Found 0 - 7 results of 7 programs matching keyword "liquid crystals" |
Ice Stories: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers (Clip)
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00:03:36
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To understand how Earth’s climate system has changed over time, scientists need to find, develop and use natural recorders of temperature and precipitation. One natural thermometer comes in the form of alkenones: trans-fats produced by certain algae.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, climate history, paleoclimate, thermometer, trans-fats, algae, lakes, temperature, sediment cores, density, liquid, fats
| Links: | Dispatch: Alkenones: Natural Thermometers |
Iron Science Teacher: Pet Supplies (Webcast)
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1:01:06
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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-pet supplies!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 13, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: pet supplies, teachers, experiments, activities, dog training, canine cognition, canine sense of smell demonstration, solids and liquids, granularity, one liter soda bottle, cartesian diver snack, descartes diver activity, bouyance, air pressure, liquid pressure, sha
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: August 13, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: pet supplies, teachers, experiments, activities, dog training, canine cognition, canine sense of smell demonstration, solids and liquids, granularity, one liter soda bottle, cartesian diver snack, descartes diver activity, bouyance, air pressure, liquid pressure, sha
| Real: 225K |
Saturn: Saturn/Cassini Update - The Mystery of Titan (Webcast)
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00:18:43
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Dr. Paul Doherty and Dr. Eric Weygren discuss the most intriguing moon in the Solar System, Titan. Titan is veiled in a mysterious, dense, foggy atmosphere.
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: July 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: cassini spacecraft, model of saturn, atmosphere of titan, flower in liquid nitrogen activity, infra-red light camera
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: July 16, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: cassini spacecraft, model of saturn, atmosphere of titan, flower in liquid nitrogen activity, infra-red light camera
| Real: 225K |
Origins: Antarctica: Making Snowflakes (Webcast)
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0:24:50
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Join two of our High School Explainers as they show our live webcast audience how to make snowflakes at home with a water bottle, styrofoam plates, dry ice and a sponge.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 29, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: snowflake activities, snowflake activity, ice crystals, crystallization, snowflakes in a bottle, growing your own snow crystals, supersaturated air,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 29, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: snowflake activities, snowflake activity, ice crystals, crystallization, snowflakes in a bottle, growing your own snow crystals, supersaturated air,
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Paul with Writer William Fox (Webcast)
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0:30:39
0:30:39
Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 22, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Arts, General Science
Keywords: nsf antarctic artists and writers program, holiday celebrations in antarctica, christmas in antarctica, terra antarctica, extreme environments, poetry, history of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images of antarctica, ice crystals, snow crystals,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 22, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Arts, General Science
Keywords: nsf antarctic artists and writers program, holiday celebrations in antarctica, christmas in antarctica, terra antarctica, extreme environments, poetry, history of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images of antarctica, ice crystals, snow crystals,
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Mt. Erebus (Webcast)
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0:29:46
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Exploratorium staff members Paul Doherty and Noel Wanner travelled to Mt. Erebus, a volcano in the Antarctica region, to join scientists doing experiments in the field.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 6, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: mount erebus, volcano, film of the crater of mt. erebus, flying a helecopter over the crater, chemistry of volcanoes, ice crystals on antarctica, eruptions from mt. erebus, lava flow, lower erebus hut,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 6, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: mount erebus, volcano, film of the crater of mt. erebus, flying a helecopter over the crater, chemistry of volcanoes, ice crystals on antarctica, eruptions from mt. erebus, lava flow, lower erebus hut,
| Real: 80K |
Iron Science Teacher: Popsicle Sticks (Webcast)
Running Time:
1:01:41
1:01:41
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: popsicle sticks!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 30, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, structural reinforcement for earthquakes, building for an earthquake, sheer wall contruction, earthquake retrofitting, thermal postcard, heat siensitive postcard, how lcds work, polarizing lenses, liquid crystals, polarizing film mo
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 30, 2000
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: activities, contests, experiments, structural reinforcement for earthquakes, building for an earthquake, sheer wall contruction, earthquake retrofitting, thermal postcard, heat siensitive postcard, how lcds work, polarizing lenses, liquid crystals, polarizing film mo
| Real: 34K |
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