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

Speaking of Music Rewind: Anthony Braxton (Podcast)

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01:54:49

In this extensive talk from 1985, prolific American composer, musician, and self-proclaimed 'student' Anthony Braxton discusses many elements of his musical work. Because Braxton sees his musical output as part of larger constellations of culture, politics, and spirituality, his talk is huge in scope, and his language sometimes dizzies while it dazzles. He discusses his personal rejection of music for entertainment, and considers instead what music might do to further universal values. He also takes audience questions and plays excerpts of some of his recordings. This talk will amuse, awe, challenge, and inspire interested parties old and new.

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Date: March 18, 2010
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Music

Keywords: music braxton

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Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips: Mini Labs (Podcast)

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00:09:00

TI teacher coach Zeke Kossover explains how he uses short, focused lab activities to really get concepts across to his students.

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Date: March 17, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: lab, mini, short, activities

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explo.tv: Energy from Death-Side View (Clip)

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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.

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

Keywords: lizard, death, decay

explo.tv: Energy from Death-Front View (Clip)

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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.

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

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

Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips: “Hey, neat!” The Importance of Provocación (Podcast)

Running Time:
00:05:36

Do your lessons sometimes fall flat? Staff educator Modesto Tamez explains how to be a good salesperson and get students engaged.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: March 10, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: lessons, teaching, engaged

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explo.tv: Live from the Lab: Living Systems Warm Room (Clip)

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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.

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

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

After Dark: Thee Oh Sees with Films by Harry Smith (Clip)

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00:01:49

During After Dark: Distortion, San Francisco's notorious band, Thee Oh Sees overlay '60s-era garage pop sounds with punky jitter and surf psychedelia to create a playfully harmonic-yet-chaotic aural disorientation. Long considered one of the best underground bands in San Francisco, Thee Oh Sees's live shows are legendary for their energy. Behind Thee Oh Sees plays films by Harry Smith (1923-1991), a West Coast experimental filmmaker, bohemian, accentric, and musicologist. His abstract animations were mostly made by painting on film and using other methods to directly manipulate celluoid. He is best known for his 1952 six-album "Anthology of American Folk Music."

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Date: March 4, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: music, band, concert, thee oh sees, harry smith, experimental, art, film, after dark

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

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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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Ice Stories: Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition (Webcast)

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00:20:39

On March 1st, we connected live with scientists aboard the scientific drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution off the coast of Antarctica. Meet geologists Rob Dunbar, Carlota Escutia, and Christina Riesselman and learn about their historic expedition to Antarctica that is helping reveal the history of Earth's climate and teaching us about our climate future.

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

Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology

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Project Page: Wilkes Land Expedition

explo.tv: Science of Cocktails 2010 (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:13

Science of Cocktails presented the artistry of master mixologists shaken with the science behind the craft. Taking an in-depth, interactive look at the physics, chemistry, and biology of cocktails, this first-time Exploratorium fundraiser engaged guests in an exploration of their favorite libations like they've never experienced before.

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Date: February 26, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Chemistry

Keywords: cocktails, after dark, alcohol, event, bartender, adult


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