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

Exploratorium History: Shaping the Exploratorium (clip)

Running Time:
00:28:00

In this historical video from 1996, which was originally made for a museum floor installation, we learn about both the Palace of Fine Arts and the roots of the Exploratorium. This piece mixes footage from films in the Exploratorium's collection and interviews with historians, architects, and museum staff.

Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: November 6, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics, Art, History

Exploratorium History: Live at Exploratorium Compilation (1997) (clip)

Running Time:
00:08:22

In 1997, the Exploratorium opened the Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio on the museum floor, linking Internet users to live museum events and to live events at remote locations. In this video you can explore the early days of webcasting at the Exploratorium.

Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: November 1, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Life Science/Biology

Miscellaneous: Thomas Dolby: She Blinded Me WIth Science (clip)

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00:04:50

Thomas Dolby performs his famous hit "She Blinded Me With Science" in the Exploratorium's webcasting studio.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: October 24, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Miscellaneous: Impressions of Life Sciences at the Exploratorium (clip)

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00:02:48

Riotously colorful bacteria and mobile mosses meet carnivorous plants and rotting carcasses in this impressionistic journey through the Life Sciences area at the Exploratorium.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: October 18, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): life sciences/biology

Science in the City: The Brew Lab (clip)

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00:04:45

How do brewers turn a handful of simple ingredients into the frothy, delicious beverage we call beer? Patrick Horn and Bryan Hermannsson from San Francisco’s Pacific Brewing Lab take us inside their testing facility and show us how a new beer is born.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: October 10, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry, General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Special Fall 2012 episode (webcast)

Running Time:
01:00:00

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher."

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: September 22, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics, General Science

Return to Mars: Highlights of Curiosity and MSL Mission So Far (webcast)

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00:20:00

Exploratorium host and Mars enthusiast Robyn Higdon gives us a tour of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission thus far, what the Curiosity rover is doing now, and what to look forward to in the months to come.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: September 15, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science

Return to Mars: Amante de condiciones extremas – ¿habrá vida en Marte? (webcast)

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00:15:00

En el programa de hoy, científicos del Exploratorium presentarán ejemplos de extremófilos – microrganismos que viven en condiciones extremas en la Tierra. Como Marte es un ambiente extremo, la pregunta sigue siendo, ¿podría el planeta rojo haber sustentado alguna forma de vida microbiana? Infórmate en nuestro webcast en vivo.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: September 13, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science

Return to Mars: Exploring Distant Worlds on Earth (webcast)

Running Time:
00:20:00

We'll be joined in studio by a University of Washington marine geologist to discuss the deployment of a deep sea observatory off the coast of Oregon. Like an expeditions to Mars, this work is the result of years of mapping, planning, and complex engineering and science to explore hard-to-reach places.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: September 13, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science

Science in the City: Altamont Wind Farms (clip)

Running Time:
00:07:03

Southeast of San Francisco, on the way out to California's Central Valley, thousands of wind turbines dot the landscape of Altamont Pass. Mounted both in rows and individually, machines with large propellers catch the wind, turning round and round at different speeds. Learn how wind energy is generated and stored for use in this most peculiar area, and its impact on living things both near and far.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: September 12, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science