From: Patricia MacEgan (pmacegan@cwia.com)
Date: Thu Jun 29 2000 - 13:22:10 PDT
Message-ID: <395BAFF1.3EAD483@cwia.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:22:10 -0800 From: Patricia MacEgan <pmacegan@cwia.com> Subject: Re: Iron Science Teacher webcast on Friday June 30th from 12-1 (fwd)
AARRGGHH! RealPlayer Plus is incompatible with OS 8 for Macs... Will this be
broadcast in any other way?
Patty MacEgan
Deborah Hunt wrote:
> Iron Science Teacher webcast
> June 30
> 12-1 PM Pacific Standard Time
> http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/
>
> Iron Science Teacher is a wacky, science experiment cook-off, where
> teachers compete live at the Exploratorium and are simultaneously Webcast
> around the world at http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/.
>
> Science teachers have ten minutes to concoct a science activity that can be
> used in the classroom. In an atmosphere where showmanship and creativity
> reign at a fast pace before a live audience, as many as fifteen teachers
> will compete for the title, "Iron Science Teacher," on Friday June 30 12:00
> to 1:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time).
>
> Parodying the syndicated, tongue-in-cheek, cult Japanese TV program, "Iron
> Chef,"the Exploratorium's "Iron Science Teacher" competition showcases
> actual Bay Area science teachers as they build experiments around a given
> "secret ingredient" -- an everyday item -- such as a paper-towel tube, a
> straw, or a soda can. According to astrophysicist Dr. Linda Shore, Director
> of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute and host of the competition, "We try
> to show we can do science with anything. We show teachers how to use
> low-tech materials to illustrate classic principles of science and math."
> As contestant Don Rathjen summed up, "This helps teachers teach the $10
> million state science standards on a $10 budget."
>
> After building the gizmos, the teachers have a few minutes to explain what
> they are and the scientific principles they demonstrate. Judging is done on
> a less scientific basis -- what Dr. Shore refers to as "the clapometer" --
> audience applause as measured by the human ear.
>
> In one competition where the secret ingredient was a soda can, the diversity of
> science activities based on a simple object became clear. Using soda cans,
> a mathematician demonstrated the X, Y, Z-axes of geometric shapes, a
> physicist illustrated the Bernoulli Effect (which affects such things as
> lift on an airplane's wing), a biologist demonstrated that Classic Coke is
> denser than Diet Coke, and a chemist rigged up alcohol burners.
>
> Come watch it live at the Exploratorium in the webcast studio or tune in on
> the internet!
>
> If you miss this one, there are more opportunities to watch an Iron
> Scientist on July 7, 2000, July 14, 2000, July 28, 2000 and August 4, 2000.
> All of them are from noon to 1:00 PM.
>
> Katherina Audley
> The Exploratorium
> www.exploratorium.edu
> kpetunia@exploratorium.edu
> Telephone: (415) 674-2873
> FAX: (415) 561-0370
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