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Science Teaching Tips: Then You Measure It (Podcast)
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Put kids’ skepticism to work! Children’s book author David Schwartz explains how a class disagreed with the numbers in one of his math books, and set out to prove him wrong!
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: math, david, schwartz
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: math, david, schwartz
| Links: | David Schwartz’s Web site |
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Science Teaching Tips: Whack a Stack (Podcast)
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Exploratorium staff educator Don Rathjen makes some noise with this activity about Newton’s laws.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: newton, noise
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 10, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: newton, noise
| Links: | Whack-a-Stack activity | The Old Tablecloth Trick (related) | More of Don Rathjen’s activities |
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Science Teaching Tips: Running Hot and Cold (Podcast)
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Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey explains what temperature and color have to do with one another.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: temperature, color
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: February 3, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: temperature, color
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Science Teaching Tips: Huh? (Podcast)
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When this chemistry teacher entered her portable classroom as a new teacher, she was fresh from West Africa—and there was a lot she didn’t know.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: chemistry, teacher, west, africa
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: chemistry, teacher, west, africa
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Miscellaneous: Pendulum Camera (Clip)
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Catch a glimpse of the floor as viewed from atop the concrete pendulum on the Exploratorium's Mezzanine.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, museum, mezzanine, point of view, pov
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 27, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, Physics
Keywords: pendulum, museum, mezzanine, point of view, pov
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Science Teaching Tips: Nobody's Ever Taught You Anything (Podcast)
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Nobody can really teach you anything—rather, you have to learn it for yourself. So how can you help your students understand science? TI staff educator Modesto Tamez shares some thoughts about helping students make ideas their own.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 20, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: teaching, students, learn, ideas
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 20, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: teaching, students, learn, ideas
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Miscellaneous: A Close Look at Clouds (Webcast)
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Have you ever wondered exactly what clouds are made of, or what the difference is between a cumulus and lenticular cloud? Clouds are an ever-present, ever-changing part of our natural landscape. They come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, and capture our imagination with their endless permutations. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty for a live Webcast about cloud physics. Paul will discuss the basic makeup of clouds, and explore some of the aspects that make them such a rich part of our daily lives.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 16, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics
Keywords: clouds, wind, air, moisture, percipitation, lenticular, cumulus, sky
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 16, 2010
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics
Keywords: clouds, wind, air, moisture, percipitation, lenticular, cumulus, sky
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Science Teaching Tips: Whirled Music (Podcast)
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Geeks have strange hobbies. Staff physicist Paul Doherty plays the corrugated plastic tube, also known as a “whirly,” and explains the surprising science behind the sound.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 13, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: whirly, sound, music
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 13, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: whirly, sound, music
| Links: | The science of whirlies | Sounds like fun |
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Science Teaching Tips: Hey Batter, Batter! (Podcast)
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Exploratorium graphic artist David Barker describes the physics of baseball bats, and makes some sweet music in the process!
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 6, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: baseball, bats, physics, science, music
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: January 6, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: baseball, bats, physics, science, music
| Links: | Exploratorium’s science of baseball |
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Miscellaneous: Exploratorium Floor Walk (Clip)
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A mouse's eye view of the main floor of the Exploratorium. Filmed at the Palace of Fine Arts location in January 2010.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 5, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): general science, art
Keywords: tracking shot, museum
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: January 5, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): general science, art
Keywords: tracking shot, museum
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