Electrolysis in action with contestant Julie Yu during a live Webcast of Iron Science Teacher.

Watch all of Julie's activity, along with many other episodes of Iron Science Teacher at www.explo.tv

The Exploratorium's Iron Science Teacher competition showcases Bay Area science teachers as they devise demonstrations around a particular ingredient—an everyday item such as a plastic bag, a milk carton, or a nail. In a fast-paced atmosphere where showmanship and creativity reign, science teachers are given ten minutes to concoct a science activity that can be used in the classroom.

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Mirrors Mirror by Danny Rozin uses 768 small mirrors, a total of 4 columns of “pixels” forming a concave surface. The exhibit creates a private image seen only by the person reflected – you!
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Reflections, on view from June 19-September 20, 2009, is an exhibition combining new art installations by visiting artist Daniel Rozin — interactive works that highlight Rozin’s provocative take on self-examination — as well as re-imagined exhibits and Exploratorium classics.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/r eflections/

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Snow Mirror plays with time and black and white. See yourself as the congregation and accumulation of white snow flakes projected on a transparent silk fabric — a feeling that you (the snow flakes) are being suspended in space.
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Reflections, on view from June 19-September 20, 2009, is an exhibition combining new art installations by visiting artist Daniel Rozin — interactive works that highlight Rozin’s provocative take on self-examination — as well as re-imagined exhibits and Exploratorium classics.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/r eflections/

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Visiting artist Shih Chieh Huang builds a temporary art piece in the Exploratoroium skylight area. The giant worm-like tube is made of thin painters tarps tied together and inflated with a box fan.

See more of Shih Chieh's work at http://www.messymix.com/videos .php

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Behold the impenetrable, incomprehensible... Incredible Non-Holeyman. Watch as he has a brick smashed onto his impervious chest while stretched on a bed of very long and very pointy nails. Is this Sideshow Science act distressing - or is it distribution.

April After Dark www.exploratorium.edu/afterdar k has ended, but starting October 1, 2009 the Exploratorium will be open late every first Thursday for adult-oriented programming on science and the arts.

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Can you tell the temperature outside by looking at the Golden Gate bridge? Try this and 19 other Outdoor Exploratorium exhibits at San Francisco's Fort Mason - all for FREE. http://www.exploratorium.edu/o utdoor

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http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/arriving-on-t he-southern-most-continent/ How does it feels to step off a plane in McMurdo, Antarctica? Back in early December our Exploratorium crew sent this dispatch.

Over the past 2 years, we given over 20 polar scientists cameras and blogging tools and asked them to document their adventures. Get an up-close-and-personal look at research in extreme environments through the thoughts and experiences of the scientists working there. http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches

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When thousands of people live on a remote station, where does their garbage go?

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Dr. Fahnestock describes the roar of a 1000-foot iceberg dropping off the Jakobshavn into the Ilulissat Icefjord. Watch time-lapse photography of this massive calving event. http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/on-speeding-g laciers-and-huge-icebergs-part -2/

Read about what controls the speed of Greenlands big outlet glaciers like the Jakobshavn. How do they interact with the climate system? And most importantly, what does the future hold for the glaciers of Greenland? http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/on-speeding-g laciers-and-huge-icebergs/

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Scientist correspondent Nadine Quintana Krupinski calls in a dispatch from the Willians Ice Stream.




Nadine: By the time the storm had ended, snow blown by the strong winds had nearly buried much of our gear. You can see the snow packed in around one of the sleeping tents. In the background, you can see the poles we used to mark objects in camp — a preparation made especially because of events just like this.

Video dispatches sent by scientist correspondents Jake Walter and Kelly Carroll.

Jake: This was the coldest time out on the ice, because the wind just finds all the seams in your clothes and you run from your personal tent to the cook tent, and sometimes to the toilet tent!.

Ice Stories dispatches
http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/looking-back- the-storm/
http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/holiday-weath er-in-mcmurdo/
http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/one-month-in- the-deep-field-part-3/

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http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/dispatches/camp-winter/ scientist Zoe Courville sent Ice Stories this dispatch from Antarctica

"The garage tent, erected for the three mechanics who will be fixing and modifying the vehicles which had problems last year on the traverse (7 differentials and 2 gear boxes had to be replaced), is warm and huge. Inside, it is sometimes easy to forget where you are…it could be any large tent, any garage, anywhere. The guys listen to music all day, which switches between songs I know (Prince, for instance, and Purple Rain), and strange Norwegian songs I didn’t know existed (a Norwegian version of YMCA)."

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MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA They are many ways that people commute to work in the morning — some by car, or bus, or maybe walk or ride a bike. Getting to work in Antarctica can be just as varied. One of them is by helicopter. This footage, shot during our trip to Westhaven Nunatak, is an example of our commute to work.

By Ice Stories correspondent Kelly Carroll. More video dispatches at http://icestories.exploratoriu m.edu/

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