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

Science Teaching Tips: To Coin a Phrase (Podcast)

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00:05:59

TI staff educator Eric Muller hits me up for change, and then demonstrates a neat science activity using dry ice.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: May 6, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: dry ice, activity

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More of Eric Muller’s activities

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Reflections: Snow Mirror by Daniel Rozin (Clip)

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00:01:59

Snow Mirror is the first in a series of pieces that celebrate slowness and black and white, in this piece the image of the viewer is created by the congregation and accumulation of white snow flakes in areas of the image that are brighter. The result is projected on a transparent silk fabric which creates a feeling of the flakes being suspended in space. Artist Daniel Rozin will be featured in the Exploratorium's 2009 exhibition, Reflections.

Project: Reflections | Browse All

Date: May 1, 2009
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Cognitive Science/Psychology, Art

Keywords: daniel rozin, mirror, reflections, snow, flakes, image, art

Science Teaching Tips: What's Your Story? (Podcast)

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00:08:53

A story can help make a subject come alive for your students. TI teacher coach Carol Murphy talks about the myriad ways she’s used storytelling in her science classes.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: April 29, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: storytelling, teaching, science

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Science Teaching Tips: Tough Times (Podcast)

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00:07:13

A veteran teacher describes his first year teaching in a tough school district. This episode is one of several “first-year” stories from people in a difficult profession.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: April 22, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: school, district, tough, teacher

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Science Teaching Tips: We Won Best Professional Development Podcast! (Podcast)

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00:13:10

Hear an interview with our host, Stephanie Chasteen, about why podcasts can be great professional development tools for teachers. The interview is excerpted from an episode of the Podcast for Teachers, which gave us the award for Best Professional Development Podcast.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: April 15, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: podcast, professional, development, teachers

Links:

Podcast for Teachers

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Miscellaneous: Egg Science: An Ova-view of Eggs (Webcast)

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00:32:49

Join us for a live Webcast exploring eggs! Eggs are cells – the largest cells. We all come from eggs. Come explore the wondrous workings of eggs with staff biologists including naked eggs, de-shelled to demonstrate osmosis, sea urchin egg fertilization, life inside an egg using chick embryos, and other ova-vations to discover their amazing properties.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: April 12, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: egg, eggs, cooking, food, cell, chicken, fertilization, ova, ovum

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ECHO Climate Change Symposium: Keynote with Photographer David Arnold (Webcast)

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00:31:53

Join photographer David Arnold as he talks about photographing climate change.

Project: ECHO Climate Change Symposium | Browse All

Date: April 6, 2009
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: david arnold, climate change, echo, photography

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ECHO Climate Change Symposium: Panel-Impact on Arctic Ecosystems and Populations (Webcast)

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00:45:47

Join panelists Richard Glenn, Jim Leavitt, and others to discuss the impact of climate change on Arctic Ecosystems and Populations

Project: ECHO Climate Change Symposium | Browse All

Date: April 6, 2009
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: echo, basc, climate change, arctic, panel discussion, richard glenn, jim leavitt

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Windows Media: 256K

Science Teaching Tips: Classroom Management (Podcast)

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00:04:57

TI teacher coach Sandra Robbins talks about better classroom management styles.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: April 1, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: classroom, management

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Science Teaching Tips: Student Misconceptions (Podcast)

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00:04:35

TI staff educator Sandra Robbins touts the merits of a book that examines how to address student misconceptions in the science classroom. The book is Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model by Joseph Stepans, published by the Idea Factory in 2003.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 25, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: stepans, conceptual, misconceptions, classroom, change

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