Comments for Field Trip Explainers

Comment on Jelly fish near our new home by klstirr

klstirr — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:30:55 +0000

Hi Andrew, New Field Trip Explainer positions are posted on the Exploratorium jobs page generally in August of each year!

Comment on Jelly fish near our new home by Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:56:21 +0000

Hi there! I was wondering if there was an application process for the Field Trip Explainers program. If you have any information you can forward on, that’d be great!

Comment on Plankton Poetry by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:36:22 +0000

I am really impressed by the one that goes:
O plankton planet
You will soon dry up again
When the sun gets close

Comment on Same As It Ever Was… by Jay Denger

Jay Denger — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:49:28 +0000

I wonder if the inversion result would be different in weightlessness since the perception of gavity allows for contradictory perception of up and down? This was an interesting result in the earlier experiment where the subjects though they were upside down “as hanging from the ceiling”.

Comment on Field Trip Explainer Hopes for Visitors by klstirr

klstirr — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:11:04 +0000

Hi Nina! Thanks for your comment—you bring up a good point. I think the nature of our responses was colored by the prompt, which asked what our hopes were for visitor experiences at the museum. Though we are called Explainers, I think a huge focus of our job is to be Learners, and I know that some of our deepest and richest learning experiences come from our interactions with visitors! While we all recognize the museum is a great teacher, I think many of us see it as setting for idea exchange in all directions— between one and other, visitors, other staff, visiting artists and scientists, the natural environment, and the cities that surround us.

Comment on Field Trip Explainer Hopes for Visitors by Nina Simon

Nina Simon — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:14:12 +0000

Thanks for sharing these. I’m surprised that no one said something like “I hope a visitor teaches me something new/surprises me/inspires me.” These messages are terrific, but they are also very much in the mode of “museum as teacher.”

Comment on Field Trip Explainer Hopes for Visitors by Charles Carlson

Charles Carlson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:53:36 +0000

For forty one years, I gotten to experience the joy and drive of explainers of almost every age and background, and I remain fascinated and inspired ongoing enthusiasm. As a collective group of thoughts this list so captures the spirit and innovation of the Exploratorium. Together we can and will.

Comment on pOp up Explaining in January by Ann Bartkowski

Ann Bartkowski — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:05:24 +0000

Also, I like the look of the new blog design : )

Comment on pOp up Explaining in January by Ann Bartkowski

Ann Bartkowski — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:04:38 +0000

Whoa, you all have twitter, instagram, and fourquare now? The explainers have become so technologically advanced!

Comment on How to make a cloud in your mouth by Ann Bartkowski

Ann Bartkowski — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:03:04 +0000

Wow! This is awesome : ) Explainers: Can you all do this? I’m trying so hard and can’t get my mouth cloud to appear!