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Miscellaneous: Energy from Death-Front View (Clip)
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Watch the process of a deceased monitor lizard providing energy for other organisms to live in this time-lapse video. Look for this exhibit in the museum, upstairs in the Traits of Life area.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: death, cycle, decay, recycle, energy, ecosystem, food
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: death, cycle, decay, recycle, energy, ecosystem, food
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Science Teaching Tips: 'Hey, neat!' The Importance of Provocacion (Podcast)
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Do your lessons sometimes fall flat? Staff educator Modesto Tamez explains how to be a good salesperson and get students engaged.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 10, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: lessons, teaching, engaged
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 10, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: lessons, teaching, engaged
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Miscellaneous: Live from the Lab: Living Systems Warm Room (Clip)
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Get a special sneak peek at the Exploratorium's lab. Living Systems' Caitlin Johnson shares this space where public is not allowed. Today's Live from the Lab highlights the museum's "warm room," where plants are grown, eggs are incubated, and zebrafish are farmed.
Th Exploratorium's lab is an unusual museum feature, allowing a greater variety of programs and exhibits about biology.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 9, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: zebrafish, plants, egg, lab, living systems,
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 9, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: zebrafish, plants, egg, lab, living systems,
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After Dark: Distortion: Thee Oh Sees and Harry Smith Film (Clip)
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A highlight of this After Dark evening was Thee Oh Sees, one of the Bay Area’s best underground bands, who created a playful aural disorientation while playing in front of “visual music” by the late experimental filmmaker and musicologist Harry Smith.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: March 4, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: music, band, concert, thee oh sees, harry smith, experimental, art, film, after dark
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: March 4, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: music, band, concert, thee oh sees, harry smith, experimental, art, film, after dark
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Science Teaching Tips: The Drama of the Immune System (Podcast)
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Staff educator Tory Brady performs a bit of theater, demonstrating the roles of the star players in the immune system.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 3, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: theater, immune, system
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 3, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: theater, immune, system
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Ice Stories: Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition (Webcast)
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On March 1st, we connected live with scientists aboard the scientific drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution off the coast of Antarctica. Meet geologists Rob Dunbar, Carlota Escutia, and Christina Riesselman and learn about their historic expedition to Antarctica that is helping reveal the history of Earth's climate and teaching us about our climate future.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
| Links: | Project Page: Wilkes Land Expedition |
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Miscellaneous: Science of Cocktails 2010 (Clip)
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Science of Cocktails presented the artistry of master mixologists shaken with the science behind the craft. Taking an in-depth, interactive look at the physics, chemistry, and biology of cocktails, this first-time Exploratorium fundraiser engaged guests in an exploration of their favorite libations like they've never experienced before.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 26, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry
Keywords: cocktails, after dark, alcohol, event, bartender, adult
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 26, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry
Keywords: cocktails, after dark, alcohol, event, bartender, adult
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Science Teaching Tips: Seeing the Light (Podcast)
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Newton wasn’t really ready to believe that light was a wave, and so he didn’t see what was in front of his eyes. Staff physicist Paul Doherty tells how to do the same experiment that Newton did back in the 1650s to see the wave nature of light.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 24, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: light, wave, newton
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 24, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: light, wave, newton
| Links: | Paul Doherty’s Web site |
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Speaking of Music Rewind: Trimpin (Podcast)
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In this gem from 1990, we get a brief peek into the flourishing mind of German-born composer/sculptor Trimpin, a MacArthur "genius" award winner and the subject of a recent feature documentary. He chronicles his unique adventures through sound and music making, takes audience questions, and stages modified versions of his musical installations in front of the live audience.
Project: Speaking of Music Rewind | Browse All
Date: February 19, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: speaking of music, rewind, trimpin, music, composer, art, sound, inventor
Project: Speaking of Music Rewind | Browse All
Date: February 19, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: speaking of music, rewind, trimpin, music, composer, art, sound, inventor
| Links: | Trimpin documentary |
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Miscellaneous: RODS & MODS (with Gustav) (Clip)
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For three days in February 2010, the Exploratorium showcased the innovations and outlaw aesthetics of custom computer culture. An outgrowth of the hacker community, personal computer modding was born from the need for speed and personal style.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 18, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art
Keywords: rods, mods, modding, computers
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 18, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art
Keywords: rods, mods, modding, computers
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