Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Exploratorium Quarterly - Light Traces

The Light Traces I did together with Amy Snyder are featured in the Exploratorium Quarterly (July 2007)! Have a look at Light Traces of Baseball featuring Dave Barker (he is the explOratorium's baseball expert).
Curveball

or find more light traces in this gallery:
Exploratorium exhibit1

Read more: How to make Light Traces

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Monday, May 21, 2007

Maker Faire

The creative, performative insanity of the Maker Faire! The explOratorium has a place right in the heart of the celebrated "Maker culture":

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Saturday, May 12, 2007

Break it!


It shakes, vibrates, and - yes - breaks! Watch how sound (not even very loud) shatters a wine glass:

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Saturday, May 5, 2007

Simple Science Tools

A web page with Curt Gabrielson's latest and greatest "Simple Science Tools" fresh from the Teacher Institute Workshop:
3 wheeler

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Friday, May 4, 2007

Balancing Stick - A feedback system

A really fun Exploratorium snack in a new light. Balancing a stick with a weight is a challenge that requires good hand-eye coordination. Let's explore this feedback system: Hand - Stick - Eye. Read more...
Balancing a stick - a feedback system
Find the activity here.

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Exploratorium Photo Pool

This made my day (week, month!): I just created a group on Flickr (photo sharing web) dedicated to the Exploratorium. The group grew to almost 100 pictures taken at the Exploratorium just 2 days after the group opened! Many of them come with really interesting comments/discussion. Click:
Squished

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Ecobay

Save the Bay! A workshop that combined hands-on activities on mapping, data collection and water sheds. A lot of fun, just like the other outdoors workshops, ...Click to see more.
Water pollution

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Monday, April 9, 2007

Physics and Music Field Trip

Awesome! Our Berkeley students of "Physics and Music" went on a field trip to the Exploratorium. Thanks everyone for coming, love your Physics and Musics T-Shirts!
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Handmade Earbuds

Making funky earbuds for IPods. Forgot your IPod headphones? You need nothing but a coil of wire, a magnet, and a small plastic cup to make your own!
Earbuds
Many thanks to Modesto Tamez for showing me his magic...

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Thursday, April 5, 2007

Wave upon Wave


Making waves and making waves disappear, using only paper and coffee stirs. An elegant paper model showing constructive and destructive interference, my first invention at the Exploratorium. DocFile

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Discovery Voyage

Pictures of the Discovery Voyage Workshop.
We spent a half-day discovering the Estuary's ecosystem aboard the research vessel, Robert G. Brownlee. Amazing!
Leopard Shark

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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Sound Bite

The latest experiment of "Physics and Music": Bite on a music-box! Read more:
Sound bite
orgmusicboxsound.mp3

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Room Acoustics

Playing a pure 200 Hz tone on two speakers created an unexpected sound scape in the Berkeley lecture room:
room acoustics

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Signal and Noise Game

A new game on "Signal and Noise": We made up sentences (a signal) and then randomly replaced letters (we added noise to the signal). Here are some examples, try to guess what the original sentence said:
Gon towee eogy looking
Eudolph soe red noae
(click on comments to see the answers)

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Take it outside!

Just came home from the "Take it Outside" workshop with Bob Miller, Modesto, and Linda. The weather was perfect! Have a look at the pictures
Oscillations

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Geometry Playground

The explOratorium's latest exhibit development project. I am one of the lucky developers who gets to invent new hands-on and body-in exhibits about geometry!
I am keen to hear about anything geometry related that fascinates you! Games, sculptures, architecture, classroom activities, online content, puzzles, books... please email to sebastianm at exploratorium edu.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Science of Baseball

The Teacher workshop Science of Baseball (02/24) was a lot of fun. Have a look at more pictures on Flickr:
Curveball

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Christmas Lights

There are new photos of "Physics and Music" on Flickr, the class I am co-teaching in Berkeley:
Photos of Harmonics. Photos by Andrew, Glory, and Steve

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Lightplay

PIE Institute - Lightplay. Check out their cool activities!

PIE Lightplay

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