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Chaco Canyon: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon (Webcast)
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0:59:00
0:59:00
Join the Live@ crew and NASA scientists as we delve into the ancient knowledge of the Chacoans, daily sky watchers who amassed a great knowledge about the movements of the sun. And learn why today's astronomers and solar physicists continue to watch the sun, using modern ground-based observatories and orbiting space telescopes.
Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Physics, History
Keywords: winter solstice, chaco canyon, ancient observatories, sun, equinox, native americans, eagle dance, alignments, sun dagger, ancient stories, architecture, fajada butte, pueblo bonito
Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Physics, History
Keywords: winter solstice, chaco canyon, ancient observatories, sun, equinox, native americans, eagle dance, alignments, sun dagger, ancient stories, architecture, fajada butte, pueblo bonito
| Links: | National Park Service Chaco Canyon Website |
Iron Science Teacher: Holiday Edition: Fruitcake (Webcast)
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00:53:29
00:53:29
The only thing to beat out Iron Science Halloween! Holiday madness right when you could use a laugh.... today's secret ingredient: fruitcake!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, circumference, diameter, pi, turning fruitcake into pi, diarrhoea, fiber, constipation, measuring density, mass, volume, weight, gravity.laws of gravity, rocket fuel
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, circumference, diameter, pi, turning fruitcake into pi, diarrhoea, fiber, constipation, measuring density, mass, volume, weight, gravity.laws of gravity, rocket fuel
| Real: 225K |
Exploratorium History: Palace of Delights (Clip)
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00:57:36
00:57:36
Originally produced for NOVA in 1982, Jon Else's film takes a look behind the scenes at the Exploratorium. The film follows the development of three exhibits from prototype to museum floor. Palace of Delights won a Cine Golden Eagle Award and was shown at the International Film and Television Festival of New York.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, jon else, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, jon else, exploratorium
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| Real: 225K |
Exploratorium History: Dr. Frank Oppenheimer: Random Quotes (Clip)
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00:13:01
00:13:01
A collection of random quotes by Exploratorium founder, Dr.Frank Oppenheimer.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
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| Real: 225K |
Exploratorium History: Exploratorium Beginnings (Clip)
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00:03:25
00:03:25
In this short film Frank Oppenheimer gives us some of his visions for what he is creating in the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts. This film dates back to 1969, the year that the Exploratorium was founded.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium, art
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium, art
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| Real: 225K |
Exploratorium History: Exploratorium by Jon Boorstin (Clip)
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00:15:19
00:15:19
Jon Boorstin's 1974 film, Exploratorium, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. This film explores the museum through imagery and sound, without a narrative voice-over.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
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| Real: 225K |
Exploratorium History: Staff Rememberances of Dr. Frank Oppenheimer (Clip)
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Shortly after Frank Oppenheimer's death, Exploratorium staff share their experiences working with Frank, and tell us why staff retention at the Exploratorium was never an issue.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Art, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Art, Physics
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, exploratorium
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| Real: 225K |
Saturn: Titan: Up Close and Personal (Webcast)
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00:26:34
00:26:34
Paul Doherty and Eric Wegryn explore the latest photos of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, taken from only 750 miles away by the Huygens probe.
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: November 5, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: titan, moon of saturn, moon with atmoshpere, cassini-huygens, electromagnetic spectrum chart, visible light, infrared spectrometer, seeing infrared microwaves with a digital camera, seeing infrared with a digital camera, seeing infrared light through a garbage ba
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: November 5, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: titan, moon of saturn, moon with atmoshpere, cassini-huygens, electromagnetic spectrum chart, visible light, infrared spectrometer, seeing infrared microwaves with a digital camera, seeing infrared with a digital camera, seeing infrared light through a garbage ba
| Real: 225K |
Iron Science Teacher: Halloween Edition: Bones (Webcast)
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1:13:04
1:13:04
Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has 10 minutes to make a science lesson out of a science ingredient. This is a Halloween edition of Iron Science Teacher, and today's secret ingredient is: Bones!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 29, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: halloween, bones, resonance, pitch, secret bells activity, hearing, ear physiology, human ear deomonstration, hammer, anvil, stirrup, animal bones, preserving bones, baking soda, osteology, owl pellets
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 29, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: halloween, bones, resonance, pitch, secret bells activity, hearing, ear physiology, human ear deomonstration, hammer, anvil, stirrup, animal bones, preserving bones, baking soda, osteology, owl pellets
| Real: 225K |
Saturn: Saturn/Cassini Update: Our Heads in the Clouds (Webcast)
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00:28:53
00:28:53
Paul Doherty and Ron Hipschman discuss the clouds and atmosphere of Saturn. Learn how to make a cloud in your kitchen or an atmosphere in a soda bottle!
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: October 15, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: atmosphere, atmosphere of saturn activity, soda bottle, one-liter soda bottle, cassini spacecraft, planets, chemical composition of the planets, turbulent orb exhibit, turbulent orb snack, turbulent orb activity, clouds, how clouds form, cloud chamber snack, saturn'
Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All
Date: October 15, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: atmosphere, atmosphere of saturn activity, soda bottle, one-liter soda bottle, cassini spacecraft, planets, chemical composition of the planets, turbulent orb exhibit, turbulent orb snack, turbulent orb activity, clouds, how clouds form, cloud chamber snack, saturn'
| Real: 225K |
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