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| The Exploratopia received the AAAS Subaru/Science Books and Films award for the best Science Hands-on/Activity book in February 2008. I was the science advisor to Pat Murphy who created the book. This book was the work of dozens of people at the Exploratorium. I created new activities for this book and provided the science behind all of the physical science activities. |  |
Scientific
Explorations Attend
a Summer Institute on
the Web. On June 23, 2008 I started teaching a month-long
workshop for high school physics teachers. This
year will be the 24th time I have taught this
institute. Join me each day to see what questions we
ask. Each day is full of explorations of a specific
topic. Here is the plan, we'll see what actually
happens! TI
Supply carts, these crucial carts full of
simple supplies are necessary when doing hands-on
science. Play music to the rhythm of pendulums The math behind pendulums and palm pipes. Light activities in our darkroom. Baseball Physics Finding
the Center of Mass of the bat. Finding
the Sweet Spots of the bat and throwing a curve ball. Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Electricity Static and Dynamic Paul Doherty, Julie Yu Museums on the Web 2008 Montreal April8, 2008 Teacher Institute workshop April 26, 2008 Jamylle Carter and Paul Doherty
Arkansas 2008 Eye Workshop and powerpoint Magnetism
and Electrostatics Activities Activities
for the Science Standards grades 7 through
9 Balance and Center of Mass (draft) Paul Doherty 2007 workshop for the CMC Asilomar
Conference Jamylle Carter and Paul Doherty Zoom
:Scaling and image processing with Jamylle Carter A workshop Nov 5 -6 2007 Bay Area Mathematics Project, 20 October
2007 A keynote lecture by Paul Doherty Pola bear fur is hollow and is rough inside.
This makes it scatter light. Thus it is the
opposite of a fiber optic. Physics
Teacher's Inventions Fair August 27 , 2007 I will give a presentation of
science explorations using simple materials in
Prague , The Czech Republic. Attend
a Summer Institute on
the Web. On June 25, 2007 I started teaching a month-long
workshop for high school physics teachers. This
year will be the 23 rd time I have taught this
institute. Join me each day to see what questions we
ask. Each day is full of explorations of a specific
topic. Here is the plan, we'll see what actually
happens! In July 2007, I will be teaching a two-week
institute to prepare teachers for the CSET exam in
science TI
Supply carts, these crucial carts full of
simple supplies are necessary when doing hands-on
science. Explore magnetism 19 May 2007 Starring Curt Garielson and his mighty Roach
motor Electric Force, Field, Potential Energy and
Potential A workshop about building museums in Second
Life.
AAAS 2007 Webcam Workshop at the Exploratorium, on
Newton's Laws. Terminal
Velocity F= ma Free
Fall action and reaction. Workshop at the Exploratorium, on weather and
climate. Global
Climate ChangeWeather Now Webcasts and
workshops. LIGO Museum Grand
Opening A
workshop on the new exhibits. Paul Doherty, Tom Humphrey, Using high tech gadgets to
explore science:digital cameras see in the
Infrared, computers as sound analyzers, polarized
light sources and strobscopes. A Workshop Given on 22 April 2006 Teacher workshops to prepare for the CSET
exam. Exnet
Trainings Exnet is a partnership of museums who have sets
of Exploratorium Exhibits. Here are some activities
associated with these exhibits which we do at
teacher professional development workshops at the
Exploratorium. Exhibit Set 1,
Omniplex, Oklahoma, March 2005 AMNH, Exhibit set
D, New York. Exhibit Set A
(Draft) Los Angeles Exhibit set #2
(Draft) Rochester NY Exhibit set #3
(Draft) COSI Toledo Exhibit Set #5
(Draft) Fort Worth Exnet exhibits.
LLNL Discovery Museum Exhibits
Group D. Fresno Met, Sept. 2006 Color Diffraction
Grating, look through it at lights. A workshop presented at RAFT 15 May, 2004. A lecture presented in Italy for Astronomy Week,
in April 2004. The lecture was given in Naples,
Rome and Perugia. This lecture was given in Pavia and Naples. Polar Bear fur is fiber optic. NOT Glass is a liquid. NOT Workshop 7 February 2004. Magnetism Workshops at Technorama My Technorama Forum Lecture on Magnetism. 2000
Years of magnetic discoveries, in 40
minutes. Here are teacher workshop activities on
magnetism. Hanging a magnet and pointing north. A useful site for all science teachers,
Graph
paper as PDF files for your own printer:
rectangular, logarithmic and more. To See Older Explorations Go to the
Archive. Outdoor
Adventures Hal and I introduce Galen to adventure climbing.
Or as Hal says 5.7? Bob Ayers introduced me to the exploration of
slot canyons in June 2007. We Explored the Escalante country. Read about it here. In September 2006, Martin and Morresa Meyer
invited me to join them on a three week adventure
free climbing and climbing Via Ferratas in
Switzerland and in the Dolomites of Italy. The first installment is now posted. Backpacking a 24 mile stretch of the California
Coast inaccesible by road. With Paul Morgan, Leslie Warren and Cole the
Dog. May, 2006 Paul Morgan and I hiked, climbed and mountain
biked in the Owens Valley and around Moab for two
weeks in 2005. Here are tales of our adventures. Daniel McColgan joins me and Hal Murray and Eric
Wegryn on his first multipitch outdoor climb.
2005. Paul Doherty leading on Squaw Dome, Southern
Yosemite. Up Lyell and around it via the Sierra High
Route. Right, Paul Morgan climbs the ridge of Mt.
Lyell.-> 50 miles in 5 days. Adventure on trail and off. Hal Murray and I visit Southern Yosemite in
search of climbing and find interesting rocks. June 1, 2003 On our 25'th wedding anniversary Ellen and I
took a trip to Bishop and visited some interesting
local hot spots. Teton
Traverse on Telemark Skis Martin and Morresa Meyer and I were guided by
Glenn of Rendezvous Ski Tours on a traverse of the
Tetons from Victor, Idaho to Jackson Hole, Wyoming
on 19-20 March 2003. The image shows us near the
end of the traverse, our route is in the
background. After many years away I joined a team of 5 other
leaders and returned to Joshua Tree. The weather was perfect, 60 F days and 40 F
nights. We climbed from dawn to dusk and had a
great time. In this photo we are leading routes on the north
face of Stirrup Rock. with Paul Morgan September 2002. Long fun climbs! West Face, II 5.7 With Hal Murray and Chris
Hibbert. Fun climbing up a sea of
chickenheads. 20 July 2002 The Old Original Route in the Pinnacles of
California. With Joe Hastings and Chris Hibbert. June 30,2002. February 2000. Hal and I experienced telemark
skiing down perfect powder snow from a summit in
the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. My
first week at the Durrand Glacier Chalet. February 1999. Earning my turns near the Durrand
Glacier Chalet high in the Selkirk mountains. Seven
Continents. When I landed in Australia in
February 2002 I touched my seventh continent. New Zealand January, 2002 with Bob Ayers In September, Martin and Morresa Meyer and Paul
Morgan joined me for a climb of the arete variation
of the CMC route on Mount Moran in The Tetons of
Wyoming. We also climbed Wolf's
Head in the Wind Rivers. September 2001 Six of us visited the Grand Canyon. We "hiked" from Swamp Point to Crazy Jug point .
Some of the hiking was actually canyoneering. We covered 8 straight line miles in 6 days. June 2001 We did it! We completed the first ascent of a 6100
m, 20,000 foot high Andean peak: Sierra Nevada de
Lagunas Bravas. On 12 December, 2000, Bob Ayers,
Paul Morgan, Tony Brake, and I went where no one
had gone before. Read
about it here. Lunch
Ledge, Joe Hastings and I climbed the oldest technical
rock climbing route in Yosemite Valley. Here is the view up the south face of Washington
Column. This climb leads up left of Yosemite Falls. See Martin Meyer climb the final chimney. Writing and Media Physics
Teacher's Invention Fair Here is the web
page of the Fair, 27 - 29 August 2007, Charles University, Prague,
Czech Republic I delivered the keynote lecture at the 2007
Invention Fair in Prague. Learn
Science by Doing Science here is a link to my
powerpoint presentation and here are links to the demonstrations that I presented. To celebrate the 75'th anniversary of the
founding of the American Association of Physics
Teachers, the members selected 75 physics teachers
to write about what they thought was important to
the future of physics education. I was honored to
be chosen. Paul Doherty In September of 2006 the Exploratorium Published
the Exploratopia, a 384 page collection of science
explorations for children 8 years old and
older. I was the science advisor to Pat Murphy who
created the book. This book was the work of dozens
of people at the Exploratorium. It creates new
activities and harvests older ones. Light refracted by airflow over the wing Novaya
Zemlya-like Sunset images A sunset over the Pacific on December 3, 2006
results in a long lasting bar hanging over the
horizon for nearly two minutes. Great
Moments in the History of Science Some of my favorite short science stories. A live webcast of the transit was streamed into
Second Life. Total Solar Eclipse, Side, Turkey March 29 2006 GIREP: The
International Group for the Teaching of
Physics, 2005 The 3rd International GIREP Seminar in
Ljubljana Slovenia 5 to 9 September 2005,
invited me to be a speaker. Scientific
American Magazine
presented their Science and Technology web awards
for 2004 in the category of astronomy the winner
was the Exploratorium's Cassini-Huygens website. We
beat out NASA! In the award
notice online they
mentioned me by name suggesting that viewers watch,
"riveting webcasts by Paul Doherty, the most
enthusiastic astronomer ever to don a headset, and
his game sidekick, NASA's Eric Wegryn. " Iron Science Teacher Cardioids Contrail Shadow image a solution to a puzzle on
Astronomy Picture of the Day. A contrail, its shadow on the ground and on the
air. Click to enlarge. Skateboard science Explore listening with strings, balloons cake
racks, paper towel rolls and more. Ellen and I went to
Costa
Rica in August of
2004. Paul makes a pattern with floating coins as
Alejandra translates. June 7, 2004 Transit
of Venus Program at the Exploratorium See the crushing effects of the hot, dense
Atmosphere of Venus, see what happens when sulfuric
acid rain touches carbohydrates, feel a simulated
air blast from a meteor on Venus. by Paul Doherty and Eric Muller April, 2004 Italy Paul was invited to be a lecturer for the Fifth
Astronomy Week in Italy. I lectured in: Calitri,
Avellino, Naples, Rome, Florence, Perugia, Pavia
and Milan. I also got to see
ScienzaViva,
a legendary science museum in Calitri, and to meet
Pietro Cerreta, Canio Toglia, and Lucia Corbo. At the National Science Teachers National
Convention of 2003 I was given the Faraday Award
for excellence in science communication. I was honored to be recognized by fellow science
teachers and science communicators for work which I
love to do. February 141,2004 In April 2004 I won the "Red Tape" battle at the
Education Summit in Washington DC. On October 12, 2001 A special version of Iron
Science Teacher with just 2 contestants, me and Ken
Brecher. Ken is a physicist/teacher from Boston
University and also an MIT physics alumnus. On July 28 2000 the secret ingredient was
aluminum foil. Images of Phenomena Nearly 1000 of my images of scientific phenomena
are available on-line through the Exploratorium:
images of physics, geology, meteorology and
more. Check them out free at A monthly program of science experiments
demonstrated by the world's greatest science
teachers. Iron
Science Teacher at the NSTA National Convention
2003 I used the secret ingredient of NSTA convention
catalog covers to make a huge bell for my straw
oboe. The sound that comes out is astonishing. I was a writer in the 2001-2002 NSF Artists and
Writers Program in Antarctica. I went as part of an
Exploratorium Webcast team. Here are the stories of some of my experiences
plus a few images. Passing the
physical You can also read our Field Notes on the
Exploratorium web site. by Don Rathjen and Paul Doherty It is a continuation of the Exploratorium
Science Snackbook Series with 30 brand new
experiments. Square Wheels was chosen as one of the best
books of 2002 for teenagers by the New York Public
Library. See the Exploratorium
website for ordering information. Book by Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty Published by Chronicle Books, September 2000 A guide to seeing the effects of time on the
world. From the daily opening and closing of a
California poppy, through the yearly growth rings
of trees, to the million year long cooling of magma
which forms the large crystals in the granite of
Tuolumne meadows. I write a quarterly science column with
Pat
Murphy. It's a great honor writing for a column that was
once authored by Isaac Asimov. Gravity
for the Adventurous, how to fall faster than g.
Close
Encounters of the Gravitational Kind, This Australian Road sign is an appropriate
warning when dealing with tuning forks. I was shocked to see a sign on a walk around
Punakaiki Rocks on the west coast of the South
Island of New Zealand that proudly proclaimed one
of my favorite sayings. I'm back from Zambia, Africa, where the
Exploratorium team webcast the total solar eclipse
on June 21, the solstice. It was the most spectacular eclipse of the 6
central eclipses I have seen. Check out our adventures here and on the
Exploratorium
Eclipse site. You can watch the archive of our webcast at the
same site too. Ready
to Go See how I became a Vogue fashion
model. My cousin Pat says of all the adventures on my
web page this one is the hardest to believe! I appeared in Vogue L'oumo, Italian men's Vogue,
in the May/June 2000 issue. In an article on "Men
of Science." Waves Shadows and much more. To See Older Material go to the
Archive.
My most recent workshops are on top.
If you don't find your workshop here go to the archive.
To find specific activities go to the alphabetical index.
Look at the new Topic
Index.
Teachers making images of the sun with pinholes
made by crossing their fingers.
Washington DC 1 May 2008
Museums in Virtual Worlds
Paul Doherty and Rob Rothfarb
Teachers making images of the sun with pinholes
made by crossing their fingers.
Coring a layer cake
Lori Lambertson
View
a Spectrum with a CD
Look at lights reflected in a CD.
Project
a Rainbow with a CD
Diffraction
Grating project a spectrum with an
overhead.
CD
spectra, an introduction.
CD
spectroscope make it from a tube.
Project a rainbow-like spectrum with a CD.
Burning magnesium in CO2
My most recent adventures are on top.
Paul D climbs up into
Peekaboo slot canyon.
Morresa and Paul D in Via Ferrata gear.
Conness West Ridge
Washington Column
October 22, 2000
Click the image to enlarge->
Oct 24, 2000 and Sep 1987
Click the image to enlarge->
To See older Adventures go to the Archive
My most recent publications are on top.
Over 150 physics teachers gathered to share their
latest hands-on physics explorations.
Paul Doherty plays the bag whirly.
of a commercial airliner.Shock Wave
Paul plays the aluminum rod at Bistra
castle
I presented a paper
on the Exploratorium Teacher Institute and
did a science
performance after the conference
dinner at Bistra Castle.
Pauld Doherty and "Sidekick" planetary scientist
Dr. Eric Wegryn.
I was invited by Alejandra Leon of Cientec and
sponsored by Jack's to be a speaker at the sixth
congress of science and mathematics in Liberia, a
city in Guanacaste province in northern Costa
Rica.
Magnesium
metal burns inside a block of dry ice.
Paul
and Ellen in an Italian Opera house.
Paul
receives the NSTA Faraday Award from Steve
Jacobs.
Battle
Chocolate.
I presented an exploration of how foil shapes sink
in air and water and won the coveted title of Iron
Science Teacher.
Paul
Competing
Paul
and Ron in the webcast theater with the Mars Rover
model, and a cart full of science demos.
A circumzenithal arc cuts through the sky above the
treetops of Yosemite Valley.
Leaving
Home
On the
Ice
To The Ice
Caves
Paul's
Notes from McMurdo
Survival
School
Mt. Erebus
The
Flying Geologists
Climbing
Castle Rock
Hiking the Dry
Valleys
Square Wheels
Hawaiian lava flows into the sea. ©
2000William Neill
Traces
of Time
photographs by William Neill
how does a gravity assist work?
Messing
with your Mind Memory research
Mirror,
Mirror,
Mirrors and right-left reversal
The
Shadow Knows,
seasons and the analemma
Arrival in
Zambia
The Dance of
the Earth and the Moon
Kubu
Cabins
A Day at
Sausage Tree Camp
What we
need is a Physicist.
Are the Rays
Real?
In the
Dark
Final image 2008
Paul Doherty burning magnesium inside a block of dry ice at the Black Rock Arts Foundation Fundraiser.
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