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Science Teaching Tips: The Buzz on Bees (Podcast)
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TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck breaks down the news about the mysterious ailment afflicting our country’s bees. Why does it matter, and what can we do about it?
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 24, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: bees, ailment, bee,
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 24, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: bees, ailment, bee,
| Links: | Exploratorium Webcast, The Buzz on Bees | Karen Kalumuck’s Web site |
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Science Teaching Tips: Take It Outside (Podcast)
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00:05:28
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Sometimes kids don’t have much experience with nature. TI teacher coach Kim Marie Hansen recounts how she got her inner city students outside and observing the world by using nature journals.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 17, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: nature, inner city, journals
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 17, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: nature, inner city, journals
| Links: | Sample nature journal page |
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Science Teaching Tips: Think Positive (Podcast)
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00:03:53
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Got a tough kid in your class? TI Staff Educator Modesto Tamez tells a story from his teaching career—explaining a powerful technique that has helped him win over the stubborn, negative students.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 10, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: students, teach
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 10, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: students, teach
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Science Teaching Tips: Marshmallow Puff Tube (Podcast)
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00:09:29
00:09:29
Newton’s laws were never so tasty. Exploratorium staff educator Don Rathjen demonstrates concepts about force using a file folder and a marshmallow.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: newton, force, marshmallow
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: June 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: newton, force, marshmallow
| Links: | Marshmallow Puff Tube activity | More of Don Rathjen’s activities |
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MAKE at the Exploratorium: Maker Faire Chain Reaction (Webcast)
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00:13:23
00:13:23
The Exploratorium's Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) department is inviting the public to create components of a multi-step chain reaction at Bay Area Maker Faire, 2009. Watch live as each maker's machine sets off the next, culminating in a grand finale!
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: May 30, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Physics
Keywords: pie, chain reaction, maker faire, build, machine
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: May 30, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Physics
Keywords: pie, chain reaction, maker faire, build, machine
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MAKE at the Exploratorium: Maker Faire Chain Reaction 2 (Webcast)
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00:16:50
00:16:50
For the second time, the Exploratorium's Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) department is inviting the public to create components of a multi-step chain reaction at Bay Area Maker Faire, 2009. Watch live as each maker's machine sets off the next, culminating in a grand finale!
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: May 30, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Physics
Keywords: pie, chain reaction, maker faire, build, machine
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: May 30, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Physics
Keywords: pie, chain reaction, maker faire, build, machine
| Links: | Play - Invent - Explore (PIE) Department |
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Science Teaching Tips: Lucky Break (Podcast)
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00:05:36
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A lucky veteran teacher tells how she got started teaching in a supportive school and with help from her predecessor. This episode is one of several “first-year” stories from people in a difficult profession.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 27, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: teaching, teach, supportive
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 27, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: teaching, teach, supportive
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Origins: Hubble: Wrap Up of Hubble Telescope SM4 (Webcast)
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00:53:51
00:53:51
On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis was launched from the Kennedy Space Center and docked with the Hubble Space Telescope 360 miles above the earth. During Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), astronauts installed new, cutting-edge scientific instruments and replaced gyroscopes, batteries, and other equipment. After a difficult but very successful upgrade of the telescope, the astronauts released Hubble on May 19. The Exploratorium Webcast team will bring you two live Webcasts (May 20 & May 23) about this arduous mission and the future of the telescope.
Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All
Date: May 23, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: hubble space telescope, servicing mission, sm4, kennedy space center, space shuttle, photographs
Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All
Date: May 23, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: hubble space telescope, servicing mission, sm4, kennedy space center, space shuttle, photographs
| Links: | Hubble Website |
Science Teaching Tips: Through the Looking Glass (Podcast)
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00:07:42
00:07:42
How big does a mirror have to be for you to see yourself in it? Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey describes an activity you can use in your classroom to investigate simple optics.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: optics, mirror
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: optics, mirror
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Origins: Hubble: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 (Webcast)
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00:32:23
00:32:23
On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis was launched from the Kennedy Space Center and docked with the Hubble Space Telescope 360 miles above the earth. During Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), astronauts installed new, cutting-edge scientific instruments and replaced gyroscopes, batteries, and other equipment. After a difficult but very successful upgrade of the telescope, the astronauts released Hubble on May 19. The Exploratorium Webcast team will bring you two live Webcasts (May 20 & May 23) about this arduous mission and the future of the telescope.
Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All
Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: hubble space telescope, servicing mission, sm4, kennedy space center, space shuttle, photographs
Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All
Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: hubble space telescope, servicing mission, sm4, kennedy space center, space shuttle, photographs
| Links: | Hubble Website |
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