EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Speaking of Music Rewind: Ali Akbar Khan part 1 (Podcast)

Running Time:
01:03:00

This presentation, originally recorded in 1992, is a meditation on a lifetime dedicated to music. The renowned Hindustani classical music master Ali Akbar Khan recounts the earliest days of his musical study with his father (including his 18-hour practice days); how he chose to play and master his instrument, the sarod (maybe it chose him); and how music can be a healing force. He plays the instrument and explains how it works and how it’s different from the more well-known sitar. Khan also discusses the founding of his music school in San Rafael, California, a manifestation of his philosophy that knowledge of music should be shared with others.

Project: Speaking of Music Rewind | Browse All

Date: June 18, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: ali akbar khan, speaking of music

Alternative content

download MP3 (114 MB)

Speaking of Music Rewind: Ali Akbar Khan part 2 (Podcast)

Running Time:
01:03:00

A concert performed by the renowned Hindustani classical music master Ali Akbar Khan on sarod, recorded in 1992.

Project: Speaking of Music Rewind | Browse All

Date: June 18, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art

Keywords: ali akbar khan, speaking of music

Alternative content

download MP3 (87.3 MB)

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: Live from the Ship (Webcast)

Running Time:

Join the Exploratorium as we connect live for the first time with NOAA's newest ship, the Okeanos Explorer. The Okeanos is on its maiden voyage, traveling from Hawaii to Indonesia. We will talk with scientists on the ship and discover what kind of research they are conducting.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: June 17, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: oceanography, oceans, scientists, research, noaa, okeanos explorer

NOAA's Okeanos Explorer: Introduction to the Okeanos Explorer (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:20

NOAA Chief Scientist Steve Hammond and Okeanos Commander Joe Pica introduce us to the capabilities of the new NOAA research vessel, the Okeanos Explorer, as it sets out on its maiden voyage to Indonesia. ROV footage and maps courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

Project: Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Browse All

Date: June 15, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: noaa, mapping, rov, expedition, exploration, ocean, voyage

After Dark: Time (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:15

This After Dark event examined time's many faces through activities and presentations featuring honeybees, jump-shot photography, antique timepieces, and a performance by Gamelan Sari Raras.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: June 10, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science

Keywords: time, clocks, gamelan, pendulums, bees

Science of Gardening: Any Little Patch of Dirt (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:08

Annette Young Smith, along with her neighbors, transformed a littered patch of grass and weeds on a median strip in San Francisco's Bayview District into a lush neighborhood garden full of decorative and edible plants.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: garden, community, spirit, will, progress, food, bayview, san francisco

Links:

Accidental Scientist: The Science of Gardening

Science of Gardening: Grow to Show (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:18

Whether it's giant pumpkins or gorgeous orchids, people lavish attention upon these botanical marvels in the hopes of creating award-winning specimens. Orchid enthusiasts Trudy Hadler and Ray Vickers-Traft divulge why they devote themselves to cultivating for competition.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: orchid, garden, grow, award, farmer, competition

Mind: Sip of Conflict (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:27

Would you drink from a water fountain fashioned from an actual (but unused!) toilet? Watch museum visitors experience the tension between reason and emotion while playing with this unusual Mind area exhibit, aptly named "Sip of Conflict."

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Keywords: fear, emotion, gross, toilet, water, mind, exhibit

Science Teaching Tips: Scaling Up Barbie (Podcast)

Running Time:
00:08:25

Size and scale can be difficult concepts to teach. TI staff educator Lori Lambertson talks us through one of her favorite activities, using one of her favorite dolls-Barbie.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: June 2, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: size, scale, barbie

Alternative content

download MP3 (3.4 MB)

Science Teaching Tips: Body Metrics (Podcast)

Running Time:
00:06:43

Students really struggle with the metric system. TI staff educator Lori Lambertson tells us how she helps students get a handle on what the units really mean.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: May 26, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: metric, system, teaching

Alternative content

download MP3 (2.7 MB)


		Streaming Technology provided by: Digital Rapids	Webcasts made possible through the generosity of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Jim Clark Endowment for Internet Education, the McBean Family Foundation,.and the Corporation for Educational Networks Initiatives in California (CENIC).