From: Deborah Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 06 2000 - 12:21:31 PDT
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:21:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Deborah Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Iron Science Teacher webcast - July 7, 12:00 PM (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.GSU.4.10.10007061221160.13001-100000@isaac>
Upcoming Iron Science Teacher webcasts
July 7 and July 14
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 July 7 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 will be more opportunities to watch an Iron
Science Teacher Competition on July 28, 2000
and August 4, 2000. All of them are from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Please feel free to forward this to others who might be interested in
watching the Iron Science Teacher Competition!
Katherina Audley
The Exploratorium
www.exploratorium.edu
kpetunia@exploratorium.edu
Telephone: (415) 674-2873
FAX: (415) 561-0370
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