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Science Teaching Tips: Then You Measure It (Podcast)
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Put kids’ skepticism to work! Children’s book author David Schwartz explains how a class disagreed with the numbers in one of his math books, and set out to prove him wrong!
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: math, david, schwartz
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: math, david, schwartz
| Links: | David Schwartz’s Web site |
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Science Teaching Tips: Whack a Stack (Podcast)
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Exploratorium staff educator Don Rathjen makes some noise with this activity about Newton’s laws.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: newton, noise
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: newton, noise
| Links: | Whack-a-Stack activity | The Old Tablecloth Trick (related) | More of Don Rathjen’s activities |
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Pi Day: A Taste of Pie! (Clip)
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Celebrate Pi Day— an international holiday born at San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Join us for a live webcast where we examine the nature of everyone's favorite mathmatical constant, 3.1415926535…ad infinitum!
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
Date: February 5, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: pi
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
Date: February 5, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: pi
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After Dark: Sexplorations: Biologist Kristina Yu (Clip)
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The Exploratorium TV crew caught up with Exploratorium Living Systems director, Dr. Kristina Yu, at After Dark: Sexplorations. Kristina confirmed it for us—sex is all around us, all the time.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: sexplorations, kristina yu, biology, organisms, sex
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: sexplorations, kristina yu, biology, organisms, sex
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Ice Stories: A Day in the Life of the DISC Drill (Clip)
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This short video summarizes all of the steps in collecting an ice core using the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill. Thomas Bauska, of Oregon State University helped Heidi Roop put together this video.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice core, drill, drilling, ice sheet, climate change, climate history
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: ice core, drill, drilling, ice sheet, climate change, climate history
| Links: | Dispatch: A Day in the Life of the DISC Drill |
Science Teaching Tips: Running Hot and Cold (Podcast)
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Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey explains what temperature and color have to do with one another.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: temperature, color
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: temperature, color
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Miscellaneous: Earl Stirling and his Pyrograph (Clip)
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Exploratorium staff member Earl Stirling demonstrates the amazing "Pyrograph", an artwork refined over four years. Like a fiery version of the museum’s classic Drawing Board, Stirling’s "Pyrograph" swings a pendulum over a sandy cauldron, tracing out oscillating patterns in colorful fire. This mesmerizing piece evokes both the Foucault pendulum and Dante’s Inferno.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 28, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Chemistry, Physics
Keywords: earl, dodger, stirling, foucault, pendulum, fire, propane, art, pyrograph, sodium, electron
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 28, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Chemistry, Physics
Keywords: earl, dodger, stirling, foucault, pendulum, fire, propane, art, pyrograph, sodium, electron
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Science Teaching Tips: Huh? (Podcast)
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When this chemistry teacher entered her portable classroom as a new teacher, she was fresh from West Africa—and there was a lot she didn’t know.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: chemistry, teacher, west, africa
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: chemistry, teacher, west, africa
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Miscellaneous: Pendulum Camera (Clip)
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Catch a glimpse of the floor as viewed from atop the concrete pendulum on the Exploratorium's Mezzanine.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, museum, mezzanine, point of view, pov
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, museum, mezzanine, point of view, pov
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Science Teaching Tips: Nobody's Ever Taught You Anything (Podcast)
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Nobody can really teach you anything—rather, you have to learn it for yourself. So how can you help your students understand science? TI staff educator Modesto Tamez shares some thoughts about helping students make ideas their own.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 20, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: teaching, students, learn, ideas
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 20, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: teaching, students, learn, ideas
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