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Archive for March, 2008

Color Vision

Posted in exploratorium on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sam asked me to post this for you:
Saw this in Wired, and it really hit me. Looks like it relates to the Stroop effect, as well as other elements used in Seeing. Or Mind, perhaps? Thought it might be of interest to the crew.
Fwd: Babies See Pure Color, but Adults [...]

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DNA Twins

Posted in exploratorium on March 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I’ve been having some great conversations with other explainers and visitors while initially just compiling a list of questions (without worrying about the answers) at the DNA demonstrations. Its a nice technique to get the conversation started and cultivate a more two-way street at the demo stations. Today a visitor shared reading this article in [...]

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Egg-sploratorium

Posted in exploratorium on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The easter-eggs that we colored on friday are starting to smell a little funky, but I can’t bear to just throw them out without sharing them with the world. So here are our attempts to create colored eggs that no child could ever duplicate!

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Sal’s Paradise Garden Pt. 1

Posted in exploratorium on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

So I’ll admit that at first I wasn’t too thrilled about the next member’s class topic. I mean what is there to talk about ’soil’ and ‘why do I care’? That all changed after this weekend! Sarah took one look at my backyard and was convinced that we could make something of it! It [...]

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Pi(e) Chain Reaction

Posted in exploratorium, on the floor, video, workshop on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here it is, the video of the glorious Pi(e) Chain Reaction that took place on Pi Day. Visitors came in and built contraptions that linked with each other in a giant chain reaction, which was set off at 2:15pm. It was tons of fun, and, as always, the explainers rocked the [...]

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Explainer Retreat 2008

Posted in exploratorium on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I finally got the chance to post some photos from our retreat to the dairy barn.

We all piled into a van and drove up to Jenner,

made an amazing meal together,

and had a dance party.

Then, we got some really great work done.
Overall, we discovered what an amazing time we can have squeezing 15 people into [...]

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Brains and The Universe

Posted in exploratorium on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We had a training last week with Charlie Carlson about the structure of brain cells in order to better understand the ways that the mind works to process feelings, sensations, and emotions. These kind of topics often come up as we interact with the public in the brain exploration demo station. While we came up [...]

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Welcome to Jenner!

Posted in exploratorium on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Bruce didn’t make it, but Abe was continually on his way to our retreat this weekend.  Also, several Bartels were spotted.

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Reflection in Teacher Research

Posted in exploratorium on March 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So I’m presenting at AERA in New York on March 27th along with some folks I went to school with and my thesis advisor. Some of the Visitor Research people from the Exploratorium will be there to speak, too. I’m going to talk about the importance of reflection in teacher research, and I [...]

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Magnetism and Movies

Posted in exploratorium on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Last weekend I saw Michel Gondry’s new film, Be Kind Rewind.  In this movie, Jack Black’s character becomes magnetized after being electrocuted and subsequently erases all of the VHS tapes in a video store with his body’s new electromagnetic properties. 

Thanks to Paul D., I understand that even though electricity and magnetism go together like American Gladiators [...]

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