Google This!

One of the funniest information that comes in on the “blog stats” page in the wordpress toolbar, is a list of search engine terms that led unsuspecting browsers to the exploratorium explainer’s blog. Our blog delves into a wide variety of topics, but you’d be amazed to see what actually attracts visitors to this page.
The [...]

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Picture Parade – Last Day pics, and Dawn-a-thon’s pics

Sorry so late in the posting these, but here are pics from our lovely last Explainer Day.  Then, at the end, are pictures of pictures, taken by Dawn, then me! 
**Because I have no idea how to put smaller pictures up, I’ve put the links to the files – My pictures come up as full files and they [...]

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Filling those lazy days

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
For anyone who needs some inspiration for what to do during the break between field trips and Summer camp. I suggest breaking out your “lost” ID cards and heading down the the Asian Art Museum for a really cool exhibition on the god of Manga, Tezuka. While I [...]

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summer musings

Hey Explainers (past and present),
If someone asked you to name your work, what would you say? Can you sum it up in just one or two words? Are you an  educator, science educator, interdisciplinary educator, creative communicator, teacher-learner, professional explorer, curiosity counselor, mystery mediator, something else…? What does it mean to be an [...]

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Are you or do you know these people?

Today was last day of the explainer field trip year. Some of us are continuing on to work at the Exploratorium summer camp, others are moving to different departments in the museum and a few of us are hanging up the orange vest for good.
One of the main goals of our explainer blog has [...]

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Book Club

The end approacheth. Some of us have been talking about getting together over the summer to make more beer, possibly go on some hikes, and read some books.
If we do start a book club, I suggest we begin with Endurance by Alfred Lansing. It’s the story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew on [...]

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Abby Normal

For the past two morning trainings, Luigi has shared his extensive knowledge of the brain with us, as we are exploring the possibility of adding a sheep’s brain demonstration to the popular cow eye, flower, and DNA presentations. It’s really exciting to be thinking about the best ways to present this dissection to the public [...]

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Just replace “scientist” with “Explainer”

 **from one of my favorite comics — www.xkcd.com

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Land of the Departed

So as I sit here in front of the computer at Boys & Girls Club in between graduations it starts to sink in. I’m no longer an Explainer. Never again will I be able to put on that orange vest and tell students to walk in the museum or to check out the cool demos, [...]

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Crying Our Eyes Out

Thursday was Phanna’s last day at the exploratorium. He has been an explainer for the past three years. Phanna has a natural gift for interacting with kids and always placed a focus on the ones who might not be excited about school, science, or the ExplOratorium. We all learned a lot from him.
To commemorate his [...]

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