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Exhibit Services: Balancing Ball (Clip)
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At the Balancing Ball exhibit, a plastic beach ball floats mysteriously several feet above a large plastic cone. Upon closer inspection, the ball is found to be floating on a stream of air blowing out of the cone; visitors interact with the ball, changing its position in relation to the air flow.
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: ball, air, airflow, float, stream, exhibit
| QuickTime: 308K |
Exhibit Services: Chaotic Pendulum (Clip)
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The Chaotic Pendulum exhibit contains a deceptively simple set of pendulums in a steel and Plexiglas case. The visitor twists a protruding knob, expecting the resulting motion to be fairly predictable. But the device's motion is chaotic, extremely complicated and long-lived.
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, chaos, motion
Project: Exploratorium Exhibit Services | Browse All
Date: January 10, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, chaos, motion
| QuickTime: 285K |
Solar Eclipse: Live from Turkey: More Images (Clip)
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Live program from Side, Turkey Images from the Total Solar Eclipse that took place on March 28-29, 2006.
Project: Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality | Browse All
Date: January 1, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
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Project: Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality | Browse All
Date: January 1, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
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Ice Stories: Nadine Krupinski on Her Research on Antarctic Ice Sheets (Clip)
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Nadine, a glaciology graduate student from UC Santa Cruz, spent four weeks on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet investigating ice sheets and global climate change.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 26, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, wais, west antarctic ice sheet, ice sheets, ice dynamics
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 26, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, wais, west antarctic ice sheet, ice sheets, ice dynamics
| QuickTime: 260K |
Ice Stories: Slawek Tulaczyk on Why He Investigates Ice Sheet Behavior (Clip)
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Dr. Tulaczyk, a glaciologist from UC Santa Cruz, studies the lakes, floods, and ice quakes that occur under the giant glaciers of Antarctica. He is among only 200 scientists world-wide who study ice sheet dynamics and its role in climate change.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 26, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, wais, west antarctic ice sheet, ice sheets, ice dynamics, lakes, floods, glacialogy, glaciers, climate change
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: November 26, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: antarctica, wais, west antarctic ice sheet, ice sheets, ice dynamics, lakes, floods, glacialogy, glaciers, climate change
| QuickTime: 276K |
California State Yo-Yo Championships: The Science of the Yo-Yo (Webcast)
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The Exploratorium's Ron Hipschman shows how a double disk with a string attached is a great way to study the physics of motion. Then Captain Yo and Doc Popular astound with amazing yo-yo tricks.
Project: California State Yo-Yo Championships at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: September 8, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: yo-yo, spinning, discs, motion, physics, string, tricks, yoyo
Project: California State Yo-Yo Championships at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: September 8, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: yo-yo, spinning, discs, motion, physics, string, tricks, yoyo
| Links: | 2007 California State Yo-Yo Championships |
Ice Stories: Barrow Boat Basin (Clip)
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Shots of research vessel in the Barrow boat basin near Nuvuk.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, scenic, alaska, boats
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, scenic, alaska, boats
Ice Stories: Daniel Lum Interview about Bowhead Whales (Clip)
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Daniel Lum talks about the importance of the Bowhead whale to the native Barrow community.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, bowhead, whales, inupiat, hunting, tradition
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, bowhead, whales, inupiat, hunting, tradition
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| QuickTime: 1000K |
Ice Stories: Daniel Lum Interview about Nuvuk (Clip)
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Daniel Lum talks about the traditional village site in Barrow called Nuvuk.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, inupiat, nuvuk, village
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, inupiat, nuvuk, village
Ice Stories: Daniel Lum Interview about Sea Ice (Clip)
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Daniel Lum talks about the changes in ocean ice near Barrow.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, inupiat, ocean ice, tradition, climate, climate change
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, inupiat, ocean ice, tradition, climate, climate change
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