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

Science Wire: Biometrics: Vox Unlocks (webcast)

Running Time:
00:11:16

Our team of middle school students from the Aim High program investigates new technologies that use our unique physical traits as tools for identification. Vox Unlocks tunes into voice recognition

Project: Science Wire | Browse All

Date: November 5, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Origins: Las Cuevas: History in a Jar (webcast)

Running Time:
0:47:31

We explore behind the scenes in the "tank room" of the Darwin Centre, where thousands of biological specimens up to 300 years old are kept.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: November 2, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Origins: Las Cuevas: Smiling Whiteflies (webcast)

Running Time:
00:34:32

Look behind the scenes into the process of scientific research and the people who do it - in the tropical Central American country of Belize. In this series of Webcasts, we visited a field research station located in the remote Chiquibul forests of the mountains of Belize. Find out what white flies have to smile about with entomologist Andrew Polaszek.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: November 1, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Origins: Las Cuevas: Bats! (webcast)

Running Time:
0:41:59

Bat curator Richard Harbord and photographer Frank Greenaway explore questions about our furry flying friends in Belize. We also talk with bat experts in London and at the Exploratorium.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: October 31, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science, Biology

Origins: Las Cuevas: Welcome to the Jungle: Day 2 (webcast)

Running Time:
00:29:21

Look behind the scenes into the process of scientific research and the people who do it - in the tropical Central American country of Belize. In this series of Webcasts, we visited a field research station located in the remote Chiquibul forests of the mountains of Belize. See why science in the remote jungle of the Chaquibul forest of Belize can feel like an adventure movie.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: October 27, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Origins: Las Cuevas: Welcome to the Jungle: Day 1 (webcast)

Running Time:
00:29:42

Look behind the scenes into the process of scientific research and the people who do it - in the tropical Central American country of Belize. In this series of Webcasts, we visited a field research station located in the remote Chiquibul forests of the mountains of Belize. See why science in the remote jungle of the Chaquibul forest of Belize can feel like an adventure movie.

Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All

Date: October 26, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Science Wire: Echo-Logic (webcast)

Running Time:
00:41:34

Produced by students from San Francisco's Aim High Program. Today they ask, how do our ears work? Can we communicate without words? How do whales communicate under water? Why don't bats slam into trees as they fly? Middle school students will interview Exploratorium Educator Ken Finn and Biologist Dr. Karen Kalumuck, plus special surprise guests!

Project: Science Wire | Browse All

Date: May 18, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Origins: Antarctica: Energy in Antarctica, More Penguins (webcast)

Running Time:
0:43:37

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: January 12, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science

Origins: Antarctica: Dive Under the Ice with Mary (webcast)

Running Time:
0:28:24

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: January 11, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science

Origins: Antarctica: Dry Valleys with Paul (webcast)

Running Time:
0:29:50

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: January 9, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Biology/Life Science