands-on, inquiry-based education. See how our new Pier 15 home, with its new exhibits and expanded resources, is helping us achieve our mission: to change the way the world learns.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: April 17, 2013
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics, Art

Keywords: exploratorium, pier 15, education, science, art, human perception, physics, biology

Miscellaneous: In Conversation with E.O. WIlson (Clip)

Running Time:
00:49:00

Edward O. Wilson has revolutionized science and inspired the public more often than any other living biologist. Now he is blending his pioneer work on ants with a new perspective on human development to propose a radical reframing of how evolution works. Dr. Wilson visited the Exploratorium recently and spoke to staff and a group of invited students.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: May 3, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, general science

Keywords: e.o. wilson, biologist, longnow foundation, harvard, teaching, evolution, scientist, biodiversity, ants, science, human social behavior, social biology, edward o. wilson, pulitzer

Evidence: The Talking Gene (Clip)

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00:02:42

Is a single gene, FOXP2, the secret to human speech? Researchers discuss the genetic underpinnings of speech and language.

Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All

Date: October 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: human speech, foxp2

Links:	Transcript (in English)
	Transcript (en Español)

Evidence: How Do You Find a Fossil? (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:31

Anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains how scientists from various disciplines work together to find fossilized human remains.

Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All

Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: human fossils

Links:	Transcript (in English)
	Transcript (en Español)

Evidence: Why Have a Fossil Cast Collection? (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:18

Anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains the importance of cast collections to the study of human evolution.

Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All

Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: human fossils, human evolution

Links:	Transcript (in English)
	Transcript (en Español)

AfterSchool Activities: Cuica Activity: Introduction (Clip)

Running Time:
00:00:39

An introduction to the cuica (pronounced KWEE-kah), a small friction drum used in Brazil's Carnival parade.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound activity, sound experiment, music, musical instrument, sound, hearing, ear, brazil, percussion, carnival, friction, resonance, echo, afterschool

Links:	Download activity instructions
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AfterSchool Activities: Cuica Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:39

A detailed demonstration of how to make this small friction drum, including a discussion of materials needed and how different kinds of materials make for cuicas that produce different sounds.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound activity, sound experiment, music, musical instrument, sound, hearing, ear, brazil, percussion, carnival, friction, resonance, echo, afterschool

Links:	Download activity instructions
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AfterSchool Activities: Cuica Activity: What's Going On (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:30

The science behind this musical instrument, including the concepts of sound, vibration, resonance, and amplification.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound activity, sound experiment, music, musical instrument, sound, hearing, ear, brazil, percussion, carnival, friction, resonance, echo

Links:	Download activity instructions
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AfterSchool Activities: Sound Sandwich Activity: Introduction (Clip)

Running Time:
00:00:24

An introduction to a crowd-pleasing noisemaker called a sound sandwich, which you can adjust to raise or lower its pitch.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound, sound activity, sound experiment, vibration, hearing, ear, pitch, music, afterschool

Links:	Download activity instructions
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AfterSchool Activities: Sound Sandwich Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:32

A detailed demonstration of how to make this primitive wind instrument using little more than a straw, two craft sticks, and some rubber bands.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: sound, sound activity, sound experiment, vibration, hearing, ear, pitch, music, afterschool

Links:	Download activity instructions
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