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

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Maker Faire 2009 Time Lapse 2 (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:36

This is a time-lapse movie of a chain reaction activity presented at the Exploratorium booth during Maker Faire 2009. Participants were asked to build a portion of a collective chain reaction contraption, which was set off twice during the day. Photos were taken every 30 seconds and then joined in a 24 fps movie.

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: June 29, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science, Physics

Reflections: Mirror, Mirror! Hands-On Demonstrations with Paul Doherty (webcast)

Running Time:
00:16:24

In conjunction with this summer's special exhibition Reflections, Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty joins us for a hands-on Webcast. What effect does looking through two mirrors have on an image? Or three mirrors?

Project: Reflections | Browse All

Date: June 26, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Marshmallow Puff Tube (podcast)

Running Time:
00:09:29

Newton’s laws were never so tasty. Exploratorium staff educator Don Rathjen demonstrates concepts about force using a file folder and a marshmallow.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: June 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Maker Faire Chain Reaction (webcast)

Running Time:
00:13:23

The Exploratorium's Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) department is inviting the public to create components of a multi-step chain reaction at Bay Area Maker Faire, 2009. Watch live as each maker's machine sets off the next, culminating in a grand finale!

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: May 30, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Physics

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Maker Faire Chain Reaction 2 (webcast)

Running Time:
00:16:50

For the second time, the Exploratorium's Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) department is inviting the public to create components of a multi-step chain reaction at Bay Area Maker Faire, 2009. Watch live as each maker's machine sets off the next, culminating in a grand finale!

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: May 30, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Through the Looking Glass (podcast)

Running Time:
00:07:42

How big does a mirror have to be for you to see yourself in it? Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey describes an activity you can use in your classroom to investigate simple optics.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Straw Oboe (podcast)

Running Time:
00:04:00

TI staff educator Modesto Tamez explains how to make a simple straw oboe that will bring down the house (and teach good physics!)

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Science Teaching Tips: Exponential Folding (podcast)

Running Time:
00:05:56

TI staff educators Lori Lambertson and Tory Brady explore the math behind the morning paper.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Ice Stories: Ice-Sheet Dynamics (webcast)

Running Time:
00:17:30

We speak with glaciologists Slawek Tulaczyk and Jake Walter, who study ice-sheet dynamics.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 19, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science

Ice Stories: IceCube Neutrino Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
00:39:52

Join us as we talk to scientists working with IceCube, a neutrino telescope buried in the ice under the South Pole.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics