Found 0 - 8 results of 8 programs matching keyword "interference patterns" |
Geometry Playground: Geometric Threads (Clip)
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Amy Williams, chair of Fashion at San Francisco's California College of Arts encourages the creative spirit of her students through creation of opulent gowns, made in a day with just pattern makers tissue and tape. The result is not only an education for students, but also a playful and performative experience in the process of fashion creation.
Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All
Date: August 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, general science,
Keywords: art, design, geometry, playground, fashion, triangles, patterns, amy williams
Project: Geometry Playground | Browse All
Date: August 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, general science,
Keywords: art, design, geometry, playground, fashion, triangles, patterns, amy williams
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After Dark: Fire and Ice: Pyrograph in Slow Motion (Clip)
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Slow motion footage of Pyrograph, a work by Earl "Dodger" Stirling that has been described as a cross between Dante's Inferno and the Foucault Pendulum. Like a fiery version of the Exploratorium's classic Drawing Board exhibit, Pyrograph swings a pendulum across a sandy, flaming cauldron and traces out oscillating patterns in colorful fire.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Chemistry
Keywords: pyrograph, fire, sand, earl sterling, after dark, pendulum, patterns, salts
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Chemistry
Keywords: pyrograph, fire, sand, earl sterling, after dark, pendulum, patterns, salts
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The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: Inventing Photons (Webcast)
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00:42:10
00:42:10
Exploratorium Senior Scientist, Dr. Paul Doherty, takes us through the Photoelectric Effect and the "invention" of photons.
Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All
Date: August 11, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: atoms and particles, photoelectric effect activity, electric charge, formication, photons, interference patterns, lightwaves
Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All
Date: August 11, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: atoms and particles, photoelectric effect activity, electric charge, formication, photons, interference patterns, lightwaves
| Real: 225K |
Science of Cooking: Turkey: Getting to the Meat of the Matter (Webcast)
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Why does a turkey continue to cook after it is out of the oven? How can you be sure to thoroughly cook the dark meat without drying out the white meat? Is stuffing really a good idea? Join us as we talk turkey with food expert and author Harold McGee. Discover why temperature is critical, and investigate different cooking methods: roasting, deep frying, barbecuing, and smoking.
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown
| Links: | Fowl Science: Talking Turkey |
Science Wire: Biometrics: Eye-D (Webcast)
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Our team of middle school students from the Aim High program investigates new technologies that use our unique physical traits as tools for identification. Eye-D explores the possibilities of retinal scans.
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: November 5, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: retinal scans, lasers, laser scans, cow's eye dissection, retina, image formation with lenses, optic fibers, cone cells, fundus camera, blood vessels in the eye, patterns, teenagers, explainers, explainer program,
Project: Science Wire | Browse All
Date: November 5, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: retinal scans, lasers, laser scans, cow's eye dissection, retina, image formation with lenses, optic fibers, cone cells, fundus camera, blood vessels in the eye, patterns, teenagers, explainers, explainer program,
| Real: 256K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: McMurdo Life (Webcast)
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Join Exploratorium staff member Julie Konop as she gives us a tour of McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 7, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sleeping patterns in antarctica, transport in antartica, transportation in antarctica, entertainment on antarctica, the currency of antarctica, mcmurdo station, the people of mcmurdo, safety conditions at mcmurdo, everyday life at mrmurdo station.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 7, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: sleeping patterns in antarctica, transport in antartica, transportation in antarctica, entertainment on antarctica, the currency of antarctica, mcmurdo station, the people of mcmurdo, safety conditions at mcmurdo, everyday life at mrmurdo station.
| Real: 80K |
Iron Science Teacher: Soap (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: soap!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: membranes, cells, osmosis, phospholipid bilayer.cellular soap opera, phospholipid membrane structures, constructive interference, reflection, fluid flow, fluid mechanics, experiments, activitiies, contests, adhesive forces, detergeants, glycreol, surface tension, soap bo
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: membranes, cells, osmosis, phospholipid bilayer.cellular soap opera, phospholipid membrane structures, constructive interference, reflection, fluid flow, fluid mechanics, experiments, activitiies, contests, adhesive forces, detergeants, glycreol, surface tension, soap bo
| Real: 34K |
Iron Science Teacher: Compact Discs (Webcast)
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0:54:03
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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: compact ∂iscs!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 26, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, cds, cd's, finding the center of mass, benham's disc avtivity, turntable illusions, cd spinner, frictionlessness, hovercraft, frictionless cd puck, airpuck, balloon, digital sound, how a cd works, iridescence, interference, thin films, pe
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 26, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, cds, cd's, finding the center of mass, benham's disc avtivity, turntable illusions, cd spinner, frictionlessness, hovercraft, frictionless cd puck, airpuck, balloon, digital sound, how a cd works, iridescence, interference, thin films, pe
| Real: 34K |
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