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

Science of Gardening: Any Little Patch of Dirt (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:08

Annette Young Smith, along with her neighbors, transformed a littered patch of grass and weeds on a median strip in San Francisco's Bayview District into a lush neighborhood garden full of decorative and edible plants.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: garden, community, spirit, will, progress, food, bayview, san francisco

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Accidental Scientist: The Science of Gardening

Science of Gardening: Grow to Show (Clip)

Running Time:
00:06:18

Whether it's giant pumpkins or gorgeous orchids, people lavish attention upon these botanical marvels in the hopes of creating award-winning specimens. Orchid enthusiasts Trudy Hadler and Ray Vickers-Traft divulge why they devote themselves to cultivating for competition.

Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All

Date: June 8, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: orchid, garden, grow, award, farmer, competition

Miscellaneous: Energy from Death-Side View (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:16

Animals are a source of energy-rich food even after they die. Here we can see beetles, flies, bacteria, and other organisms feasting on carcasses.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: lizard, death, decay

Miscellaneous: Energy from Death-Front View (Clip)

Running Time:
00:05:17

Watch the process of a deceased monitor lizard providing energy for other organisms to live in this time-lapse video. Look for this exhibit in the museum, upstairs in the Traits of Life area.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: death, cycle, decay, recycle, energy, ecosystem, food

Miscellaneous: Live from the Lab: Living Systems Warm Room (Clip)

Running Time:
00:23:38

Get a special sneak peek at the Exploratorium's lab. Living Systems' Caitlin Johnson shares this space where public is not allowed. Today's Live from the Lab highlights the museum's "warm room," where plants are grown, eggs are incubated, and zebrafish are farmed. Th Exploratorium's lab is an unusual museum feature, allowing a greater variety of programs and exhibits about biology.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 9, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: zebrafish, plants, egg, lab, living systems,

Science Teaching Tips: The Drama of the Immune System (Podcast)

Running Time:
00:13:11

Staff educator Tory Brady performs a bit of theater, demonstrating the roles of the star players in the immune system.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 3, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: theater, immune, system

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After Dark: Sexplorations: Biologist Kristina Yu (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:54

The Exploratorium TV crew caught up with Exploratorium Living Systems director, Dr. Kristina Yu, at After Dark: Sexplorations. Kristina confirmed it for us—sex is all around us, all the time.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: February 4, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: sexplorations, kristina yu, biology, organisms, sex

Science Teaching Tips: It’s All in Good Taste (Podcast)

Running Time:
00:07:37

TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck busts some of the myths about taste, and presents a few fun activities for the classroom.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science, Biology

Keywords: taste

Links:	This activity is from the Exploratorium’s Human Body Explorations
	The Nose Knows activity
	More activities by Karen Kalumuck

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Science Teaching Tips: The Buzz on Bees (Podcast)

Running Time:
00:11:02

TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck breaks down the news about the mysterious ailment afflicting our country’s bees. Why does it matter, and what can we do about it?

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: June 24, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: bees, ailment, bee,

Links:	Exploratorium Webcast, The Buzz on Bees
	Karen Kalumuck’s Web site

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Miscellaneous: Egg Science: An Ova-view of Eggs (Webcast)

Running Time:
00:32:49

Join us for a live Webcast exploring eggs! Eggs are cells – the largest cells. We all come from eggs. Come explore the wondrous workings of eggs with staff biologists including naked eggs, de-shelled to demonstrate osmosis, sea urchin egg fertilization, life inside an egg using chick embryos, and other ova-vations to discover their amazing properties.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: April 12, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science

Keywords: egg, eggs, cooking, food, cell, chicken, fertilization, ova, ovum

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