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

After Dark: Extended Cinemas (Clip)

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00:02:25

Join us for an exploration of new frontiers in film—where cinematic artworks range beyond the screen to encompass unique combinations of animation, objects, and live performance.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: May 17, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: art, after dark, miwa matreyek, cinema, projection, storytelling, animation, bestiary

Science in the City: Sea Debris (Clip)

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00:03:50

You've probably heard about the Texas-sized island of plastic trash swirling in the center of the Pacific Ocean. But did you know we have our own pockets of floating trash right here in San Francisco Bay? Join us on a trash safari with Sealife Convervation—a research and education group studying the volume, distribution, and sources of trash in the San Francisco and Monterey Bays.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: May 11, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: oceanography, conservation, sealife, albatross, marine life, sailing, carbon, toxins, plastic

QuickTime: 700K

Science in the City: Busy Bees (Clip)

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00:04:16

Just outside the hum and buzz of San Francisco, there's a hum and buzz of a different sort. It's the sound of thousands of acres of almond crops being pollinated by bees—bees in such demand that they must be trucked in from as far as Texas. Almond grower Dave Phippen explains why. keeping this winged labor force happy and healthy is a vital but tricky business.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: April 27, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: bees, pollination, farming, almonds, california, exploratorium, hives, agriculture, central valley

QuickTime: 919K

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Rolling Through the Bay with Scott Weaver (Clip)

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00:04:33

Scott Weaver has spent the last 35 years painstakingly constructing a replica of the city of San Francisco made of toothpicks! Not only that, but it is also a marble run, allowing ping-pong balls to take various tours through the city. His artwork will be on display in the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium until June 19th.

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: April 26, 2011
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

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After Dark: Skateboard Science (Clip)

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00:03:06

On April 7, 2011 we turned the Exploratorium into a skatepark. Watch as DLX riders, Dennis Busenitz, Elissa Steamer, Major Jones, Frank Gerwer, and Peter Ramondetta demo the ramps inside the museum.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: April 20, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: skating, skate boarding, afterdark

Driven: Vulnerable, Exuberant (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:22

Thao Nguyen is a prolific San Francisco-based musician and songwriter who has recorded four albums already in her young career. In this candid reflection on her songwriting practice, she describes her process of shaping her emotional struggles and introspection into words, music, and then into exuberant performance. At the core of her practice is a drive to mine her personal experiences to provide empathy and camaraderie for others going through life’s darker moments.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: April 16, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: thao, thao nguyen, inspiration, songwriting, music

Links:

Thao's Official Website

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Open Make: Meet the Makers/Wood (Webcast)

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Open Make is a monthly program at the Exploratorium, in collaboration with Make Magazine and Pixar Animation Studios, to highlight the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local makers. As part of this program, makers from the Bay Area will be highlighted to share their work with the public, and Dale Dougherty, founder and editor of Make Magazine will interview Featured Makers in the McBean theater. Join us for live webcasts of the interviews to see what these makers are up to!

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: April 16, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: make, makers, tools, techniques, make magazine, dale dougherty, webcast, interview

Science in the City: Slide Rules (Clip)

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00:05:46

Come out to play on the concrete slides at Seward Street Mini Park in the Castro. A series of speed tests guided by physicist Paul Doherty takes on the question asked by sliders everywhere: How can I go faster?

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: April 13, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: san francisco, the castro, mini park, exploratorium, speed, physics, slides, friction, velocity

QuickTime: 824K

Science in the City: Asphalt Acrobats (Clip)

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No one puts the laws of physics to the test quite like the urban skateboarder. Join us for a closer look at the science behind the tricks of the sidewalk-shredding trade, from the basic ollie to high-flying aerial maneuvers.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: March 23, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: skating, skateboarding, physics, ollie, skatepark, skater, science, science in action

QuickTime: 700K

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Open Make: Meet the Makers/Metal (Webcast)

Running Time:
01:00:59

***Please note, no audio from 00:52 to 02:18*** Open Make is a monthly program at the Exploratorium, in collaboration with Make Magazine and Pixar Animation Studios, to highlight the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local makers. As part of this program, makers from the Bay Area will be highlighted to share their work with the public, and Dale Dougherty, founder and editor of Make Magazine will interview Featured Makers in the McBean theater. Join us for live webcasts of the interviews to see what these makers are up to!

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: March 19, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: make, makers, tools, techniques, make magazine, dale dougherty, webcast, interviews, tim hunkin, david cole, jay broemmel, sam derose, alex jacobson


		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).