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MAKE at the Exploratorium: Making Hyperbolic Crochet with Margaret Wertheim (Webcast)
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00:27:55
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It's geometry! It's knitting! It's—hyperbolic crochet! Artist and science writer Margaret Wertheim shows you how to represent a hyperbolic plane using crochet hooks and yarn. Beginning with a simple crochet chain, learn how to create a geometric shape with a constant negative curvature just by adding stitches.
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Art
Keywords: make magazine, makers, inventors, demos, crafts, crochet, coral reefs, math, hyperbolic, iff
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: July 14, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Art
Keywords: make magazine, makers, inventors, demos, crafts, crochet, coral reefs, math, hyperbolic, iff
| Links: | Learn more about Margaret Wertheim and The Institute for Figuring |
Iron Science Teacher: Sugar (Webcast)
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00:54:10
00:54:10
In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: sugar.
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 13, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: iron science teacher, competition, experiments, demonstrations, secret ingredients, contest
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 13, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: iron science teacher, competition, experiments, demonstrations, secret ingredients, contest
MAKE at the Exploratorium: Making BlinkyBugs with Ken Murphy (Webcast)
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00:33:42
00:33:42
Tinkerer, programmer, and musician Ken Murphy shows how to build electromechanical "bugs" built from scavenged materials and powered with a single coin-cell battery. When the Blinkybug's wire antennae detect motion from air currents or vibrations, the bug comes to life, with its LED eyes blinking in rhythmic patterns.
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: make magazine, makers, inventors, demos, crafts, leds, blinkybug
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: July 7, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: make magazine, makers, inventors, demos, crafts, leds, blinkybug
| Links: | Learn more about Ken Murphy and blinkybugs |
Iron Science Teacher: Baseball Equipment (Webcast)
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01:01:45
01:01:45
In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: baseball equipment.
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 6, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: iron science teacher, competition, experiments, demonstrations, secret ingredients, contest
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 6, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: iron science teacher, competition, experiments, demonstrations, secret ingredients, contest
Iron Science Teacher: Plastic Water Bottles (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:47:04
00:47:04
In this zany competition teachers have ten minutes to create a science activity from a special secret ingredient. This week: plastic water bottles.
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 29, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: iron science teacher, competition, experiments, demonstrations, secret ingredients, contest
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: June 29, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: iron science teacher, competition, experiments, demonstrations, secret ingredients, contest
Bees: The Latest Buzz on Bees (Webcast)
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00:31:01
00:31:01
In this interactive presentation with Exploratorium biologist Karen Kalumuck, find out how flowers entice bees, what bees see in a flower, and the importance of bees to agriculture. Also learn about Colony Collapse Disorder, which is causing once-thriving honeybee colonies to disappear.
Project: Bees | Browse All
Date: June 29, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: bees, bee, colony collapse disorder, honey, pollination,
Project: Bees | Browse All
Date: June 29, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: bees, bee, colony collapse disorder, honey, pollination,
Saturn: Cassini Update with Paul Doherty (Webcast)
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00:38:30
00:38:30
The Cassini spacecraft continues to orbit Saturn, sending back astonishing images of the ringed planet and its moons. Join us as we look at the latest images and do some hands-on activities to help us understand.
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: May 12, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: saturn, planets, cassini, space, orbit, paul doherty
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: May 12, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: saturn, planets, cassini, space, orbit, paul doherty
Science from the Poles: The Impact of Climate Change on Community (Webcast)
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Join host Mary Miller and Dr. Mickey Glantz in a discussion on issues around climate change and how it may affect communities.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: April 22, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, global warming, community, mickey glantz
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: April 22, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, global warming, community, mickey glantz
| Links: | Mickey Glantz Homepage |
Science from the Poles: Understanding The Gulf Stream, Part 2 (Webcast)
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00:29:34
00:29:34
Join Exploratorium staff scientist Charlie Carlson as he continues to examine issues around the Gulf Stream and climate change.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: April 21, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, global warming, gulf stream, ocean, currents, weather, storms
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: April 21, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: climate change, global warming, gulf stream, ocean, currents, weather, storms
Return to Mars: New Martian Discoveries (Webcast)
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00:31:36
00:31:36
The two Mars Rovers are alive and well after surviving their second Martian winter. Come and see photos of discoveries they made during their third year on Mars, with Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: March 31, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, spirit, opportunity, red planet, crater, jpl, rocks, rat, solar panels, wheels, sand, dust
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: March 31, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: mars, rovers, spirit, opportunity, red planet, crater, jpl, rocks, rat, solar panels, wheels, sand, dust
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